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DHS warns of threats to election posed by artificial intelligence
(WASHINGTON) -- The threat posed by artificial intelligence programs is real and creates a serious challenge going into the 2024 election, according to a new federal assessment.The analysis, compiled by the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by ABC News, outlines how, with less than six months before Election Day,…
Sen. Schumer tells Democrats he’ll reintroduce bipartisan border bill
(WASHINGTON) -- Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will bring the bipartisan border deal that was negotiated early this year by a group of Senators back up on the floor this week for a standalone vote, he said in a letter to his colleagues released Sunday night.The move to hold another vote…
Biden faces silent protests at Morehouse commencement
(ATLANTA) -- President Joe Biden was met with silent protests as he delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday, after some students and faculty members voiced strong opposition to his visit over the president's handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.In his speech before the president's…
Van Hollen: ‘I do not have concerns’ about Biden at debate
(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday that he's unconcerned about how President Joe Biden will fare at his first debate with former President Donald Trump next month.The two candidates' agreement bucked the Commission on Presidential Debates, the longtime organizer of such forums. Biden's camp suggested the body…
Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance
(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- Alabama State University is partnering with private equity firm Neuberger Berman to manage the school's $125 million endowment – making it the largest such partnership between a Wall Street firm and a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) ever.The new relationship is a "blessing," according to…
Democrats look to band together after Maryland’s bruising Senate primary
(WASHINGTON) -- Angela Alsobrooks emerged as the victor in a bruising Democratic Senate primary in Maryland -- and now the state's Democratic Party faces the challenge of reuniting to take on a formidable Republican opponent in the general election.Alsobrooks, a county executive in a Maryland suburb outside the nation's capital,…
Trump attends son Barron’s high school graduation on day off from court
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Former President Donald Trump attended his son Barron's high school graduation at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, after the judge overseeing his hush money trial in New York granted him a day off court to allow him to attend.It was a break…
Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that desegregated America's public schools."My Department of Education is investing $300 million, including another $20 million announced today…
Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greene’s ‘fake eyelash’ comments
(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed over Greene's comments that Rep. Jasmine Crockett wore "fake eyelashes.""It was not a…
Pentagon’s temporary pier off Gaza is ready to begin delivering aid
(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon's temporary floating pier system was anchored onto a beach in Gaza on Thursday amid the Israel-Hamas war, and U.S. officials say humanitarian aid will begin flowing "in the coming days."Officials did, however, stress that while the pier -- formally called the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS,…