adminnep The referral to Pam Bondi comes more than two years after John Brennan allegedly lied to Congress. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is asking the Justice Department to prosecute former CIA director John Brennan for allegedly lying to Congress more than two years ago. It’s the latest move in the GOP’s campaign to leverage the … Read more
President Donald Trump said he would have “begrudgingly” allowed the Kentucky senator to attend the lunch if he’d wanted. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he was not invited to Tuesday’s lunch at the White House with President Donald Trump and other Senate Republicans. “I actually wasn’t invited to the White House lunch today, but that’s … Read more
The top congressional Democrats contacted President Donald Trump on Tuesday to request a meeting as the shutdown drags into a fourth week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in comments to reporters after a closed-door caucus lunch that he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries “reached out to the president today and urged him to … Read more
Trump officials are expected to provide further details about a possible deal to import more beef from Argentina later Tuesday. Many GOP senators raised concerns directly with President Donald Trump on Tuesday about his idea to buy more beef from Argentina, according to four Republicans who attended a lunch hosted at the White House. The … Read more
McIver was charged following a May scuffle outside a federal immigration facility when two other Democratic members of Congress were also there but not prosecuted. NEWARK, New Jersey — A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver’s attempts to get charges against her dismissed because they are “selective” and “vindictive.” … Read more
BRUSSELS — The Trump administration’s campaign to kill the world’s first global carbon price for shipping upended internal EU climate discussions on Tuesday after Greece prevented the bloc from reendorsing the embattled levy. At a meeting of the International Maritime Organization last week, Athens dropped its support for the fee and other measures meant to … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea performed its first ballistic missile test in five months Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, days before President Donald Trump and other world leaders are to gather in rival South for a regional conference. A brief statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was launched in … Read more
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children and sexual violence survivors are flooding stock photo sites and increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who … Read more
Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’ Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world. The affected platforms included … Read more
Users of generative AI video app were able to recreate the Breaking Bad actor’s likeness without his consent, which OpenAI called ‘unintentional’ Bryan Cranston has said he is “grateful” to OpenAI for cracking down on deepfakes of himself on the company’s generative AI video platform Sora 2, after users were able to generate his voice … Read more