Politics

WATCH: House meets as pressure to regulate AI grows

By Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it’s time for President Donald Trump to “summon everyone together” and take the lead addressing questions about AI at the White House, rather than Congress.

How Democrats and activist groups are planning to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections

By Nicholas Riccardi, Matt Brown, Associated Press

The anxious contingency planning as voting gets underway has become a marker for how fraught democracy has become in the country that once stood as an example to the world.

What to know about recent dire AI predictions and calls for safeguards

By Alex Veiga, Associated Press

New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a…

Trump says he's lifting 10% tariff on Irish whiskey because 'everybody's been bugging me'

By Darlene Superville, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

President Donald Trump announced in April that he was lifting certain tariffs on U.K. whiskey, which includes Scotch and spirits made in Northern Ireland, creating an imbalance with Ireland.

Trump says he'll consider releasing 9/11 records after families' request

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago.

Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China

By Darlene Superville, Didi Tang, Associated Press

While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify.

Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future

By Matt Brown, Associated Press

Although Black men vote overwhelmingly Democratic, even small shifts in their support can help swing razor-thin elections. They are often some of the most scrutinized but least understood voters, a blind spot that political strategist Khalil Thompson wants to fix.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump's $5,000 'dividend' needs congressional approval

By Didi Tang, Associated Press

Trump made the unusual pitch at the party's midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill.

Partial returns show close race between Sweden's conservative government and left-wing opposition

By Kostya Manenkov, Associated Press

Exit polls from public broadcaster SVT had initially shown the left-wing parties ahead by several percentage points but with two-thirds of the actual vote counted, the two blocs were nearly dead even.

The secret ballot has been an article of faith in U.S. elections. That's being tested in Georgia

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

The system's vulnerability has been drawing increased attention, with election security advocates criticizing state election officials for failing to fix it before the November elections.