Efforts to combat artificial intelligence‘s threat to democracy and humanity through regulations and guardrails face a number of legal complications, including new rules that will clash with free speech protections and that it is logistically difficult to control the use of algorithms. The surge of interest in AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT in 2023 led to […]
Capital One announced on Monday that it plans to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock deal. The two companies say they are aiming to have the deal closed by late 2024 or early 2025, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. The acquisition would combine two of the largest credit card issuers in […]
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made fun of former President Donald Trump’s financial situation after he was fined $355 million in a business fraud case in New York last week. Pelosi said Trump was a person lacking “values” and “dollars” while criticizing his delayed response to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, […]
Fani Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, spoke at the Atlanta Berean Church this weekend while accepting the “Black History Achievement Award.” “So when I was invited here, it was really heartwarming because to me, this is family, because family helps you when you’re up and when you’re down,” she said at the […]
Former President Donald Trump launched a golden sneaker line called “Trump Sneakers” on Saturday, the day after a New York judge ordered him to pay nearly $355 million at a civil fraud trial. The $399 sneaker sold out on the website by Saturday night. The sneaker craze over the weekend amid the 2024 presidential election […]
President Joe Biden shared a social media post on Monday that highlighted his recent visit to East Palestine, Ohio, in which he claimed his administration has been there ‘since day one.’ The president’s claim was met with criticism after making his first visit last week, which was one year since the toxic chemical train accident. […]
Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) signed new legislative maps into law for Wisconsin on Monday after more Republicans than Democrats in the legislature voted in favor of them. The maps, which Evers proposed, were drawn up after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the current ones, which were enacted by Republicans. Evers said the new maps […]
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) celebrated the group of House GOP members not running for reelection, calling for fewer Republicans like former House Speakers Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy. Gaetz commented on a CNN article discussing the retirements of prominent Republicans, including Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Mike Gallagher (R-WI). He said […]
Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Monday. A security spokesperson for the Mexican state of Tamaulipas explained that members of the Secretariat of National Defense were attacked by armed civilians in Miguel Aleman, a township across the border from Roma, Texas. The spokesperson said in a post […]
Actor and producer Kirk Cameron is launching a new children’s television show to bring wholesome and high-quality programming to families. The project comes on the heels of Cameron working with children’s book publisher BRAVE Books. As an author with the conservative publishing company, Cameron has been a values-based literacy advocate, working to fight woke library […]
