As the 2026 election season heads into general election matchups, each U.S. state has its own unique laws about how candidates can advertise using artificial intelligence-created imagery. AI-made advertisements have been making headlines throughout the 2026 election cycle, from Spencer Pratt’s AI-created videos of him saving Los Angeles as Batman, to deepfake videos of Rep. […]

South Carolina Republicans are locked in a tight matchup in the race to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate, with the special primary election set for Tuesday. Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), Graham’s sister who filled the late lawmaker’s unexpired term, was endorsed by President Donald Trump for the Aug. 11 […]

A top Iranian national security official drew up a list of demands for U.S. officials to meet ahead of any peace deal on the Strait of Hormuz, throwing this week’s peace negotiations into flux. Iranian National Security Council Secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr released the statement with six demands through Iran’s state media, saying “until America […]

One year after the initialing of the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the United States has cemented its lasting influence in the South Caucasus. On Aug. 8, 2025, longtime enemies Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met alongside President Donald Trump as newly christened friends, ready to put aside decades […]