Новости за 02.02.2024

Country music star Lainey Wilson is speaking out about what she says are the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), telling a House Judiciary subcommittee that it’s a “gut punch” to “have your name, your likeness, or your voice ripped from you.”  The “Heart Like a Truck” singer testified Friday at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on...

President Biden on Friday met with the families of American service members killed last month in a drone strike in Jordan and participated in a dignified transfer, a solemn ceremony in which the troops’ remains return to the U.S. The president and first lady Jill Biden attended the ceremony at Dover Air Force Base along...

Frauds and scams in the banking system cost Americans billions in 2022, experts told a Senate panel on Thursday. And that number will continue to rise unless Congress makes needed updates and holds companies more accountable. The median amount of money lost in fraud cases has more than doubled from 2020 to 2022, going from...

A removal of Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list is not only the sensible thing to do but helps improve the Cuban people’s economic well-being.

Israel said troops would soon move into the refugee camp and city of Rafah, the last designated safe zone for Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip where more than a million people are sequestered. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that after achieving military objectives in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis,...

The Japanese Embassy in Washington sought Friday to alleviate concerns that pop super star Taylor Swift, who is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, will be able to make to the Feb. 11 Super Bowl amid her concert tour. “Despite the 12-hour flight and 17-hour time difference, the Embassy can confidently Speak Now...

An atmospheric river deluged California in rain and snow Thursday, resulting in roadways being flooded and snow piling up in mountains in the Golden State. The storm reached eastern and Southern California after hitting the Bay Area Wednesday. The atmospheric river, a band of moisture that forms over the Pacific, caused storms that drenched both...

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) acknowledged developing a “personal relationship” with the top prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia criminal case in a new court filing Friday, but she said it was no reason for her to step aside. Trump co-defendant Michael Roman last month first accused Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has called for the deportation of migrants who attacked two New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers in Times Square last weekend. On Thursday, Hochul said the attackers should be deported after assaulting police officers Saturday. A video of the attack was posted to X, formerly Twitter, by the...

If you’re unhappy at work, you might be consoled to know you’re not alone. On paper, things look good. Wages are higher than ever, remote and hybrid working is commonplace, while more and more organizations are introducing and expanding PTO, alongside other benefits and perks. However, Gallup’s State of the Global Workforce, which surveys over...

Joe Rogan, the popular podcaster and media personality, has struck a fresh distribution deal with audio provider Spotify for "The Joe Rogan Experience." The deal, estimated to be worth up to $250 million, according to The Wall Street Journal, involves an upfront minimum guarantee in addition to a revenue-sharing agreement based on advertising sales. In...

The U.S. government will require companies that mine for cryptocurrency to report information on their energy use. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has said that starting next week, it will “survey identified commercial cryptocurrency miners, which are required to respond with details related to their energy use.” “We will specifically focus on how the energy...

Former President Trump is set to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) later this month, the group announced Friday. Trump was added to the list of confirmed speakers for the event slated for Feb. 21-24 in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. Others set to address the conservative confab include Vivek...

Program improvements to SNAP are critical to Americans in all states — rural or urban, blue or red. My bill is the only legislative solution being offered to address SNAP application process delays at the state level and at no added cost to taxpayers.

Former national security adviser John Bolton said President Biden has “pretty well nailed” it by reportedly calling former President Trump, his likely chief reelection rival, a “f‑‑‑ing a‑‑‑‑‑‑,” per a report in Politico.  During his appearance on CNN Friday morning, Bolton was asked by anchor John Berman how closely Biden’s choice of words in private...

The Biden administration on Friday announced separate sanctions targeting the cyber arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and networks contributing to the Islamic Republic’s drone-weapon program. The sanctions follow a fatal drone attack on an American base in Jordan by an Iranian-backed proxy in Iraq, and ahead of an expected military retaliation by...

Attorney Roberta Kaplan, who has taken on several cases against former President Trump, says Trump once had an outburst because his legal team offered her lunch at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida during a deposition. "He said, ‘Well, you’re here in Mar-a-Lago. What do you think you’re going to do for lunch? Where are you...

The U.S. economy added 353,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate clocked in at 3.7 percent, according to new data released Friday by the Labor Department. The January jobs report far exceeded the gain of 185,000 jobs and a 3.8 percent unemployment rate expected by economists polled by the Wall Street Journal. The first...

Former President Trump is holding a narrow 4-point lead over President Biden in a new poll. Forty-nine percent of registered voters in the CNN poll, conducted by SSRS, said they would be “more likely to vote" for Trump, while 45 percent said they would be “more likely to vote” for Biden. In the same poll,...

America’s research enterprise, developed at universities and funded through federal research grants, remains highly vulnerable to malign foreign influence operations.

Hundreds of pages of recently released documents provided by the Department of Health and Human Services affirm what the overwhelming majority of the public has known for decades.

Home and public charging stations also place a significant strain on the electric grid, resulting in an average of $11,833 in socialized costs per vehicle over 10 years. Those costs are shouldered by us through our electricity bills.

Hours before a 2021 mass school shooting in Michigan, the mother of a teenager who killed four students said she was worried that he was "going to do something dumb,” a man who had a close relationship with her testified Wednesday.

(Inside California Politics) — Former Sen. Barbara Boxer endorsed Rep. Adam Schiff in the race for her former colleague Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat on Thursday. Boxer had previously said she would stay neutral on the race but now says recent events in the race have caused her to change her mind. "There's been more than...

A small plane crashed into a Clearwater, Florida mobile home park on Thursday night, causing several homes to catch fire, according to officials.