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REAL ID enforcement could be delayed until 2027
Federal enforcement is set to begin in May 2025, but the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) just proposed a more flexible approach to the rollout, hoping to now achieve full enforcement by May 2027.
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This man saved his town from deadly floodwaters. So why did the US government try to stop him?
Windell Curole’s levee protected his district from disappearing into the ocean – despite federal resistance. Without it, he says, ‘we wouldn’t have a community’
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A new White House report embraces open-source AI
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration supports open-data models - but acknowledges the risks. Here's how it plans to navigate the technology's pros and cons.
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State of Tennessee tells U.S. Navy veteran he's not an American citizen and cancels his driver's license
The state of Tennessee says a Navy veteran who has lived in the U.S. for more than seven decades is not an American citizen and has canceled his driver's license.
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The cloud is critical infrastructure – here's what that really means
Policy has not kept pace with how essential cloud computing has become to critical systems. Cloud attacks, such as SolarWinds, aren't the only threat as evidenced | The cloud isn't just important for business, it's become vital, which means danger to the cloud is a danger to all of us.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Booted From Right-Wing House Freedom Caucus
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was recently kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus after a string of disagreements with the conservative group, according to two GOP lawmakers familiar with the situation. “She is no longer with HFC,” a Republican lawmaker told The Daily Beast, noting that “disparaging” fellow members is frowned upon.
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FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm That Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors”
THE FBI’S PRIMARY tool for monitoring social media threats is the same contractor that labeled peaceful Black Lives Matter protest leaders DeRay McKesson and Johnetta Elzie as “threat actors” requiring “continuous monitoring” in 2015.
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Military whistleblower claims US has UFO retrieval program
An Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is coming forward with information on what he claims are extraterrestrial craft recovered and kept secret by the U.S. government. Blurry videos of unidentified flying objects have long been a staple of those looking for evidence that stories of UFOs may not be conspiracy theories.
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Fossil fuel-funded group hits Democrats for choosing clean energy over oil and gas
The American Action Network has launched a six-figure advertisement campaign accusing four Democratic lawmakers of failing to lower energy prices and endangering national security by opposing a bill that would roll back environmental regulations and boost fossil fuel drilling. The dark money, tax-exempt political group has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding from the oil and gas industry since its founding 13 years ago.
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The Pentagon Is Increasingly Relying on Billionaires’ Rockets. And It’s OK with That.
The U.S. Space Force is not concerned about relying on mercurial billionaires to provide space capabilities, according to top service leaders. The service’s ability to put large satellites in space rests primarily on the shoulders of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX test-flew a new heavy-lift rocket for the first time on Thursday, and Jeff Bezos, whose Blue Origin is slated to deliver engines to United Launch Alliance.
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Kentucky Legalizes Medical Marijuana in Bipartisan Vote After Decade of Failed Attempts
The state of Kentucky has legalized the use of medical marijuana. The bill received final passage on Thursday, according to The Courier Journal. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed it into law Friday morning after a decade of failed attempts in the state legislature. The news makes Kentucky at least the 38th state in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana.
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AOC Says GOP Energy Bill May as Well Have Been Written Entirely by Big Oil
House Republicans are preparing to pass a sweeping energy bill that Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), have condemned as nothing more than a Big Oil wish list that would pilfer the public’s pockets to pad corporate profits. H.R. 1, dubbed the Lower Energy Costs Act, is a combination of several Republican energy and climate proposals that would roll back provisions of Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) while expanding the ability of fossil fuel companies to mine and drill with even fewer regulations than they currently face.
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TikTok now has 150 million active users in the U.S., CEO to tell Congress
When TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress on Thursday, he plans to unveil new internal data that suggests the popular video-sharing app is far more enmeshed in Americans' daily lives than anyone realizes. TikTok currently says about 100 million people in the U.S. are regular users of the app. But when Chew testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, he will say that number has now reached 150 million, according to a senior Democratic strategist advising TikTok.
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Space Force: We expect to see ‘interfering, blinding’ of satellites during conflict
The U.S. Space Force chief of space operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman in congressional testimony March 14 singled out China as the “most immediate threat” as it continues to weaponize its space technology. Among the most concerning of China’s technologies, he said, are ground-based lasers designed to disrupt and degrade satellite sensors, electronic warfare jammers targeting GPS and communications satellites, and anti-satellite missiles.
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Congress and AI
Legislators appear slow to comprehend the vast potential of generative AI programs such as Microsoft Bing, ChatGPT and Google Bard. The good news is Congress knows they need to do something. The bad news is many of them still think the real AI danger is Terminators with laser eyes.
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Outcry after New York mayor dismisses separation of church and state
Civil rights groups blasted the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, after he said he believed God had made him mayor, appeared to support compulsory prayer in public schools and said: “Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state.”
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$500 a Month, No Strings: Chicago Experiments With a Guaranteed Income
For recipients, it’s a lifeline. For liberal supporters, it shows how expanding government can make a difference. For conservatives, it’s a return to wasteful welfare handouts.
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Congress takes reins of prayer breakfast from secretive Christian evangelical group
Lawmakers have taken more control of the National Prayer Breakfast from the group that ran it for seven decades after concerns rose over influence peddling and attendees, including a Russian spy.
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There’s Bipartisan Agreement on One Thing: Ticketmaster Sucks
In the most polarized Congress probably ever, there are still plenty of Taylor Swift fans, and the Senate will hold a hearing on the monopoly ticket-peddler Tuesday.
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Non-religious voters wield clout, tilt heavily Democratic
When members of the small Pennsylvania chapter of Secular Democrats of America log on for their monthly meetings, they're not there for a virtual happy hour. “We don’t sit around at our meetings patting ourselves on the back for not believing in God together,” said David Brown, a founder from the Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore.
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