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…
Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune is set to travel to several states with key Senate races in the coming weeks as the GOP fights to hold on to its majority in the upper chamber. Thune will travel to North Carolina on Thursday, with stops to follow in Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Florida, South Carolina,…
Stanford University apologized for what it called a “serious error in judgment,” editing a photo of students to alter looks, race and gender. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Source link
As we’ve seen in recent CBS News polling, two in three Americans want abortion in their state to be legal in at least most cases. But polling also reveals a spectrum of views on when, and under what conditions, abortion should be permitted. Of those who think abortion should be legal in all or most cases,…
In our recent polling about Venezuela and potential U.S. military action, we noted that among President Trump’s GOP base, MAGA Republicans in particular were even more supportive of potential action than non-MAGA Republicans. It’s a sizable two-thirds majority, and certainly far higher than the third of Americans overall, even if not universal. Some recent context:…
Here’s something Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on: They both see the midterms as being about President Trump, albeit for different reasons. Mr. Trump is so much on voters’ minds that if this view holds at these levels through Election Day, it would surpass his own 2018 mark for a president being a factor…
Like any powerful new technology, Americans understand that AI could be used for good or bad. There is optimism on some fronts — but pessimism outweighs it today. Most Americans do worry AI models will act on their own to harm people, and even more that models will be used by people to harm others. …
Geneva — Human rights experts commissioned by the United Nation’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a…
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes which killed at least…
Artificial intelligence “agents” promise to do everything from tidying up your email like Marie Kondo declutters a closet, to buying you a pair of heels based on your budget and style preferences. Yet technology experts warn that outsourcing key decisions to AI exposes consumers to risks, potentially leading to communications errors and costing people money,…
