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Trump bashes AI regulations as rift in Congress widens

4 days 12 hours ago
(The Center Square) – With artificial intelligence becoming a political flashpoint as midterm elections loom, congressional Republicans and Democrats are split over the best approach to AI policy.
By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square

Vance bars suspects connected to $39B in fraud

4 days 14 hours ago
(The Center Square) — The Trump administration suspended around 870,000 people who are tied to nearly $39 billion in government loan fraud, officials announced on Monday.
By Andrew Rice | The Center Square

Proposed bill would bar taxpayer funding for AI surveillance cameras

2 weeks 1 day ago
(The Center Square) – With Americans across the country rebelling against thousands of AI enhanced surveillance cameras infiltrating their cities, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed a bill prohibiting the funding of those cameras with taxpayer money.
By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square

Woman sues Apple over alleged AirTag-facilitated stalking

2 weeks 3 days ago
(Legal Newsline) — An Independence woman has sued Apple Inc., alleging that the company’s AirTag tracking device enabled her stalker to follow her movements without her knowledge and that Apple failed to provide adequate protections for Android users.
Kyla Asbury | Legal Newsline

Former executive accuses Planned Parenthood of discrimination

2 weeks 4 days ago
(Legal Newsline) — A former vice president of human resources has sued Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri alleging she was fired in retaliation for reporting what she believed was an unauthorized abortion and for taking medical…
Kyla Asbury | Legal Newsline

22 state AGs question National Academies’ taxpayer funding amid 'sham' of a review

3 weeks 1 day ago
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter…
By Tate Rosentreter | The Center Square contributor

Missouri court dismisses greenhouse gas reporting rule challenge

3 weeks 4 days ago
(The Center Square) — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Missouri has granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Iowa, Missouri and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce against New York Attorney General Letitia James…
Kyla Asbury | Legal Newsline

ICE still blocked from churches of Cooperative Baptists, Quakers, Sikhs

4 weeks 2 days ago
(The Center Square) – Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are blocked from entering churches of Cooperative Baptists, Quakers and Sikhs to carry out enforcement operations unless they have a warrant, or in certain specified circumstances, the 4th U.S.…
By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

AI 'surveillance pricing' under scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers

1 month 2 weeks ago
(The Center Square) – In a rare instance of bipartisanship, Congress is taking a closer look at AI surveillance pricing, where corporations will charge some consumers higher prices based on their shopping habits and personal data.
By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square

Department of Education urges colleges to restore trust

1 month 2 weeks ago
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a letter to university presidents and board members to reaffirm their commitment to academic excellence and to outline reforms aimed at restoring confidence in higher education.
By Esther Wickham | The Center Square