Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized […]
May 5—With election season poised to start, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver is trying to make the public more aware of the ways deepfakes and artificial intelligence can be used to manipulate election information. The primary elections will be June 4 and early voting begins Tuesday. What is a deepfake? Deepfakes are […]
May 4 (UPI) — An AI-piloted experimental fighter gave Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall a glimpse of the future during a relatively low-speed demonstration flight this week. Kendall was aboard the VISTA X-62A experimental craft Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base in California when it undertook several tactical maneuvers while responding to simulated […]
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he did not see any indication Hamas was planning any attack on U.S. troops in Gaza but added adequate measures were being put in place for the safety of military personnel. “I don’t discuss intelligence information at the podium. But I don’t see any […]
HONOLULU (Reuters) -The injuring of Filipino crew and damage to Philippine vessels in the South China Sea is “irresponsible behaviour and disregards international law”, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a joint press conference on Thursday. Philippines Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro told the press conference the job was to ensure that through building capacity and […]
In a roughly three-minute-long opening statement in front of Senate appropriators, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona mentioned nearly every major issue in higher education today — except campus unrest. Only after Republican nudging did Cardona address the protests, encampments and antisemitism at campuses across the country and what his department is doing to support students. “You […]
The nomination of Shelly Zumwalt, embattled director of the state’s tourism department, to be Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, has been withdrawn from consideration, The Oklahoman has learned. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s letter to Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat withdrawing the nomination of Shelly Zumwalt The withdrawal was sent by […]
Five Democrats are running in the May 21 primary for Oregon Secretary of State. The candidates are James Crary, a retired attorney and director of the Pinehurst School Board; James Manning Jr., a state senator from Eugene who served 24 years in active duty for the U.S. Army and in the office of the Assistant […]
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham criticized Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ response to cannabis seizures by border patrol agents in the state during a recent phone call. The Democratic governor further complained that she feels “boxed in” by the federal government’s crackdown on New Mexico’s state-legal cannabis industry. Lujan Grisham’s comments came […]
Shelley Zumwalt — the embattled executive director of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department and the governor’s choice for tourism secretary — could face a difficult confirmation process in light of a newly released audit, the leader of the Oklahoma Senate said Thursday. Speaking at his Thursday afternoon press conference, Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat […]
ROME (AP) — Britain’s home secretary on Tuesday touted Britain’s migrant deportation deal with Rwanda as a “new and creative” deterrent to an old and growing problem. But he said he took seriously criticism by the U.N. refugee agency that it violates international law. Home Secretary James Cleverly visited Italy, ground zero in Europe’s migration […]
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Home Secretary, James Cleverly, is visiting Italy as part of the U.K. government’s efforts to crack down on migrants arriving by small boats. Cleverly will meet his Italian counterpart, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, and discuss how Italy and Britain can expand their joint work to stop migrants in north Africa from […]