The tech lobby‚ GOP lawmakers and conservative activists are trying to kneecap President Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence just days before its first major deadlines hit. Their target: Biden’s use of emergency powers to compel tech companies to provide information to the Commerce Department about advanced AI projects that use immense computing power — a requirement that industry advocates oppose. The administration argues that the national security threat posed by AI...

Donald Trump’s early primary victories have started the “newsroom debates” again. Associated Press media reporter David Bauder penned a story headlined “Trump’s live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven’t solved.” So when a newsworthy event happens – like Trump’s victory speech after the New Hampshire primary – the pro-Biden networks worry “Trump will make false statements that are difficult‚ if not impossible‚ to correct in real time — or go completely off script with...

Donald Trump’s free-form stump speeches bounce around the globe‚ ticking off problems and grievances with foreign governments. Until recently‚ world leaders had tuned him out. Now they are parsing Trump’s words and making plans for the possibility he will return to the White House. The former president is the Republican front-runner and‚ after a resounding win in New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday‚ appears on course to secure his party’s nomination. In some opinion polls...

A controversial Alabama execution taking place on Thursday has reignited scrutiny of the death penalty and highlighted the enduring nature of the practice despite attempts to end it. Physicians and human rights experts have condemned the execution — which relies on an untested method known as nitrogen hypoxia — because there are concerns it could be painful and inhumane. Alabama is planning to use this method on an inmate named Kenneth Smith‚ after the state botched his first scheduled...

Four school districts in Hawaii have denied a Christian school club access to their facilities while allowing other after-school programs to meet on campus. And now the after-school program is filing a lawsuit against the districts for violating its First Amendment rights. Non-profit legal group‚ Liberty Counsel‚ has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Hawaii (CEF) against the Hawaii State Department of Education and the superintendents of four schools for not...

The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians‚ although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa. South Africa brought the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this month‚ asking it to grant emergency measures to halt the fighting‚ which has killed more than 26‚000 Palestinians. It accused Israel of state-led genocide in its offensive‚ begun after Hamas militants...

The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to do more to prevent the killing and harm of Palestinian civilians in Gaza‚ a landmark decision that is part of the case determining if genocide is taking place‚ and will add to pressure to change course in the military campaign. The court did not‚ however‚ order a cease-fire as requested by South Africa‚ though it said Israel must submit a report in one month outlining the measures it has taken to give effect to the court’s orders...

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