Editorial: Medicaid and voters
Editorial: Medicaid and voters
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GOP lawmakers have been showing up at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in waves to give the former president a public show of support, help him circumvent the gag order — and audition for a role in a possible second-term Cabinet.
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- TechCrunch
Microsoft and OpenAI launch $2M fund to counter election deepfakes
Microsoft and OpenAI have announced a $2 million fund to combat the growing risks of AI and deepfakes being used to "deceive the voters and undermine democracy." This year will see a record 2 billion people head to the polls in elections spanning some 50 countries, so there are concerns around the influence that AI will have among voters — particularly those in "vulnerable communities" that may be more susceptible to take what they see at face value. The rise of generative AI, including wildly popular chatbots such as ChatGPT, has led to a major new threat landscape involving AI-generated "deepfakes" designed to perpetuate disinformation.
- The Yodel
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect, dozens arrested in campus protests overnight and King Charles resumes public duties
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- Yahoo News 360
Biden and Trump say they want to debate, but would they be better off if they didn't?
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Test your knowledge of the policy positions of third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Yahoo Finance
The bipartisan worry that is uniting Washington: Cheap Chinese goods
For all the differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, they share a worry about China flooding global markets with cheap goods.
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Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Growing majority of Americans want Congress to restore Roe v. Wade protections
A new poll found a full 54% of Americans now want Congress to pass “a law that keeps abortion as legal and accessible as it was nationwide under Roe v. Wade."
- Yahoo Finance
Social Security just passed Medicare as the government's most pressing insolvency risk
An annual government report offered a glimmer of good news for Social Security and a jolt of good news for Medicare even as both programs continue to be on pace to run dry next decade.
- Yahoo Finance
Biden is sending $61 billion to Ukraine. Much of it will pass through the US economy first.
Washington is spending another $61 billion to help Ukraine. But most of the money will flow through the US economy first.
- Yahoo News
Trump trial updates: Defense attempts to undermine Michael Cohen’s credibility, depicting him as a serial liar seeking vengeance
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumed Thursday in Manhattan.
- Yahoo Finance
Fed's Williams and Barkin soothed worries about any rate hikes in 2024
New York Fed president John Williams and Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin offered comments Monday that soothed any concerns the Fed might be considering a rate hike.
- Yahoo News
Trump trial updates: Michael Cohen testifies that Trump directed him to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels and approved scheme to conceal reimbursement
This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments.
- Yahoo Finance
Fed officials stick to Powell’s higher-for-longer script as a key inflation reading looms
Jay Powell’s colleagues spent the last week backing a stance the central bank chair hammered home at his last press conference: Interest rates will be staying higher for longer.
- Yahoo News
Trump trial updates: Fired White House aide Madeleine Westerhout wraps testimony as Michael Cohen expected to testify next week
This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments.
- Yahoo News
Trump hush money trial: What we've learned from the Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen testimony so far
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Trump trial full coverage: Defense lawyer accuses Stormy Daniels of lying about sexual encounter with Trump
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumed Thursday in Manhattan.
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Who is Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-lawyer testifying in the former president's hush money trial?
Trump's devoted "fixer" might now play a role in turning the former president into a convicted felon.
- Yahoo News
Trump trial updates: After Stormy Daniels wraps testimony, judge denies motions to declare mistrial and loosen Trump's gag order
When asked by lawyers for Donald Trump whether she had made up her story about a sexual affair with the former president, adult film actress Stormy Daniels had an emphatic, one-word answer: “No!”
- Yahoo Finance
New inflation reading reinforces Fed's higher-for-longer stance
Another hot inflation reading released Friday reinforces that any near-term interest rate cuts are less likely, as the Federal Reserve shifts to a higher-for-longer stance.