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...
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...
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...
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...
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...