Trump uses DPA to give $150M for gas and diesel{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump uses DPA to give $150M for gas and diesel President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Thursday night, announcing that the government would be spending $150 million toward boosting domestic gas and diesel production as the White House looks to ease consumer...The Hill14h agoWhole story →PlanetSecurity
West Virginia attorney general subpoenas environmental groupsWest Virginia’s attorney general has sent investigative subpoenas to environmental advocacy organizations — something the groups are describing as a retaliatory attack on their First Amendment rights. West Virginia Rivers Coalition and 350.org filed a lawsuit this week saying they and at least four other organizations received subpoenas from the office…The Hill15h agoWhole story →JusticePlanet
Paxton sues OpenAI, Altman for failing to warn Texans about ChatGPT's 'dangers'Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Friday, accusing the company of failing to warn consumers about the potential dangers from its AI models. The lawsuit alleges the ChatGPT maker is running afoul of a Texas consumer protection law and kids' online safety law, underscoring warnings about the...The Hill15h agoWhole story →TechnologyJustice
Live updates: Trump stumps in Florida, boosting Donalds and criticizing OmarPresident Trump rallied voters closer to home Friday afternoon, with a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Fla., as long-awaited midterm elections approach. He'll be there to boost Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who's running for governor, and Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), who is running for a full Senate term. The president both Thursday night and Friday...The Hill16h agoWhole story →PlanetSecurity
Cognitive surrender: Artificial intelligence’s threat to democracyWesleyan University computer science professor Sebastian Zimmeck argues that artificial intelligence poses a threat to democratic citizenship by encouraging cognitive surrender and requiring both individual critical thinking and robust regulatory oversight to protect personal agency.The Hill20h agoWhole story →TechnologySecurity
Congress should reassert its role in trade policy after the midtermsAlong with higher oil prices associated with the Iran war, Trump’s tariffs are highly unpopular with the electorate.The Hill23h agoWhole story →PlanetEconomy
Anthropic’s AI oversight isn’t democratic enoughRepresentatives looking out for the public’s interests should be embedded in all teams building advanced AI.The Hill1d agoWhole story →Technology
Free lunch, transgender athletes: Voters nationwide face major education decisionsVoters across the country are making big decisions about the education of their children at a local, state and federal level in this year's midterms. Ballot initiatives, school board elections, governor races and Senate spots are all on the line as parents head to the polls thinking about AI, school choice and what topics should...The Hill1d agoWhole story →TechnologyCulture
We analyzed Judge Reyes’s record in Trump cases. Here’s what we foundThe Trump administration wants to boot U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes from the battle over East Potomac Golf Links, insisting she has shown open hostility. President Trump called her a “crazed lunatic” on social media. The appointee of former President Biden has been assigned nearly a dozen lawsuits challenging major Trump administration actions, The…The Hill1d agoWhole story →TechnologyJustice
Trump announces he'll use Defense Production Act to increase domestic gas productionPresident Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Thursday, announcing that the government would be spending $150 million toward boosting domestic gas and diesel production as the White House looks to ease consumer pain at the gas pump. The announcement was made in a presidential memorandum earlier on Thursday, but the president detailed the exact...The Hill1d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomydefense production act invocation
Rollins: Trump administration going 'full-bore ahead' on Forest Service reorganizationAgriculture Secretary Brooke reiterated Thursday the Trump administration’s commitment to major restructuring at the U.S. Forest Service despite legal hurdles. “We are full-bore ahead in the reorganization,” Rollins said during a media call, according to The Associated Press. “We believe in it more today than we ever have — taking the USDA to our…The Hill1d agoWhole story →Planetus forest service reorganization
