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The tech bro billionaires won the fight over the AI executive order. But are they losing the war?
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (583+ words) Fortune Tech billionaires convinced Trump to back off an AI executive order. But much of MAGA favors AI regulation The tech bros struck back. "I didn't like certain aspects of it," Trump explained to reporters at the White House on…...
Fired bird conservationist settles with state of Florida over Charlie Kirk dispute for $485, 000
7+ hour, 22+ min ago (376+ words) Florida officials will pay nearly half a million dollars to a biologist who was fired by a state agency for criticizing conservative activist Charlie Kirk on social media after his death. Brown on Thursday signed a $485, 000 settlement agreement with agency…...
Gavin Newsom takes rare step of telling Californians to avoid Chevron: 'Big Oil is already making billions off Trump's Iran War"
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (466+ words) California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in a spat with a major oil company over who is to blame for the state's high gas prices, with the Democratic governor's office urging drivers not to fill up at Chevron stations over Memorial…...
'You kind of ruined it with your trans obsession': House points fingers as Smithsonian Women's museum funding fails
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (828+ words) What started as a widely backed proposal to locate a new'Smithsonian American Women's History Museum'on the National Mall devolved into a partisan fight Thursday after Republicans revised the legislation to ensure no'transgender people'are included in the exhibits. The House rejected…...
'In 60 days there's been a huge change in the attitudes of this country': Former Detroit mayor says bipartisan approach in governor race is doomed
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (763+ words) Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Thursday that he is suspending his campaign for Michigan governor citing an increasingly "toxic" political climate due to President Donald Trump's'war with Iran'and'skyrocketing gas prices. "Democrat anger against Trump and Republicans is extremely high,…...
Malaysia slams 'grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting' Tik Tok memes about its king
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (268+ words) Malaysia said Thursday it has ordered'Tik Tok'to explain and address what it described as the social media platform's failure to act swiftly against offensive, defamatory and fake content targeting the royal institution. The Communications and Multimedia Commission said the move…...
British government's answer to cost-of-living crisis: discounts on theme park tickets, chocolate bars
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (393+ words) The British government is offering cheaper chocolate and discounted entry to theme parks as it seeks to ease a cost-of-living squeeze and win back voters. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves'on Thursday announced modest handouts to help alleviate rising costs sparked by…...
Indian Gen Zers turn online parody account into political movement: the Cockroach Janta Party
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (675+ words) It began as a satirical online project. Now millions of young Indians are flocking to it as an outlet for their frustration. The online movement's rise has been unusually rapid. The Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, set up its website…...
After Venezuela and Iran, Cuba? Trump says 'it looks like I'll be the one that does it"
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1771+ words) Meanwhile, Senate Republicans'are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money'for the White House complex and'Trump's ballroom'on Thursday. And Trump's plan to build'a triumphal arch in Washington'is getting a second look from the U. S. Commission of Fine Arts, a…...
Ro Khanna blames 'clueless' boomers for Gen Z booing AI: They handed over a "broken economy"
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (799+ words) Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) had a simple message for graduates at Suffolk University in Boston last Sunday: AI's windfall shouldn't flow only to billionaires. "As AI transforms our economy, we must ensure it serves workers, not billionaires," he said. The…...