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May 16, 2025
Some Republicans are angry about climate law cuts. Will they tank the GOP megabill?
05/15/2025 07:30 PM EDT Hill Republican defenders of clean energy tax incentives in the Democrats’ 2022 climate law will soon have to decide how far to push their demands. For months, they have been firing off letters urging leaders to spare at least some of the credits to benefit solar energy, nuclear, hydrogen and other technologies. Speaker Mike Johnson promised to use a “scalpel” and not a “sledgehammer” to the suite of green subsidies included in the Inflation Reduction Act. But in the ...
Go to discussionRepublican hardliners threaten to derail GOP bill encompassing Trump's agenda
May 15, 2025, 4:30 PM A mega-bill encompassing President Donald Trump's legislative agenda appears to be in jeopardy as several Republican hardliners on Thursday signaled their opposition to advancing the package out of the House Budget Committee later this week. "I am voting no," Republican Rep. Ralph Norman said Thursday afternoon, citing concerns about the bill adding to a bloated national debt. With Republican Rep. Brandon Gill expected to be absent, the GOP can only afford to l ...
Go to discussionTrump Administration Fires Hundreds of Voice of America Employees
Trump Administration Fires Hundreds of Voice of America Employees The layoffs amounted to over a third of the media organization's staff, and came as the Trump administration put up for sale the federal building in Washington that houses the network. Nearly 600 journalists and contractors were fired by the Trump administration on Thursday. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press By Minho Kim and Tim Balk May 15, 2025 The Trump administration on Thursday fired nearly 600 employees at Voice of Americ ...
Go to discussionElon Musk's AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot's rant about 'white genocide'
Fri 16 May 2025 06.32 EDT Last modified on Fri 16 May 2025 07.29 EDT Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has blamed an “unauthorised modification” for a glitch in its Grok chatbot that resulted in the tool ranting about “white genocide” in South Africa. In a post on Musk’s X platform, xAI said new measures would be brought in to ensure its employees cannot modify the bot’s behaviour without extra oversight. The Grok bot repeatedly referred to a white genocide in South Africa – a discr ...
Go to discussionDHS Is Considering A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete For Citizenship
May 15, 2025, 10:19 PM EDT The Department of Homeland Security is mulling over a reality television show in which immigrants would compete for U.S. citizenship. The Daily Mail reported on Thursday that Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born writer, producer and director, pitched the show, titled "The American," and that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is a fan of the concept. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told HuffPost on Thursday that the show is in the "very beginning stages" of th ...
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