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House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., sent a final warning on Wednesday for Harvard University to produce documents relevant to Congress’ investigation into rampant antisemitism on campus, threatening to issue a subpoena if the Ivy League school does not comply by a Valentine’s Day deadline. In the letter to Harvard Corporation … Read more
The governor of Texas has triggered a constitutional crisis about who controls the border, and some supporters are there for the spectacle.
The Senate has now cleared the first barrier to starting debate on the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. But how long until there’s a final vote? In short, this might take a while. Expect the strong possibility of weekend sessions and even important overnight votes. It’s possible this may not wrap … Read more
Special Counsel Robert Hur will not recommend criminal charges against President Biden for mishandling classified documents, according to his report after a months-long investigation into the president’s alleged improper retention of classified records. Hur has been investigating Biden’s improper retention of classified records since last year. Those records included classified documents about military and foreign … Read more
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Hur has declined to prosecute President Joe Biden for his handling of classified documents, but said Biden’s practices “present serious risks to national security,” and added that Biden portrayed himself as an “elderly man with a poor memory” who would be sympathetic to a jury.
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday made AI-generated robocalls mimicking the voices of political candidates to fool voters illegal. With the unanimous adoption of a declaratory ruling that recognizes calls made with AI-generated voices are “artificial” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law restricting junk calls that use artificial and prerecorded voice … Read more
NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated.
A foreign aid funding bill to provide tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine and Israel, without a previously-included border and immigration package, passed the first procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday amid Republican disarray. The $95 billion package advanced in a 67 to 32 cloture vote, also known as a motion to limit … Read more
Missouri senators on Wednesday voted against amending the state’s strict law against abortions to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest. The state banned almost all abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortions currently are only legal “in cases of medical emergency.” Democratic state Sen. Tracy McCreery said … Read more
Jazz sending Olynyk and Agbaji to Raptors in deadline tradeIndiana reportedly trading Buddy Hield to Philadelphia Kelly Olynyk is going back to his native Canada, after the Utah Jazz agreed Thursday to trade the veteran forward to the Toronto Raptors, a person with knowledge of the agreement said. Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji are going to … Read more
