The European Union’s parliament on Wednesday approved the world’s first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment.

Born in 2021, the EU AI Act divides the technology into categories of risk, ranging from β€œunacceptable” β€” which would see the technology banned β€” to high, medium and low hazard.

cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-l


A primary aim for Trump’s legal team, according to people familiar with the strategy, is to put the judge in DC overseeing the 2020 federal election obstruction case, Tanya Chutkan, in a position where she can’t start a trial before Election Day.

cnn.com/2024/02/26/politics/tr

The political network founded by the Koch brothers is endorsing Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary race, giving her organizational muscle and financial heft as she battles Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida for second place in Iowa.

The group announced its plans in a memo on Tuesday.

dnyuz.com/2023/11/28/koch-netw

Poilievre fires back at WestJet union after speaking on flight's PA system

Speaking to reporters in Vancouver, Poilievre indicated he has no plans to apologize.

"I think that the union should apologize for trying to silence freedom of speech," he said, suggesting that the crew invited him to speak because they believe in his message.

"People on the plane were just delighted with my common sense remarks."


Smith

Smith could have charged Trump in Florida for crimes he allegedly committed in New Jersey,
"The legal uncertainties that surround bringing charges in Florida for dissemination of national-security secrets in Bedminster leaves open the possibility that charges might yet be brought in New Jersey β€” a backup plan of sorts for Smith," wrote Goodman and Weissmann.

Mark Meadows, Trump former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing investigation into the former president, according to one source familiar with the matter.

It is not clear whether Meadows testified as part of the special counsel’s investigation into Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House or his probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

CNN

Tucker Carlson announces he is 'relaunching his show' on Musk-owned TWITTER - with the help of former Fox News show staff - and will FORGO his $25m non-compete clause

Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified documents have obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for him at Mar-a-Lago, part of an intensifying effort to determine whether Mr. Trump ordered boxes containing sensitive material moved out of a storage room there as the government sought to recover it last year, multiple people familiar with the inquiry said.

nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/poli

We watch FareedZakaria
every Sunday on CNN he always has a good take and good guests. He did a good job on "The Wagner Group" this morning. Richard Haas was interesting too.

I think this is what we have to look forward to.

Proposed GOP select panel would be empowered to review β€˜ongoing criminal investigations’

The proposed β€œselect subcommittee" would operate under the Judiciary Committee expected to be chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

politico.com/news/2023/01/07/g

In a rare public address dedicated to the border issue, President Biden unveiled a policy on Thursday to curb illegal border crossings, telling migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti to "not just show up at the border."

more at:axios.com/2023/01/05/biden-bor


WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Donald Trump paid no income tax during the final full year of his presidency as he reported a loss from his sprawling business interests, according to tax figures released by a congressional panel.

more at reuters.com/world/us/trump-pai

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to hold former Donald Trump's office in contempt of court for failing to fully comply with a subpoena to return all classified documents in the former president's possession, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell has not yet held a hearing or ruled on the request, the newspaper reported.

reuters.com/legal/us-justice-d

Democrats on a pair of congressional committees have launched an aggressive new effort to obtain information about whether Jared Kushner’s actions on U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf region as a senior White House adviser were influenced by the bailout of a property owned by his family business.
U.S. tax, trade and national security policies for his own financial gain.”

washingtonpost.com/politics/20

Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified in court Thursday, describing how Donald Trump and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities.

Weisselberg said Donald Trump, or at times Eric Trump or Donald Trump Jr., signed checks to pay up to $100,000 for private school tuition for Weisselberg's grandchildren.

cbsnews.com/news/trump-organiz

WASHINGTON β€” The Trump family has struck a deal with a Saudi-based real estate company to license its name to a housing and golf complex that will be built in Oman, renewing a swirl of questions about former President Donald J. Trump’s mixing of politics and business just as he appears poised to announce a third presidential candidacy.

The Trump family is teaming up with Dar Al Arkan, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest real estate companies, for the project.

dnyuz.com/2022/11/14/trump-fam

Former Vice President Mike Pence told ABC News that he was β€œangered” by former President Donald J. Trump’s β€œreckless” tweet assailing him during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021

The first excerpts from Mr. Pence’s interview, with the ABC anchor David Muir, were aired on Sunday and Monday, with more to be broadcast on Monday night. The former vice president gave the interview to promote his new book, β€œSo Help Me God,” which is scheduled to be

nytimes.com/2022/11/14/us/poli on Tuesday.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Sunday threatened Elon Musk to "fix" his companies "or Congress will," hours after Musk mocked the senator for demanding answers about Twitter's verification process.

Driving the news: The exchange comes days after Markey tweeted to Musk, attaching a letter, demanding Twitter to explain how a Washington Post reporter was able to successfully set up a verified account impersonating the
senator.

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