Trump strikes conciliatory bipartisan tone at Congressional Ball

Trump strikes conciliatory bipartisan tone at Congressional Ball

President Trump delivered conciliatory remarks at this year’s Congressional Ball, welcoming Republicans and Democrats and called for everyone to set “all political differences” aside for the evening. “I want to thank all of the great people in the room, both Democrat and Republican who worked so hard on the behalf of our great nation,” Mr.…

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Trump signs order to block states from regulating AI

Trump signs order to block states from regulating AI

President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to block states from regulating artificial intelligence and to create federal guidelines that would dictate the nation’s artificial intelligence policy. Mr. Trump’s order establishes an AI Litigation Task Force that would challenge state AI laws and preempt them with Mr. Trump’s federal policy. Under the order, Attorney General…

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Obamacare compromise elusive as Senate bills fail, bipartisan House plans lack majority support

Obamacare compromise elusive as Senate bills fail, bipartisan House plans lack majority support

Congress appears unlikely to enact any health care law before the year’s end, when enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies expire, though some lawmakers still hold out hope for a compromise. The prospects were dim after the Senate rejected a Democratic bill to extend the enhanced subsidies for three years without changes and a Republican alternative that…

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Utah Judge allows cameras, for now, in trial of man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk

Utah Judge allows cameras, for now, in trial of man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man facing the death penalty for allegedly assassinating rising conservative star Charlie Kirk, made his first in-person appearance in a Utah courtroom Thursday ahead of a judge’s ruling that a camera can stay in the courtroom for now. Mr. Robinson’s mother, father and brother sat nearby. Mr. Robinson, shackled, wore…

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