politicians

by Robert Schmad   The federal government funded a multilateral research project investigating how “populist” politicians allegedly sowed disinformation and eroded public trust during the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Science…

by Natalia Mittelstadt   Various state legislators are focusing on post-election audits ahead of the November 2024 general election, with Republicans looking to implement or improve audits in some states, while Democrats in one state…

by Jason Cohen   TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance’s personnel can allegedly view the private connections of a vast array of politicians, Forbes reported on Wednesday. TikTok has a social graph tool that reveals…

A Chinese company is set to receive more than $536 million in state incentives and tax breaks to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Illinois, according to a recent WLS-TV report out of Chicago. …

As Stanford University’s president is forced to resign. Bob Dylan, an American singer-songwriter is generally regarded as one of the greatest songwriters ever and has been a major figure in…

by John Hugh DeMastri   A company that has been supported by West Virginia’s highest-profile politicians is tying to sell the state on “untested” tech to convert one of its key coal power plants into a green energy project, E&E…

The wife of a Democrat politician in the U.S. Virgin Islands is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein facilitate his alleged sex trafficking scheme.The Wall Street Journal reported that the revelation was made in a court filing from…

This week, US senators heard alarming testimony suggesting that unchecked AI could steal jobs, spread misinformation, and generally “go quite wrong,” in the words of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (whatever that means). He and several lawmakers…

Tax day is Tuesday this year, so millions of Americans will spend this weekend poring over their records, filling out their returns and writing checks payable to the U.S. Treasury. Last year, the federal government took in a…

Former NBA player Charles Barkley made his opinion about politicians clear this week when discussing NCAA President Charlie Baker’s suggestion that the association consults with politicians about name, image, and likeness guidelines. …