Judge Joshua Kindred, a Trump appointee, resigned after investigators concluded he sent crude messages to employees, engaged in sexual contact with a former law clerk and lied to colleagues about it.
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U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans
The bot farm used AI to create social media profiles impersonating Americans and posting post support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and other pro-Kremlin narratives.
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A school district in Pa. says students made fake TikTok accounts to target teachers
Middle school students in the town of Malvern impersonated teachers and posted crude and offensive language on fake accounts. The superintendent called the incidents a “gross misuse of social media.”
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Democrats remain split over Biden’s future in the party
Democrats returned to Washington with no clear consensus on whether President Biden should be the party’s nominee for president.
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Arizona’s Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again
Maricopa County has been a hotbed of false election claims since 2020. Officials there have some changes planned this year to try to improve election administration and tamp down on misinformation.
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has “complete confidence” in Biden’s candidacy
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer about her new book True Gretch: What I’ve Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between.
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How Israel tried to use AI to covertly sway Americans about Gaza
A new report by an Israeli watchdog group ties an Israeli firm to a covert online campaign intended to sway crucial Democratic lawmakers to continue backing Israel’s campaign in Gaza.
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Stimulant users caught up in fatal ‘fourth wave’ of opioid epidemic
Hundreds of Americans continue to die every day from overdoses. More of those deaths now involve stimulants like cocaine and meth mixed with fentanyl. Men of color have been hit particularly hard.
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He created Oculus headsets as a teenager. Now he makes AI weapons for Ukraine
Palmer Luckey launched his first tech company as a teenager. He sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. Now he’s making AI weapons the Pentagon is buying for itself and also sending to Ukraine.
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Ahead of the Republican Convention, Nikki Haley tells her delegates to vote for Trump
Even though she wasn’t invited to the RNC in Milwaukee, Haley called for unity in the party on Tuesday, urging her convention supporters to vote for former President Donald Trump.
