[ad_1] – d3sign/Getty Images/Moment RF hide caption toggle caption d3sign/Getty Images/Moment RF This spring Colorado passed the country’s first comprehensive law over how companies and governments use artificial intelligence to make key decisions over people’s lives. “Whether (people) get insurance, or what the rate for their insurance is, or legal decisions or employment decisions, whether […]

[ad_1] The outcome is a test of how far AIPAC will go to crush progressive movements. Ad Policy Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks during a press conference “Unions Demand Free Speech on Campus” on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2024, in Washington, DC.(Michael A. McCoy / Getty Images) No event in the news today poses […]

[ad_1] When the vape brand Juul first hit the market back in 2015, e-cigarettes were in a kind of regulatory limbo. At the time, the rules that governed tobacco cigarettes did not explicitly apply to e-cigarettes. Then Juul blew up, fueled a public health crisis over teen vaping, and inspired a regulatory crackdown. But when […]

[ad_1] Nevada state Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald is seen in 2018 in Las Vegas. On Friday, a judge dismissed a criminal indictment against six Republicans, including McDonald, accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election. L.E. Baskow/AP hide caption toggle caption L.E. Baskow/AP LAS […]

[ad_1] We remember Trump’s female opponent. Time to remember Nixon’s? Ad Policy Then-Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas speaks at the Democratic National Convention in 1948. (Bettmann / Getty Images) Understandably, the political name that most often comes up in comparison with Donald Trump is Richard Nixon. To get to the White House, Trump defeated a good, […]

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[ad_1] New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, seen here at Equality PAC’s National Pride Gala on June 13 at Union Station in Washington, D.C., is working to increase LGBTQ representation in Congress. Jon Fleming Photography provided by Equality PAC hide caption toggle caption Jon Fleming Photography provided by Equality PAC On a recent night in Washington […]

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in a major gun-rights case. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on gun possession for anyone covered by a domestic violence court order. The vote was 8-to-1. The decision was the first […]

[ad_1] Sheinbaum’s landslide victory is thanks to her commitment to continue policies that put the interests of the working class first. Ad Policy Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president-elect, announces her cabinet picks at the Interactive Museum of Economics in Mexico City on June 20, 2024.(Gerardo Vieyra / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Mexican voters gave an undisputable […]

[ad_1] In this file photo from 2022, Libertarian Chase Oliver, then a candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, listens during a debate in Atlanta, Ga. The Libertarian Party nominated party activist Oliver for president as the party’s candidate in the 2024 election, rejecting former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they each […]