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U.S. President Joe Biden pardons the National Thanksgiving turkeys Liberty and Bell during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesGathering around the Thanksgiving table...
Trump shares threat as lawyer opposes gag order
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S., October 9, 2023. Brian Snyder | ReutersFormer President Donald Trump on Monday shared a threat made in a social media post...
Republican Celeste Maloy wins Utah’s 2nd Congressional District
Celeste Maloy speaks during the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary debate for outgoing Rep. Chris Stewart's seat, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Farmington, Utah.Rick Bowmer | APRepublican Celeste Maloy won Utah's 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating Democratic...
Mercers weigh backing Trump with massive war chest
Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer attend the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.Sean Zanni | Patrick Mcmullan | Getty ImagesOne of the Republican Party's most influential families...
OpenAI ‘unusual’ board structure led to CEO Sam Altman firing
OpenAI’s dramatic decision to fire its CEO Sam Altman on Friday, and the days-long power struggle that followed, was only possible thanks to the unusual power held by its directors. The ChatGPT developer’s extraordinarily powerful board doesn’t answer...
Trump gag order challenge sharply questioned by appeals court
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 5, 2023 shows special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2023 and former US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022.Getty ImagesA panel...
Elon Musk: Public must know why OpenAI board fired Sam Altman
It’s been a tumultuous weekend for OpenAI and anyone who follows the field of artificial intelligence. After the OpenAI board fired CEO Sam Altman on Friday, investors who’d been taken off guard by the move raced to reinstate...
Ex-Meta staffers sell trust and safety tech during Israel-Hamas war
People using their mobile phones outside the offices of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, in King's Cross, London.Joshua Bratt | Pa Images | Getty ImagesLauren Wagner knows a lot about disinformation. Heading into the 2020...
No Labels raised millions from six-figure donors
No Labels, the nonprofit group actively working to field a third party ticket for president in 2024, doubled its annual revenue last year over 2021, collecting $21 million, nearly all of it from wealthy donors who gave $100,000...
Trump loses bid to cut Jan. 6 reference in election case
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Save America Rally" near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA judge on Friday turned down a request by Donald Trump...
