Новости за 24.01.2024

Recent mass layoffs from technology and media companies, including eBay, Riot Games and the Los Angeles Times, might have you thinking about your job security.

The Senate plans to pursue a slew of more limited artificial intelligence-focused bills instead of one major bill, according to a key Republican negotiator in the process, indicating that Congress will be taking a bottom-up approach as it scrambles to set new rules for the emerging technology.

Can Bible-believing Christians of good conscience vote for Donald Trump in November? That's a question at the heart of plenty of debate and consternation as it becomes increasingly clear the former president -- a boisterous, thrice-married businessman-turned-politician who is the first former president to face criminal charges -- is likely to be the 2024 Republican nominee.

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a defiant statement Wednesday saying Texas has a constitutional right to defend its borders, after the Supreme Court ruled that the feds could cut down the state's razor wire border fence.

Jochen "Jack" Wurfl's story of survival -- including a stint in the Hitler Youth as a young boy trying to hide his Jewish heritage -- is detailed in his recently published autobiography "My Two Lives." Originally written to document for his descendants their family's suffering, Mr. Wurfl hopes the account helps others take antisemitism more seriously in the wake of the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel by Hamas, a Palestinian terror group.

Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jeff DeWit resigned Wednesday after he could be heard in a leaked recording offering a job and asking U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake to name a price that would keep her out of politics.

China's military is engaged in secret biological weapons development that is a key element of Beijing's asymmetric warfare strategy, according to a new report by the CCP Biothreats Initiative, a think tank.

Days after dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned frontrunner and former President Donald Trump must find a way to attract the many "checked out" GOP voters who may not show up for him in November.

The United Auto Workers Union endorsed President Biden on Wednesday for a second term, hailing his longtime support of big labor and auto workers.

Ohio has banned gender-transition care for minors and restricted transgender women's and girls' participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them.

A judge refused this week to toss out Fox News' claims that voting technology company Smartmatic is suing the network to suppress free speech. The ruling means that both Smartmatic's multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit and the network's counterclaims can continue toward an eventual trial.

The United States is hurtling toward a general election rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump that gives most voters the heebie-jeebies.

The Catholic University of America will move forward with the auction of a dress worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit aiming to stop the sale.

Architects of a bipartisan agreement working through Congress that centers on expanding child tax credits and reviving Trump-era business tax cuts say a provision involving Taiwan is crucial to combating China.

Pope Francis sounded an alarm Wednesday over the perils of artificial intelligence and manipulated images circulated online, saying he was a victim of a viral deepfake photo.

Jochen "Jack" Wurfl survived the Holocaust by hiding in plain sight within the Hitler Youth. While his family died in concentration camps, he survived and eventually returned to Germany to help rebuild after World War II.

Giant, must-pass bills are the most loved and hated of all legislation.

Tesla is expanding its operations in Sweden despite dozens of sympathy strikes around the region targeting the company.

The outcome of Tuesday's 2024 presidential primaries adds fresh confirmation that New Hampshire's state motto is befitting: "Live free or die."

Dozens of migrants have been sleeping on the floors of Boston's Logan Airport as the state struggles to house the influx of illegal immigrants after shelters reached capacity in November.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lifetime ban against "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli to work in pharmaceuticals.

It has been about 80 years since the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, a bloody struggle against Japan that cost thousands of Americans their lives.

Comedian Jon Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to "The Daily Show" as a weekly host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle.

An American scientist has sparked a trans-Atlantic tempest in a teapot by offering Britain advice on its favorite hot beverage.

Sadly, the entire 2024 primary and general election cycle will be yet another GOP waste of time unless Republican donors, candidates, pundits and voters begin focusing on and talking publicly about how to unite and defeat Hillary and Bill Clinton in 2024.