Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened the door Monday to “cutting” spending under Social Security and Medicare, drawing swift pushback from President Joe Biden and elevating a key policy battle in the 2024 election. Phoning into CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Trump was pressed on how he plans to resolve the long-term solvency problems of Social … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is pushing back against a new set of subpoenas quietly sent out by House Republicans related to the Hunter Biden criminal investigation in another brewing faceoff in the President Joe Biden impeachment inquiry. The department said it has already taken “extraordinary steps” to rebut claims of political interference in … Read more
A key aspect of the E.U.’s landmark AI Act could be watered down after the French, German, and Italian governments advocated for limited regulation of the powerful models—known as foundation models—that underpin a wide range of artificial intelligence applications. A document seen by TIME that was shared with officials from the European Parliament and the … Read more
Piers Morgan, known for being a provocateur with a history ofcontroversial remarks, cooked up a surprising response to Fox News host Jesse Watters over his take following the shootings in Maine this week. Morgan, who appeared as a guest on “The Five” Thursday, reacted to Watters after he questioned whether “forks make people fat” in … Read more
Less than a month after Waymo’s Los Angeles County expansion, labor organizers and an LA lawmaker are calling for new autonomous-vehicle regulations. On Tuesday, the office of LA Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez said he will introduce a motion “urging officials in the state to address public safety concerns around autonomous vehicles and reign in the expansion … Read more
A man known in social justice circles has claimed to have helped with the release of two American hostages amid the Israel-Hamas conflict — but the family’s calling BS. Shaun King has been trending all weekend over a post he threw up Friday — which seemed to be him taking credit, at least in part, … Read more