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House AI Task Force chairman eyes public and private hearings as lawmakers mull regulation
The chairman of the House of Representatives’ new AI Task Force said his panel will likely hold hearings on artificial intelligence as Congress seeks to get ahead of the rapidly advancing technology. ‘Our number one task is to, by the end of the year, issue a report that details a…
Read More »Speaker Johnson tells Republicans campaigning against each other in primaries to ‘cool it’: report
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is telling Republicans who are going after sitting GOP lawmakers in contentious primaries to ‘knock it off,’ in order to tamp down on divisions within the party, according to a report. Johnson, R-La., attended the House Republicans’ annual member retreat at the Greenbrier Resort…
Read More »Kirby dodges answering point-blank if Biden believes Netanyahu impedes peace: ‘Known each other a long time’
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby brushed off questioning Sunday regarding whether President Biden believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an ‘impediment to peace,’ saying the two world leaders have ‘known each other a long time’ and have an open line of communication. ‘Does the president think…
Read More »What I saw in Israel was inspiring, despite the horrorscape left by Hamas
The presence of absence is a powerful thing, and in Israel today it is the coin of the realm. The hostages, including Americans, sit captive in the tunnels of Gaza, enduring a pain we scarcely fathom. They were stolen on October 7. But in the Jewish homeland, the one place where…
Read More »Trump faces off against GOP establishment as he parachutes into contentious Republican Senate primary
Donald Trump is aiming for a repeat performance. Two years ago, the former president backed JD Vance in Ohio’s crowded and combative Republican Senate nomination race, boosting Vance to victory in the GOP primary a couple of weeks later. Fast-forward to the present and Trump is returning to Ohio this…
Read More »US-led resolution seeks international AI policy as tool to end poverty and hunger: ‘urgent’ and ‘unique’ need
More than 50 members of the United Nations have joined the U.S. in pursuing a draft resolution to establish artificial intelligence (AI) safety guidelines. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Thursday read a statement that discussed the draft resolution titled ‘Seizing the Opportunities of Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems…
Read More »US national security faces major risks as gangs battle for control over Haiti
As Haiti continues to struggle with rampant gang violence and with the sudden resignation of its interim Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, this week, experts are warning about the serious consequences a failed Haitian state could have on U.S. national security. Haiti has been in a near constant state of chaos…
Read More »New report blasts government’s COVID response, warns of repeating same mistakes
A new report has sharply criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, writing that lockdowns, school closures and vaccine mandates were ‘catastrophic errors’ resulting in many Americans losing faith in public health institutions. The report, published this week by the non-profit Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CTUP), paints a damning…
Read More »If Trump wants to win, here’s what he needs to do
With former President Donald Trump having secured enough delegates to win the GOP nomination, the party can rest confident in the knowledge that their nominee led them to victory in 2016 – and led them to outperform expectations in 2020. Indeed, while he narrowly lost the Electoral College and the…
Read More »Schumer’s anti-Netanyahu speech strengthens Bibi in Israel’s war to defeat Hamas
JERUSALEM Having seen his lowest levels of support in months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity has gotten a bounce in the polls, which some say is partly due to the Biden administration and Democrats’ growing criticism against the Jewish state. Criticism grew this week from across the political spectrum…
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