{beacon} Technology   The Big Story Republican AGs warn OpenAI could face legal action over breach More than a dozen Republican attorneys general are calling on OpenAI to preserve records on its models’ recent breach of another company, suggesting the AI firm may have violated state or federal laws in the incident. © Adobe Stock...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been sticking to his original story that vandals were responsible for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, despite a court filing from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro saying the department had evidence a "botched" installation was to blame. President Trump, who has repeatedly railed against the alleged vandalism and efforts to hinder...

David Venturella, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sent a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) saying he has divested of his Geo Group stocks and "fully recused himself from all contracts and obligations related to detention." The letter to Warren, sent Thursday, did not share specifics about ICE's contracting process. Venturella added that...

Roughly two dozen Democratic-controlled states sued President Trump on Monday over his new global tariffs, calling them “equally unlawful” to the ones the Supreme Court has invalidated.  The lawsuit adds to legal challenges launched by small businesses in response to the latest round of tariffs in recent days.  The new tariffs, announced last month, add a surcharge...