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California woman arrested and charged with acting as unregistered agent for China, prosecutor saysBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The FBI on Sunday arrested a 34-year-old California woman who has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent for China, First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, said in a social media post. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, of Irvine, allegedly surveilled a close
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Trump has promoted AI in education. His FCC may end school internet subsidies.Like many parents, Arielle Roth has concerns about her children’s screen time at school. But unlike her peers, she’s in a position to influence the issue at nearly every school in America. Roth heads an obscure federal agency within the Commerce Department that serves as the president’s top policy adviser on telecommunications issues. In that
ABC17News.com2d agoWhole story →
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Hawley announces bill targeting license plater readersCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri senator announced on Wednesday he is introducing a new bill related to automatic license plate readers like Flock. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the "Stop Flock Abuse Act" to establish basic safeguards for AI-powered cameras and to "protect Americans’ fundamental constitutional rights," Senator Hawley said. This…
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Kehoe declares state of emergency, signs order cutting diesel-related restrictions amid skyrocketing pricesCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri farmers are getting temporary relief from restrictions on dyed diesel as they work to get this year’s harvest out of the field. Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday signed Executive Order 26-19, declaring a state of emergency and temporarily reducing restrictions on the types of diesel fuel that can be used for
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Democrats block data centers bill, derailing Senate GOP bid to act on affordability ahead of midtermsBy Ellis Kim, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a GOP-led bill to combat rising energy costs driven by the data center boom, thwarting a last-ditch effort by Republicans to show they are taking voter concerns about affordability seriously. Even though the bill only recommends states take action and does not
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What to know about America.gov, the Trump administration’s new AI-driven services websiteBy Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration thinks the federal bureaucracy is way too complex for Americans to navigate — and it believes that artificial intelligence can help. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled America.gov, a government website meant to serve as a one-stop shop for people trying to accomplish basic tasks like
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Justice Alito recuses himself from major climate change case after complaints about his oil and gas holdingsBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito announced Monday that he will recuse himself from a major climate change-related case the court is set to hear next week, following weeks of pressure from environmental groups that argued he was compromised by his financial holdings in the oil and gas industry. In
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Federal appeals court rules Pentagon’s blacklist of Anthropic was legalBy Clare Duffy, Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — The Department of Defense can blacklist Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The decision is a blow to Anthropic after it won a separate challenge in a California court in August that partially invalidated the Trump administration’s label. The Trump
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Majority of Americans express ‘fear and concern’ about AI, say government should regulate it more: CNN pollBy Isabelle LaBianco, Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Americans regard the growth and development of AI technology with far more fear and concern than hope and excitement, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with broad partisan agreement that the federal government ought to do more to regulate it. Those concerns stretch across
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FBI investigating apparent breach after hackers claim to have stolen thousands of federal agents’ dataBy Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is investigating an apparent breach of its networks after a prolific cybercriminal group claimed on Tuesday to have stolen thousands of FBI agents’ personal data, according to two sources familiar with the matter. “The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and
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Newsom declares state of emergency for California ahead of super El Niño storm seasonBy Kate S. Petersen, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency for California to mobilize resources ahead of a potentially historic super El Niño storm season this winter. California is likely to be an epicenter for this historically intense El Niño in the US. Strong El Niño
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Trump has a ‘sledgehammer’ way to slash diesel prices. But it could boomerang back on the USBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Diesel, the most important fuel on the planet, is so expensive that some Republicans want President Donald Trump to stop exporting it to friends and allies. “High diesel prices ARE KILLING FARMERS INCOME,” Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley posted on X last week, calling for an “embargo on
ABC17News.com14d agoWhole story →
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FAA says Trump’s arch would not interfere with airplanes flying into DC’s national airportBy Michael Williams, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said it has determined that President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch will not interfere with aircraft flying into the nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, one of the busiest commercial flight corridors in the country. The arch, which is…
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Newsom signs executive order to consider AI regulation, including proposal for ‘kill switch’By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on regulating artificial intelligence on Friday that will convene a group of “world-leading experts” to begin developing a framework for state law governing the technology. “We’re going to speed up our work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it’s too
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Congress has failed to regulate AI for years - and there’s little sign that’s changingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — In December 2024, a bipartisan congressional task force studying the possible perils of artificial intelligence issued 85 recommendations for how lawmakers could act on the issue. GOP Rep. Jay Obernolte, a key figure on the task force, asked Republican leaders to go even further, establishing a special committee to
ABC17News.com18d agoWhole story →
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Josh Shapiro wades into AI debate with call for ‘strict guardrails’By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday called for greater federal regulation of artificial intelligence while criticizing President Donald Trump for minimizing concerns, saying “We cannot ignore the warning signs nor downplay the very real risks.” “I am not a doomer. I don’t think that it is inevitable that AI
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Trump administration’s endangered species habitat rule repeal takes effect, facing bipartisan pushback in CongressBy Kate S. Petersen, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill is pushing back on a seismic shift in US environmental regulation that experts say exposes previously protected endangered species’ habitats to destruction from land use such as logging and real estate development. In July, the Trump administration repealed a 50-year-old
ABC17News.com19d agoWhole story →
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