Musk PAC steps deeper into Wisconsin Supreme Court election with $100 offer to voters

With a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat on the line in a state election, Elon Musk’s America PAC is offering registered state voters $100 to sign a petition to express “Opposition to Activist Judges.” Registered Wisconsin voters can also score $100 for referring registered state voters to sign.  “Wisconsin registered voters receive $100 for signing the … Read more

Could AI help us build a more racially just society? | Sanmi Koyejo

We have an opportunity to build systems that don’t just replicate our current inequities. Will we take them? The notion that artificial intelligence could help reduce racism might seem counterintuitive. After all, we’ve seen numerous headlines about AI systems perpetuating or even amplifying racial biases. Yet as we enter 2025, amid both a backlash against … Read more

Trump crackdown on transgender athletes in girls’ sports gets GOP backup in House bill

FIRST ON FOX: A House GOP lawmaker is looking to make President Donald Trump’s Title IX changes permanent. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., is introducing legislation later this month to codify Trump’s executive order aimed at keeping biological males out of female-only spaces, Miller told Fox News Digital. That would include locker rooms, bathrooms, school sports … Read more

Court order halting deportation flights ‘unconstitutionally impedes’ on executive branch, Trump allies argue

FIRST ON FOX: America First Legal (AFL) and Texas GOP Rep. Brandon Gill are supporting President Donald Trump‘s invocation of a 1798 wartime law, arguing a previous order blocking Trump’s deportation plans “unconstitutionally impedes” his presidential authority.  U.S. District Judge James Boasberg came under fire this past week after blocking the Trump administration on Saturday … Read more

So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport? | Marina Hyde

The Zimbabwean has global sport’s top job but Britain’s Sebastian Coe was snubbed, and with good reason: he might have changed things Congratulations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the surprise election of its new president, Kirsty Coventry, confirming its status as one of the few electorates on Earth never to have had a … Read more

Justice Department tells federal judge it might invoke state secrets act on high-profile deportation case

The Justice Department said Friday it is considering invoking the state secrets privilege in its ongoing court battle over the Trump administration’s deportation flights to El Salvador, a tool that could allow them to withhold certain information for national security purposes. In a declaration filed Friday morning, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told U.S. … Read more