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House Democrats press Johnson to stay in session and address AI safeguards

Over 100 House Democrats are urging Speaker Mike Johnson to keep Congress in session until lawmakers pass “meaningful, bipartisan AI safeguards.”In a In a letter, shared first with POLITICO and led...

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The Rules for This Election Keep Changing

Bethany Mann has put thousands of miles on her 2014 Toyota RAV4 while campaigning for office in Missouri’s Third Congressional District. The problem for Mann, her opponents, and the hundreds of tho...

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‘Not helpful’: Trump’s thoughts on AI, Flock cameras, Ireland distract from post-convention message

One week ago, President Donald Trump kicked off a historic convention that was supposed to set the message for Republicans to carry through the midterms.Since then, he lashed out against calls to r...

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Pardoned by Trump and escaping charges at home, ex-Honduran leader’s case shows a nation’s struggle for sovereignty

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández acknowledges supporters upon his return to Honduras on July 26, 2026. AP Photo/Fernando Destephen,FileA Honduran judge on Sept. 1, 2026, dismissed...

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Fed rate move tests Warsh’s delicate truce with Trump

The Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates for the first time in three years on Wednesday, piling on to Republicans’ economic woes before the elections, from soaring oil prices and two-...

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Karen Bass’ allies are starting to worry: ‘The energy is with Nithya’

LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass is in trouble.For months, the Los Angeles mayor’s allies had expressed confidence that Bass, despite her low public approval ratings, was likely to hold off her progressive...

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Rep. Casar: ‘The AI race is not an arms race that you win’

Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) is objecting to the notion that America should be focused on winning the AI race.“The AI race is not an arms race that you win,” Casar said during the POLITICO Decoded Su...

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One of the Best Supreme Court Decisions in Years Is Still Alarming

President Donald Trump’s plan to kneecap mail-voting practices in November’s midterms ran aground on Monday evening after the Supreme Court blocked the postal system from enforcing it in a 7–2 vote...

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Top AI companies are asking for supervision. Here's why Congress might not give it to them.

OpenAI threw its weight Tuesday behind an increasingly popular proposal to address the dangers of artificial intelligence — requiring the top AI developers to embed independent watchdogs to ensure ...

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The Only Thing Capable of Uniting Bernie and Bannon

If there was any question over whether the concept of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is still operative in Washington’s hyper-partisan political environment, the answer may be found in the bu...

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Trump says Kennedy Center board voted to close building, hours after judge rules building can’t bear his name

BREAKING NEWS:The Kennedy Center’s board voted to close the performing arts center on Tuesday, President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.The announcement came hours after U.S. District Ju...

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Crypto bill collapses on Senate floor

The Senate on Tuesday rejected a sweeping cryptocurrency bill amid opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans, punctuating a remarkable collapse for the measure following months of acri...

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OpenAI backs bipartisan push to address AI biothreats

OpenAI is supporting a slate of bills that the company says will help prevent artificial intelligence models from supercharging the threat of biological weapons and synthetic viruses.The bills aim ...

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DOJ seeking reporter’s LinkedIn records in secretive First Amendment court fight

A secret, months-long battle between tech titans and the Justice Department — over prosecutors’ effort to obtain details on a journalist’s LinkedIn interactions for use in a national security leak ...

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The Republican Party is all-in on Islamophobia

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks on stage on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Dallas, on September 10, 2026. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Anti-Muslim messaging has...

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Election watchers brace for Trump’s next move after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s mail-in voting rules just weeks before the midterms generated a collective exhale among election administrators, voting rights groups and c...

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Republicans blame AI concerns on Democrats

The Trump administration has landed on a messaging strategy to combat growing calls that AI will soon spiral out of control: it is Democratic hysteria.“Every Democrat senator suddenly races to a mi...

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AI Just Became A Massive Midterm Election Issue

AI Just Became A Massive Midterm Election Issue Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Artificial intelligence is about to become one of the most consequential issues in the 2026 midte...

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Jensen Huang on AI safety: ‘We don't need any new laws’

SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the AI industry doesn’t need any new laws Tuesday during San Francisco’s annual Dreamforce megaconference hosted by Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff,...

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Rebel Democrats again help House GOP advance floor agenda

A pair of House Democrats voted to advance a slate of GOP bills in a procedural vote that was otherwise on track to fail — the second time they have crossed party lines to help out House GOP leader...

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New York wants to go bigger on AI regulation — before its first law even takes effect

NEW YORK — New York has been among the most aggressive states in the country in trying to police artificial intelligence, passing pioneering legislation designed to put guardrails around the rapidl...

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