A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would make it illegal to share deepfake pornographic images and videos without consent. The legislation, led by Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), is the latest effort to combat the nonconsensual distribution of sexuality explicit deepfakes, which refers to images and videos made...
A state dinner for Kenya at the White House will count actors LeVar Burton and Sean Penn and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell among its guests. The White House released the names on the exclusive guest list — which also include Don McLean, Huma Abedin, philanthropist Melinda French Gates and "NCIS" star Wilmer Valderrama — just...
More than 1 million pounds of aid has reached the people of Gaza through a new U.S. military pier, but incoming assistance across the besieged coastal territory remains far below levels that responders want to see. American troops have helped deliver 1.2 million pounds of aid to Gaza as of Thursday, according to Vice Adm....
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was sentenced Thursday to a year of home confinement, followed by two years' supervised release, for federal convictions of mortgage fraud and perjury. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby handed down the sentence late Thursday afternoon in front of a packed courtroom. She also ordered Mosby to forfeit her...
Republicans’ intraparty tensions over whether to extend and expand radiation compensation for victims of U.S. nuclear weapons testing spilled out onto the Senate floor Thursday. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) sought to unanimously advance a bill to extend existing benefits for victims covered under current law, but not expand it to new victims. He was blocked...
U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans of Philadelphia, a Democrat who's serving his fourth term, is recovering in a rehabilitation facility from a minor stroke; he plans to return to Washington in around 6 weeks.