“Americans, you won’t have healthcare, Medicaid, public schools, nursing homes, rural hospitals, or SNAP,” said one critic. “But, you’ll get UFC fights on the White House lawn. America F-Yeah!” Critics of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event on White House grounds to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial next year took […]
Artificial intelligence systems, the four senators argue, “represent a troubling pattern that if continued, would significantly impede Americans’ ability” to access their benefits. Four U.S. senators—three Democrats and Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders—demanded answers Tuesday from the Trump administration about its “reckless rollout” of artificial intelligence chatbot technology into phone systems “that have blocked people from […]
The president blamed unidentified Democrats for leaking information he repeatedly claimed was “fake news”—until his own defense secretary said it was real. Without providing any evidence or naming any names, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the prosecution of Democrats who he said “leaked information” that contradicted his claim to have inflicted “monumental damage” to […]
“Great optics if you want to ignite a revolution,” remarked one observer. Dozens of peaceful protesters including people in wheelchairs were arrested inside a U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday while protesting Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid spending in the budget reconciliation package facing votes on Capitol Hill in the coming days. The […]