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- Trump signs executive order to block "excessive" state AI regulations President Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence....
- Johnson says boat strike hit "able-bodied" survivors who were "not injured" House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he's satisfied with the intelligence and legality of the operation that killed two survivors of a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat....
- China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips For China, President Trumps moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains....
- Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office....
- Mamdani Will Be New York Citys First Soccer-Mad Mayor Zohran Mamdani isnt just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team where he was known as Z....
- Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI <p>Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose sole responsibility will be challenging states AI laws</p><p>Donald Trump signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidentia...
- GOP Rep. Roy: Texans Can See Through Jasmine Crockett Senate Run <p>Wednesday on FNC's "The Ingraham Angle," Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) downplayed his colleague Rep. Jasmine Crockett's (D-TX) entry into his state's U.S. Senate race.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.b...
- Mamdani on NYPD Arresting ICE Agents: Focus Is on Sanctuary Law, But 'Has to Be Accountability for All of Us' for Law to Be Meaningful <p>During an interview with MS NOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff on Wednesday, New York City Mayor-Elect Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) responded to a question on the NYPD poss...
- Trump signs executive order targeting state AI laws <p>President Trump on Thursday signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/" target="_blank"...
- The dos and don'ts of Disney's Sora agreement <p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/12/11/openai-disney-sora" target="_blank">Disney has entered</a> the AI age but under a new agreement between Walt Disney Company and <a href="https://www.axios....
- Walt Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora <p>Walt Disney has reached an agreement with <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/30/chatgpt-three-years-work" target="_blank">OpenAI</a> that will make the company the first major content licensing...
- AI architects are Time magazine's 2025 "Person of the Year" <p>Artificial <a href="https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai" target="_blank">intelligence</a> architects were named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" on Thursday. </p><p><strong>Why i...
- JPMorgan: The biggest national security threat may be America's workforce <p>America has a talent shortage, with 40% of adults lacking basic digital skills, says a <a href="https://www.jpmorganchase.com/impact/policy-center/careers/policy-recommendations-and-insights-for-wo...
- Mamdanis Immigration Transition Team to Focus on Fortifying Citys Sanctuary Laws <p>The first meeting of the Immigration Justice Committee, one of 17 groups the mayor-elect has assembled to advise on his transition to City Hall, is expected to take place at the end of this week. I...
- Readers sound off on recycling pennies, Mamdanis critics and remembering Sinatra Manhattan: Get ready, America! Our country is about to undergo a seismic shift in its currency. The penny is now an endangered species. Our commander in chief, President Trump, has ordered a halt to t...
- Trump and Mamdani Are Latest Example of Left and Right Converging on Economic Issues One likes price floors, the other likes rent control. Theyre both waging the same war on prices, as one analyst puts it....
- Brad Lander, Challenging Incumbent Congressman Dan Goldman in Democratic Primary, Officially Wins Mamdani Endorsement The city comptroller is considered to be a major force in helping Mamdani capture the mayors office this year....
- Staten Island Gen Z reactions to Mayor-elect Mamdani: Share your thoughts in our poll What do you think he can do to make life on Staten Island better for you, your friends, and your family?...
- With Altadena burning, L.A. County lacked satellite mapping tool used by other agencies <p>A federal program that uses military satellites to track wildfires is particularly useful when aircraft are grounded, as occurred in the Eaton fire. But despite its availability, the L.A. County Fi...
- Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a "single national framew...