California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to XAI demanding that it stop producing AI-generated sexual deepfakes of girls and women online, including on social platform X. Bonta said in a statement that the “creation, distribution, publication and exhibition” of deepfakes of girls constitutes child sexual exploitation material… Source link
{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Big Story Administrators and bipartisan governors are pressuring PJM on price The Trump administration and a group of bipartisan governors are trying to pressure the nation’s largest regional electric grid operator to lower electricity prices. © Getty Images The Trump administration and bipartisan groups… Source link
President Trump appears to be backing away from immediate action against Iran after earlier this week promising “help” to anti-government forces and cautioning the regime against killing protesters – warnings from Iran’s leaders have been ignored. While Iran is under a nationwide internet blackout, reports from the country indicate that street protests have rocked the…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday issued subpoenas to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), accusing them of standing in the way of federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs, The Washington Post reported. Both were subpoenaed as part of an investigation into the DOJ… Source link
A federal judge on Friday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to limit their tactics against protesters in Minnesota, as federal immigration enforcement officers confronted protesters rallying after the killing of a woman by an ICE officer last week. US District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote in her order that ICE cannot retaliate against, arrest…
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Friday told Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz that it is “not good” that robots are doing ultrasounds in Alabama, after Oz raised the topic at the White House earlier in the day. Oz joined President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Source…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Virginia on Friday for not handing over state voter data, the latest of several states the department has targeted since last year in an effort to obtain registration information from individuals across the country. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division shared screenshots of… Source…
This comes as officials have indicated that the US has no imminent plans to attack Iran. Source link
The Hill’s Defense & NetSec Newsletter {Beacon} Defense & National Security Welcome to Defense & National Security The Big Story Trump’s Unenforceable Red Line with Iran President Trump appears to be backing away from immediate action against Iran after promising anti-government forces earlier this week that “help is on the way.” © AP Photo/Ivan Vuchi…
The Hill {Beacon} Health Care Health Care Click for more news from The Big Story Trump pushes health care affordability as ACA fight goes nowhere President Trump wants to use the affordability argument and make health care a winning Republican issue for the midterm elections in November. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon… Source link
