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McConnell opposes bill to ban use of deceptive AI to influence elections

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday he will oppose bipartisan legislation coming out the Senate Rules Committee that would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create deceptive content about federal candidates to influence elections. McConnell, a longtime opponent of campaign finance restrictions, warned that the bills coming out of the Rules Committee...

Should police be in schools? Some districts changed their minds

Amid a rise in fights and gun incidents, more U.S. schools are putting officers back to work after cutting programs in 2020.

How Iran’s covert influence is threatening American democracy

The Iranian regime does not behave like a normal nation-state.

Trump on Noem killing dog: ‘We all have bad weeks’

Former President Trump responded to the backlash against South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R)'s anecdote about killing her dog several years ago, saying in a new interview it was a "tough story" but that "we all have bad weeks." "I think [Noem's] terrific. A couple of rough stories, there's no question about it," Trump said...

Murkowski knocks fellow Senate Republicans for attending Trump trial: ‘Ridiculous’

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) reportedly went after fellow members of her party who have attended former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York. “Do we have something to do around here other than watch a stupid porn trial? I mean, this is ridiculous,” the Alaska Republican said Tuesday, according to HuffPost, when the outlet...

Drug overdose deaths top 100K, but dropped for first time in five years

U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023, according to early data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018. But the overall number of deaths is still extremely high. More than 107,000 people died from drug overdoses last year, a decrease of 3...

Stop letting the skeevy legal lending industry make bank off New Yorkers

A coalition of business, labor and government groups demands to know if state pension funds may be supporting sleazy litigation-finance outfits. Sunlight is the...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 15

2008—The California supreme court, by a vote of 4 to 3, invents a right to same-sex marriage under the state constitution. Chief justice Ronald...

Requiem for a tea party, &c.

On today’s American Right; the Gaza war; WFB and Henry George; the myth about Mama Cass; and more.

Biden’s Nonsensical China Tariffs

His claims to be protecting American workers and businesses in general with such actions are hard to take seriously.

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