Jun 03 FBI fatally shoots a man holding hostages in a California office building, police say By Julie Watson, John Seewer, Associated Press A man who was holding hostages inside a California office building for more than 15 hours was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday, police said. Continue reading
Jun 03 WATCH: Mullin returns to testify on DHS budget before House committee By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin didn't back down from his threats to pull Customs and Border Protection officers from airports on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 02 New York, 6 other states sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press The federal goverment is giving French company TotalEnergies $1 billion — essentially a refund of its leases for offshore wind projects off New York and North Carolina — if it invests the money in fossil fuel projects instead. Continue reading
Jun 02 Trump signs executive order that allows voluntary federal vetting of top AI models for national security risks By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press It was not immediately clear to what extent the order signed Tuesday differed from the one he declined to sign on May 21. Continue reading
Jun 02 Listen Again: What happens when extremists come to town By Amna Nawaz Journalist Michael Edison Hayden spent years tracking extremism in America. His book, “Strange People on the Hill,” is about what happened when a far-right group moved its headquarters to a small town in rural West Virginia. We're revisiting our conversation… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 5:14 News Wrap: More people arrested for breaking curfew at New Jersey ICE detention facility In our new wrap Monday, police in New Jersey arrested more protestors for breaking a curfew around an ICE detention facility, election denier Tina Peters was released from prison, Colombia’s presidential election is set for a runoff, protesters in Kenya… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 6:57 Authorities struggle to stop AI tools generating nude images without consent By William Brangham, Sam Lane There has been a sharp rise in so-called "nudification" technology. These AI-powered tools can generate realistic fake images and videos that depict people as undressed, often without their knowledge or consent. William Brangham reports on the growing concern over the… Continue watching
Jun 01 Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming company hid ChatGPT risks from users By Associated Press The lawsuit claims the company deployed a product that facilitates and encourages harm, including self-harm and violence, while falsely assuring users it was safe. Continue reading
Jun 01 Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters released from prison after governor commutes sentence By Associated Press Peters served less than a quarter of her nine-year sentence. Continue reading
May 30 Trump plans to appeal ruling letting importers seek refunds of paid struck-down tariffs By Mae Anderson, Associated Press Businesses big and small have started receiving tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Trump lacked the constitutional authority to impose higher import taxes on goods from nearly every other country. Continue reading