US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday setting landmark safety and security standards for artificial intelligence (AI). The order will force major AI developers to: share safety test results with the US government; create standardized safety testing; limit biological AI testing; issue best practices for AI fraud prevention; establish AI tools to find [...]

Jenna Ellis, one of former President Donald Trump’s ex-attorneys charged in the Georgia election interference case, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. Ellis is the third former Trump attorney to plead guilty in the case, with attorneys Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro pleading guilty last week. Ellis [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration can temporarily continue to communicate with social media companies about moderation policies, lifting a lower court ruling blocking communication between social media companies and a limited number of Executive Branch officials. The order from the court’s majority both temporarily removes the lower court stay and [...]

Kansas Proud Boys leader William Chrestman pleaded guilty Monday to obstruction of an official proceeding and threatening a federal officer during the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol Building. Chrestman’s plea came as part of a plea deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) also released Monday. The plea deal, as approved by [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ),  Reporters Without Borders (RSF)  and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) released statements Monday alleging that the death toll among journalists since Israel and Hamas began hostilities has climbed to between 10 and 12, with several missing and 20 injured. It is difficult to confirm the exact number of killed [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona have declined to charge Border Patrol (BP) agents for the fatal shooting of Raymond Mattia, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, according to tribal leadership. The statement from the Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon M. Jose and the [...]

Governor Gavin Newsom of California vetoed anti-caste discrimination bill SB 403 Saturday amidst an increase in anti-caste discrimination laws and ordinances in the US. SB 403 would have outlawed discrimination based on “ancestry” and “caste.”  The bill defined ancestry as “lineal descent, heritage, parentage, caste, or any inherited social status,” and caste as “an individual’s [...]

US District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez affirmed the final consent decree in the case Toomey v. State of Arizona on Tuesday, banning Arizona from excluding gender-affirming care in state health insurance plans. The consent decree includes four major provisions: the state is permanently enjoined from not including gender-affirming care in the state health plans, the [...]

The US Supreme Court released orders Friday and Monday after its September “long conference.” The court granted certiorari for 12 cases Friday and two cases Monday for its Winter term, to be argued in January or February. All cases listed in Friday’s order were granted certiorari. The accepted cases include: Moody v. Netchoice; Netchoice v. [...]

A man was shot Thursday in Espanola, New Mexico during a protest over the reinstallation of a statute of the conquistador Juan de Onate, who massacred and enslaved the Acoma Indigenous people in 1599. Juan de Onate was eventually charged with using “excessive force” against the Acoma people. According to the New Mexico State Police [...]