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Trump in Ohio to stump for HustedVANDALIA, Ohio -- President Donald Trump on Saturday defended data centers that power artificial intelligence projects but have become a contentious campaign issue nationwide, as he took his midterm tour to Ohio to insist his party will keep its majorities in Congress.

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GOP tax cuts have little effect on campaign trailORO VALLEY, Ariz. -- Republicans in Congress had hoped the major tax-and-spending-cut bill they muscled into law last year would redeem them on the campaign trail as they try to beat historical odds to keep their majorities in November's midterm elections.

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Trump urges calls to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in push for permanent daylight saving timePresident Donald Trump is urging people to call what appears to be the personal cellphone number of Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Trump wants the Senate to help pass the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent. The bill passed the House in July but some Republican senators — including Cotton — oppose it. Trump argued on social media…

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Judge OKs Paramount settlement agreementCHICAGO -- A federal judge has granted Paramount's settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion mega merger.

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STAR PARKER: Attempts to slow AI and other overreactionsI'm far from understanding chatbots, chips and AI technology, but I've worked in D.C. long enough to be suspicious when industry giants come begging for government regulations.

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Trump, AI leaders sign accordWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews during a meeting at the White House aimed at addressing Americans' fears about the technology.

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Legislators introduce measure to curb AIWashington -- Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, unveiled legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry's own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology.

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State argues federal judge’s ruling that bans Ten Commandments displays in Arkansas public schools was wrongST. LOUIS -- Attorneys for the state of Arkansas made their case Tuesday for reversing a district judge's ruling that a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library in the state is unconstitutional.

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Attorney: Feds could get involved in case of Bentonville man accused of using AI to produce child sexual abuse materialBENTONVILLE -- An attorney representing a Bentonville photographer accused of using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material believes federal authorities will become involved in the case.

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UNC defensive coordinator Steve Belichick resigns, probe into conduct in football program concludesCHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Investigators looking into conduct within Bill Belichick's North Carolina football program examined a range of allegations tied to potential drug use, inappropriate relationships and NCAA rule violations.

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Leaders’ AI warnings hit logjamWASHINGTON -- The technology industry's increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government's willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of the era.

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Lawmakers discuss the data center industry in ArkansasGoogle Inc., the technology giant building a huge data center campus at West Memphis, is taking time to visit with residents who will be neighbors of the billion dollar project, Rachel Wilson, a Google energy market development employee, told the Legislature's Joint Energy Committee on Tuesday.

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Protect College Sports Act gets renewed push, fresh opposition as college football returnsWith college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.

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OPINION | ROBERT STEINBUCH: Shut your mouthRecently I wrote about a guest column from former first ladies who asked Arkansas public television to move "PBS NewsHour" back to 6 p.m. (from 10 p.m.) and restore "Washington Week with the Atlantic" to the broadcast lineup, rather than streaming only. I praised the former first ladies' fundraising, which was genuinely impressive--$2.1 million in about…

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CAL THOMAS: Why Republicans can still hopeIf you have been paying attention to media reports, many politicians, including some Republicans and those often-wrong pollsters, believe the November election is a foregone conclusion. According to them, Democrats will win a House majority and possibly take over the Senate too. History proves it, they say, because the party out of power almost always is…

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DAN SULLIVAN: Common sense finally prevails on library books for minorsIn 2021 and 2022, the Craighead County Library in Jonesboro became a flashpoint for the city, the region, the state, and ultimately the nation over the appropriateness of certain books in the children's section. Parents and citizens raised legitimate questions about sexually explicit material placed where young children could easily access it. Defenders…

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Investigating the definition of ‘woman’Back on May 2, 2024, standing beside anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order essentially nullifying Title IX rules established by the Biden administration, saying, "Biden thinks anybody can be a woman just because they say so. ... I can't think of anything more offensive and dismissive of the very real,…

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