In the days after Hamas attacked Israel and killed 1,400 civilians, the Biden Administration and leading members of Congress wasted little time devising an aid package to bolster Israel’s war against the terror group. The initial proposal: roughly $2 billion of increased defense funding to supplement the $3.8 billion the U.S. already sends Israel every … Read more
Science fiction, for decades, has been about predicting the future—and warning against it. Even as Star Trek envisioned the wonders of flip phones and iPads, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash warned of the dystopian nature of the metaverse. Throughout 2023, as artificial intelligence has creeped its way into every corner of public, private, and creative life, … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Congressional Republicans appeared split on Tuesday over how to handle President Biden’s $106 billion request for international priorities, including military aid for Israel and Ukraine, as key GOP senators appeared at odds with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s strategy to corral his raucous caucus. The divisions promised yet … Read more
“We intend that the actions we are taking domestically will serve as a model for international action, understanding that AI developed in one nation can impact the lives and livelihoods of billions of people around the world,” Harris said Monday. “Fundamentally, it is our belief that technology with global impact requires global action.” Devilish Detail … Read more
The Biden administration announced the details of a long-awaited Executive Order on AI today, ahead of an international summit on AI safety being held in the UK. But as with all such orders, what the President can dictate without legislative support is limited, as numerous experts and stakeholders emphasized in response. The order comes as … Read more
Kaushik also welcomes the way Biden’s order demands changes to immigration policy to make it easier for AI talent to come to the US. A plan to allow immigrant workers to renew their visas inside the US, for example, could remove the need for hundreds of thousands of STEM students to travel to their home … Read more
WASHINGTON—The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humanitarian assistance and managing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The total cost of the supplemental funding request was pegged at just … Read more
Newsmax Newsmax cut away from President Joe Biden’s Oval Office address Thursday because the president “started to go into some victory laps on his policy,” host Eric Bolling said on the air. As Biden was outlining the importance of the U.S. helping to fund both the Ukrainian and Israeli war efforts, the disappointed-sounding host cut … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Jack Lew, President Biden’s nominee to become the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, faced strident opposition from Republican senators during a Wednesday hearing to vet his nomination, as Democrats insisted that the urgent need to contain the deadly violence engulfing Israel and the Gaza Strip demands a speedy confirmation. A former … Read more
President Biden’s pooch, Commander, is in the doghouse … he’s been booted from the White House amid an alarming number of biting incidents. The Bidens’ 2-year-old German Shepherd is reported to have chomped down on way more than the 11 incidents the Secret Service acknowledges … it’s said Commander is not only biting agents but … Read more