BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a televised news […]
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Biden’s big new push against AI companies faces a Trump-shaped obstacle
The expected federal investigations into leading artificial intelligence firms by two powerful agencies mark a sharp new turn in the Biden administration’s approach to AI — but the timing, deep in the fourth year of Biden’s presidency, could leave his antitrust agenda vulnerable if Donald Trump wins the presidency in November. “Administrations are short and […]
Schumer Urges New Leadership in Israel, Calling Netanyahu an Obstacle to Peace
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the majority leader, on Thursday delivered a pointed speech on the Senate floor excoriating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel as a major obstacle to peace in the Middle East and calling for new leadership in Israel, five months into the war. Many Democratic lawmakers have condemned Netanyahu’s leadership […]
Georgia school voucher bill narrowly clears longtime obstacle with state House passage
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans powered a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling through the state House on Thursday, nearing a goal that has long eluded the state’s school choice advocates as GOP leaders overcame longstanding skepticism from some rural members of their party The House voted 91-82 for Senate Bill 233, […]
Schumer calls on Israel to hold new elections, says Netanyahu is an ‘obstacle to peace’
In a speech on a Senate floor on Thursday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an “obstacle to peace” in the Middle East who has “lost his way by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of Israel.” Schumer, the highest elected Jewish official in the […]
5 key lines from Sen. Schumer’s speech calling Israel’s Netanyahu an ‘obstacle to peace’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, the highest ranking Jewish member of the U.S. government, that criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and called for new elections in Israel. Republicans in the United States and leaders in Israel swiftly denounced his remarks. “It is highly inappropriate and […]
Hungary’s president formally signs the approval of Sweden’s NATO bid, removing last obstacle
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president on Tuesday formally signed a bill approving Sweden’s NATO bid, removing the last obstacle after 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. President Tamás Sulyok’s signature was needed to put into force a bill that was […]
Haley is now the last obstacle to Trump claiming the GOP nomination
Nikki Haley is now the last candidate standing between Donald Trump and his third-straight Republican nomination and total dominance of the GOP. Unless the former South Carolina governor can pull off a shock win in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the Republican Party’s nominating race could effectively be over before it really began. Their clash in […]
ISIS tactic to clear path through minefield inadvertently creates new obstacle for Russians
Russian forces continue to use an ISIS terrorist tactic of sending explosives-laden armored vehicles toward Ukrainian positions, as seen in a video posted by Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov on Telegram on Jan. 4. “Loaded with UR-77 and FAB charges, a Russian MT-LB kamikaze is trying to make a passage in the minefield near Novomykhailivka in the direction of Maryinka,” he wrote. […]