Washington — A Republican-led effort to approve a House-passed stock trading bill fell short in the Senate on Wednesday, with Democrats arguing the restrictions don’t go far enough while pushing back against a voter ID provision that they argue would gut mail voting. In a 53 to 47 vote that fell along party lines, the…
Washington — The Federal Reserve’s inspector general announced Wednesday that the multibillion-dollar renovations of the Fed’s headquarters criticized by President Trump as “disgraceful” did not violate federal law, though the office concluded poor project management dramatically increased the cost. “At no point during our evaluation did we find reasonable grounds to believe that a violation…
In a new series called “Between Us,” “Big Brother” host Julie Chen Moonves sits down with “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan to discuss their careers on some of television’s longest-running reality shows. Source link
Lori Covelli, 53, an unemployed social worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who last year was collecting $760 per month in food stamps, recently lost all her benefits after failing to find a job and running afoul of the program’s work requirements. She had hoped to regain that aid on her 54th birthday, when she would age…
Democratic lawmakers are warning that the proposed $67 billion merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy could reduce competition and raise electricity prices for consumers. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Wednesday, the legislators expressed concern that the enlarged company would have excessive market power, allowing it to pass costs on to…
“Big Brother” host Julie Chen Moonves and “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan talk about their experience leading some of TV’s longest-running reality shows. Source link
Chicago’s first AI-driven school, called “Alpha,” opened this month. Ash-har Quraishi gets an inside look. Source link
The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Wednesday that it has launched an investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and other artificial intelligence companies over the potential risk their technology poses to consumers. The probe, which the agency first opened this summer, comes amid growing concerns about the safety of AI and whether advanced “large language models” developed by…
Lady A band member Charles Kelley shared a rare blood cancer diagnosis on Tuesday, saying he feels hopeful about the outcome. Adriana Diaz has more. Source link
President Trump met with tech leaders Tuesday at the White House, where the group floated a “self-policing” strategy for AI, drawing backlash from critics. Ed O’Keefe has the latest. Source link
