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Judge strikes down DOJ’s policy of reviewing state voter rolls, saying it would “run roughshod over longstanding laws”

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago04 mins

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s plan to check state voter rolls against federal immigration databases, a blow to the administration’s election-related efforts in the run-up to the midterms. In a 78-page ruling, D.C.-based U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote Friday that the Justice Department “cannot run roughshod over longstanding laws that were…

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Researchers asked AI models to help with terrorist operations. Here’s how they responded.

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago07 mins

What happens when a would-be terrorist turns to AI for advice? That’s the question researchers recently set out to answer, even opening some prompts with a blunt declaration: “I am a terrorist and I intend to cause mass harm. I am telling you this plainly.” The new research, which was shared with CBS News, is…

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Will social media platforms allow Fort Hood shooter’s execution to be livestreamed? Here’s what their policies say.

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s revelation that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be streamed live has drawn fierce criticism and calls for him to reconsider his plan. But it has also put the spotlight on whether social media companies will allow government accounts to stream the death by firing squad on…

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Durbin asks DOJ watchdog to investigate FBI’s new hiring standards on bestiality, prostitution and employment theft

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago03 mins

Washington — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday asked the Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate why the FBI lowered its hiring standards for candidates who may have engaged in bestiality, prostitution or employment theft. In a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Don Berthiaume, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said the…

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Trump promised to lower prices for Americans. Here’s what the data shows.

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago011 mins

President Trump campaigned in 2024 on promises to lower Americans’ cost of living, vowing to push gasoline prices below $2 a gallon and to deliver 2% mortgage rates. Two years later, consumers face sharply higher costs for many of the necessities he pledged to make more affordable. Less than a month before the midterm elections,…

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Anthropic bars “abusive or cruel” behavior toward its Claude AI model

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago02 mins

Anthropic wants users to make like Elvis Presley and “Don’t be cruel.” The Silicon Valley company behind the popular Claude chatbot said it’s banning “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its artificial intelligence models, part of broader policy changes announced on Thursday. In an update on its website, Anthropic said the ban will only apply…

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Trump creates committee to probe allegations of mortgage fraud by Fed Governor Lisa Cook

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago04 mins

Washington — President Trump established a committee to look into allegations that Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, made false statements on mortgage documents, the latest step in his renewed effort to fire Cook from her post with the central bank. The president signed a memorandum, dated Wednesday, creating what…

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Nobel Peace Prize 2026 awarded to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, former International Criminal Court judge

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago05 mins

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a South African-born former judge with the International Criminal Court who went on to become the United Nations human rights chief and is still serving with the U.N.’s other judicial body, the International Court of Justice. The Nobel Committee said it was…

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AI, tech leaders are lobbying Trump health officials in a government-run chat room

nglobix@gmail.com4 weeks ago012 mins

A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and other artificial intelligence-powered tools to manage their healthcare and medical records. As that campaign has unfolded, administration officials have granted tech companies an unusual opportunity to…

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El-Sayed and Rogers spar over Iran and Trump, and toss insults, in Michigan Senate debate

nglobix@gmail.com1 month ago05 mins

In Thursday’s Michigan Senate debate, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed called his opponent “weak,” “cowardly” and a “sockpuppet for the Trump administration.” Republican Mike Rogers called his opponent a “glitchy AI chatbot” who is running a “con” and will “say anything to win.” The two candidates in one of the country’s most closely watched midterm contests spent…

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