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Researchers say they’ve built AI model that can detect sarcasm

Researchers say they have trained an artificial intelligence model to be able to detect sarcasm, according to a Thursday report. The research was presented at the Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association in Ottawa by Netherlands-based researchers, according to the Guardian. Researchers said they trained the AI model using scenes from popular […]

Bob Menendez’s wife undergoing treatment for breast cancer amid senator’s corruption trial

Nadine Menendez, the wife of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), is undergoing treatment for breast cancer and plans to have a mastectomy, according to a press release sent out while the senator was in court on Thursday. The New Jersey senator appeared at the federal district court in Manhattan on Thursday, in which he is on trial on charges revolving around an alleged corrupt relationship with […]

ATF urged to ‘back away’ from gun grab threat

A collection of Second Amendment advocates that has already stalled a Biden administration plan to punish millions of gun owners urged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to fully “back away” from controversial plans targeting AR-style “pistols.” In a legal filing, the advocates predicted that they would eventually beat the Bureau of Alcohol, […]

House Republicans press WHO to reject cooperation with abortion-rights group

EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are pressing the World Health Organization to reject a proposal by an abortion-rights group to enter into relations, arguing such a move would undermine trust in international cooperation. The group, led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), sent a letter to the WHO executive board Thursday morning opposing the agency’s recent decision […]

Fears of crime plague more DC residents regardless of falling rates: Poll

A new poll found a 9% increase from last year among Washington, D.C., residents who think crime in the district is “extremely” or “very” serious. According to a recent Washington Post-Schar School survey of Washington, D.C., residents, 65% believe crime is “extremely” or “very” serious in the district against 56% in 2023. The number of […]

Harris proposes July or August vice presidential debate with Trump pick

Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from CBS News to debate former President Donald Trump‘s running mate, whoever it may be. Like the presidential debates between President Joe Biden and Trump, the vice presidential counterpart is poised to be broadcast in studio without a live audience, on either July 23 or Aug. 13, […]

Lara Trump says father in law is prepared for attempts to ‘rig’ debate

Republican National Committee co-Chairwoman Lara Trump expressed her confidence in former President Donald Trump amid the news of two confirmed presidential debates. Trump appeared Wednesday on Fox News’s Hannity to assure viewers that her father-in-law and presidential candidate is prepared no matter what the circumstances of the debates, hosted by CNN and ABC News, will […]

More Trump allies flock to accompany former president at hush money trial

A new host of Trump allies flocked to accompany former President Donald Trump at his Manhattan hush money trial on Thursday. Journeys to Trump’s trial have become a pilgrimage of sorts for many Trump loyalists, with an increasing number of allies and vice presidential candidates making the trek. Photo of the group from a source^^ […]

Harris joked to friends that she may run for California governor if White House is lost: report

Vice President Kamala Harris might have lofty future ambitions if President Joe Biden loses his office to former President Donald Trump this fall: California’s governorship. Harris “joked to friends” that she would run for governor in the Golden State when Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vacates the office in 2026, according to Politico.  Harris’s camp has […]

Supreme Court upholds CFPB funding scheme, rejecting conservative challenge

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complies with the appropriations clause, reversing an appeals court decision that found it unconstitutional. The 7-2 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas rejected a broad case that sought to challenge the agency’s funding mechanism, reversing a lower-court ruling that would have […]
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