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Biden issues veto threats on House GOP-drafted spending bills - Roll Call

President Joe Biden would veto the House's Military Construction-VA and Agriculture bills, the White House budget office announced Monday.

Roll Call · Jul 24, 2023

DoJ sues Texas governor over refusal to remove anti-migrant buoys from river

Move is latest in growing political spat between Greg Abbott and Biden administration over immigration

The Guardian - US · Jul 24, 2023

Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: The federal investigation, explained

A sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies could result in several criminal charges against him, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

A White House official says President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2023

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House

President Joe Biden is praising new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House as an important step toward managing the “enormous” promise and risks posed by the…

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Google and others agree to advance AI safety practices with the White House

Google and six other companies will convene with the White House to discuss the voluntary commitments made on responsible AI practices.

Android Central · Jul 21, 2023

Trump lost "every exec. privilege" fight

Trump is now trying to use executive privilege to block ex-aide's testimony in Jan. 6 investigation

Salon · Jul 21, 2023

First Thing: July likely to be hottest month on record, says Nasa

Gavin Schmidt of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies warns of likelihood of new high as heatwave bakes large parts of planet. Plus, the beginning of the end for the great Megan Rapinoe

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023

Companies have pledged safe AI development, White House says - Roll Call

The White House says it has safety commitments from Google, Amazon, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI.

Roll Call · Jul 21, 2023

The White House and big tech companies release commitments on managing AI

Seven tech companies, including Google, Meta and OpenAI, have voluntarily made commitments on developing and managing artificial intelligence. But there isn't much accountability in the process.

WEKU · Jul 21, 2023