Amazon is using AI in terrifying ways to disempower workers. We must fight back.
Progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner is remaining defiant in the face of mounting scrutiny over his past, as Maine voters prepare to cast ballots in the upcoming Senate primaries and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) labels the latest allegations against her presumptive Democratic rival “troubling.” Platner returned to the campaign trail on Friday, a day after…
Florida lawmakers adopt language in the state budget to restrict agencies from contracting with firms monitoring media outlets.
US military intercepted a wave of Iranian missiles and drones that Tehran launched toward the Strait of Hormuz overnight, Central Command said Saturday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP Senate nominee, had spent years as the state’s top law enforcement officer “waging war on Democratic and Latino-led groups” amid his amplification of false claims of widespread voter fraud, but in doing so, may have created a powerful obstacle in his bid for higher office, The New York Times reported Saturday.“The stakes of the fight with groups determined to mobilize Texas’ fast-growing Hispanic electorate changed significantly last month when [Paxton] won the Republican Party’s nomination for Senate,” the Times’ report reads. “Now it is personal and could help determine his own political future – and which party controls the Senate.”Paxton regularly targeted progressive Hispanic groups in Texas under a state law passed in 2021 designed to strengthen “election integrity.” The law criminalized “what had been fairly routine tools for civic groups,” and “particularly in Latino communities,” the Times wrote, resulting in “a trail of ransacked residences, shellshocked volunteers, struggling organizations and indictments.”The result of the law was a dramatic reduction in voter outreach efforts among Hispanic communities. Jolt Initiative, for instance, the “largest youth outreach group in Texas,” typically registered more than 12,000 voters a year, but in 2025, only registered 3,586 voters.Paxton's office did not return the Times' request for comment, but Texas Hispanic voters and advocates were eager to make clear exactly what they believe is at stake in his Senate bid.“It doesn’t look good for us, but we are going to keep fighting,” said Gabriel Rosales, who heads the League of United Latin American Citizens in Texas as its director, speaking with the Times.
The plan to seize 50% of AI firms' stock violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. It would also create dangerous government control over a vital industry, in ways similar to Trump's policies.
Anthropic wants to keep AI away from repressive regimes. But what about its part-owner, the repressive dictatorship of Abu Dhabi? The post Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors? appeared first on The Intercept.
Sen. Josh Hawley criticizes four Republicans who voted with Democrats to block the SAVE Act voter ID amendment in the Senate reconciliation package.
American forces headed off Iranian missile and drone attacks in the Persian Gulf as the war that began nearly 100 days ago continued to simmer with no resolution in the offing.