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Congress sluggish on federal AI framework as concerns intensify
A bipartisan proposal six lawmakers introduced in June as a starting point received chilly responses from leadership in both parties, who indicated they’re looking for a more robust solution, rather than approaching the issue piecemeal.
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Congress says Harvard built a nonprofit to dodge foreign gift disclosure law
Harvard is the single largest recipient of foreign money in American higher education, and if the disclosure law meant to track that money can be bypassed by routing it through a separate nonprofit, then nobody — not Congress, not the Education Department, not the public — actually knows who is funding research at the country's most influential university.
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Jeffries indicates potential Supreme Court changes if Democrats win midterms
Jeffries supported implementing 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices, which is currently a lifelong appointment, and said that House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin D-Md., would lead talks on altering the high court.
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Sen. Rubio demands President Biden fire Gen. Milley immediately
Vice-chair of Senate Intelligence Committee expresses "grave concern" over reports Joint Chiefs chairman "worked to actively undermine the sitting Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces and contemplated a treasonous leak of classified information to the Chinese Communist Party in advance of a potential armed conflict."
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Grassley blasts protesters for attempting to intimidate Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Sen. Chuck Grassley blasts activists for protesting outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home.
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Rand Paul to Blinken: It's 'foolish' to send $64 million in aid to Afghanistan under Taliban
The Biden administration announced on Friday it is providing $64 million in aid to Afghanistan through the United Nations.
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Durbin: Dems offering path to citizenship in filibuster-proof bill because 'we need workers' in US
Republicans argue much of worker shortage a result of expanded pandemic safety net like recently ended, enhance federal unemployment checks.
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Norquist: Democrats' planned business taxes higher than communist China's
Biden tax hikes in reconciliation bill will lead to GOP-led House, 'maybe' Senate, said veteran anti-tax activist Grover Norquist.
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Senate Foreign Relations chair: Defense Sec. Austin declined to testify on Afghanistan withdrawal
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez threatens to subpoena Pentagon chief, if he doesn't testify.
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Blinken's contentious hearing in House is lead-up to grilling before Senate
Amid support from Democrats who blamed the Afghanistan debacle on Trump, Republicans leveled accusations that Blinken was "tone deaf" and made "disgusting attempts" to claim credit for helping to evacuate American citizens.
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Fencing around Capitol complex will return for weekend rally for Jan. 6 incarcerated
Security fencing was originally put up after January 6 riot.
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Democrat senator: Fighting terrorism will be 'part of our national purpose' for next millennium
Recommending the Senate Intelligence Committee hold hearings on the Afghanistan withdrawal, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said, "We can learn a lot about what went wrong the last two decades."
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'We made the right decision': In contentious hearing, Blinken adamantly defends Afghanistan pullout
In the first of two sessions this week on Capitol Hill, Blinken faced tough questions about the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years.