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The co-chair of a key Democratic House panel on AI is joined by a Republican on legislation that would authorize the ...

The TSA Gold+ program aims to expand the use of private contractors while retaining federal oversight. Three airports are set ...

The most powerful frontier artificial intelligence models would need a “kill switch” under new bipartisan legislation released days after a frontier model went rogue to hack another AI company. The ...

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US lawmakers introduce the AI Kill Switch Act after OpenAI's cyber incident, seeking emergency shutdown powers for dangerous ...

During the federal government shutdown last fall, a couple opened a free food bank outside their home in Athens, after learning many of their neighbors would be impacted by cuts in SNAP benefits. Nine ...

Congress must fund the federal government by Sept. 30. But the possibility of a fourth shutdown since Trump took office is prompting the Senate to consider temporary funding months ahead of that ...

Sen. James Lankford discussed his proposal to prevent government shutdowns, defense of the SAVE Act and his views on the ...

A new bill would let the US government order the shutdown AI models that pose a major public threat.

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