Новости за 26.01.2024

The White House called the circulation of explicit images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) of pop superstar Taylor Swift "alarming" as critics cite the incident as the latest example of the growing risks of deepfakes. "We are alarmed by the reports of the circulation of the ... false images," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters...

The White House said Friday it was "deeply troubled" after Alabama executed a man using nitrogen gas in a first-of-its-kind capital punishment. "The reports of Kenneth Smith and his death last night obviously is very troubling. It is very troubling to us as an administration, it is very troubling to us here at the White...

White House clinic improperly distributed controlled substances and provided care for ineligible staffers, according to a report released by the Defense Department's Office of Inspector General. The report was issued after a multiyear investigation was launched following the spring 2018 Inspector General hotline call where complaints alleged senior medical officers within the White House Medical...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to highlight Americans seeking compensation for exposure to nuclear testing after Christopher Nolan’s biopic “Oppenheimer” led in Oscar nominations. Nolan’s film, which chronicles J. Robert Oppenheimer’s work on the Manhattan Project during World War 2, as well as the loss of...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver a daily press briefing Friday following a week in which the Biden administration sought to highlight the stronger-than-expected performance of the economy. Tuesday’s briefing is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. EST. Watch the live video above.

Biden’s economy has been tepid at best — a far cry from the “strong economy” the administration keeps trying to tout.

Montana Sen. Steve Daines (R), the head of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said the Republican Party has its best recent chance to win the Senate majority in 2024.   “The good news is: We have the best map in a decade,” Daines said this week in remarks before a luncheon meeting of The Ripon Society, a...

Imagine if every jail and prison across our great nation were equipped to provide medications for opioid addiction and provide people with the tools they need to succeed after reentry.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) said the standoff between President Biden and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) over the border is a “powder keg worth of tension." “This is a powder keg worth of tension,” Stitt said Thursday in an interview on Newsmax highlighted by Mediaite. “So, it’s very — it’s a very weird situation....

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced Friday a plan to overhaul the higher education system in the state, pointing out that Pennsylvania ranks 48th for affordability and 49th for investment for its universities. The four-point plan has been in development for a year under the Higher Education Working Group, which Shapiro created to generate suggestions....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone on Friday after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) refused to throw out a genocide case against Israel, saying troops are carrying out a "sacred mission" to defend the country and vowing to continue the war in Gaza. Netanyahu said "Israel has an inherent right to...

Former President Trump walked out of the Manhattan federal courtroom where his sexual abuse defamation trial is ongoing, just after a lawyer for writer E. Jean Carroll had begun issuing closing remarks Friday. It's unclear why Trump left the courtroom, though it occurred shortly after Carroll lawyer Roberta Kaplan said the former president “has tried...

Tesla is recalling almost 200,000 of its electric vehicles to fix a software problem that may prevent their rearview cameras from working when the cars are in reverse. The recall includes certain 2023 Tesla Models S, X and Y that possess full self-driving technology. According to a report released this week by the National Highway...

The Forever stamp features the face of a dragon with gold and red as primary colors.

Congress must take action to end the overdose crisis. Advocates will continue to fight for passage of these bills in 2024, and we need Congress to join us.

Editor's note: This report has been updated to clarify attribution for the quote regarding U.S. concerns about the allegations. The Biden administration announced Friday it was pausing funds for the United Nations body responsible for Palestinian refugees over allegations that 12 of its staff were involved in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks against Israel. “The United...

Sen. Steve Daines (Mont.), the chair of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, says the GOP needs to win back the majority in the Senate to keep the filibuster intact.  Daines said Wednesday at an event at The Ripon Society, a conservative-leaning think tank, that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema, an Independent from Arizona...

If we’re indeed hearing the debate death knell, the ramifications for political discourse could be huge — and very unfortunate.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is ramping up its fight against violent crime and carjackings in Washington, D.C., it said in a press release Friday. “Last year, we saw an encouraging decline in violent crime in many parts of the country, but there is much more work to do — including here in the District...

George Carlin’s estate is suing the creators of an artificial intelligence (AI) version of the comedian, saying it’s “not the beautiful human who defined his generation,” but a “poorly-executed facsimile.” In a lawsuit filed late Thursday in a federal court in Los Angeles, the estate of the comedy legend, including his daughter, Kelly Carlin, allege...

President Biden marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, saying in a statement that it was "more pressing than ever" for Americans to bear in mind the atrocities committed by and evil of the Nazis, and the dangers of antisemitism. Biden mourned the deaths of millions of Jews during the Holocaust, as well as the...

The Biden administration will pause approvals of some natural gas export facilities as it considers changing how to evaluate them, the administration announced Friday. The current analyses the Energy Department uses to decide whether to authorize exports of liquified natural gas (LNG) do not “adequately account” for factors such as domestic energy costs or planet-warming...

Alabama on Thursday became the first state to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas. Kenneth Smith was put to death by nitrogen hypoxia at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., making his death the first in the U.S. to be carried out using the previously untested method. Smith was executed...

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) said President Biden has seen a physical and communication decline, as fears of the president’s age swarm his reelection efforts. “Look, I’m an American, I want to respect my presidents. I do respect President Biden,” Phillips told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “I’m not seeing cognitive decline. Of course,...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he thinks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) saved his political future by dropping out of the Republican presidential primary race. “I mean, I think if he continued on [...] he was gonna get trounced in his own state,” Newsom said, adding that GOP challenger Nikki Haley is facing similar...