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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint
The White House said Friday that Congress should “preempt state AI laws” that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how...
Clintons agree to testify in House Epstein investigation before contempt of Congress vote
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed late Monday to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the...
Netanyahu Delivers a Forceful Defense of Israel to Applause in Congress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday issued a full-throated defense of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, during an address to Congress that laid bare deep divisions in Washington over a war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
US national debt hits record $34 trillion as Congress gears up for funding fight
The federal government’s gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion, a record high that foreshadows the coming political and economic challenges to improve America’s balance sheet in the coming years.
Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping
For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions.
