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“As she [USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins] pointed out, we have a lot of able-bodied adults who are on programs and frankly, one of the things we said as a result of the legislation we passed is there ought to be some reasonable expectations that people who are getting benefits are at least attempting to find jobs. There’s certainly a lot …

From Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a formal demand letter to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta regarding biased and factually inaccurate responses produced by the companies’ artificial intelligence chatbots. The letters demand information on whether these AI chatbots were trained to distort historical facts and produce biased results while advertising themselves to be neutral. …

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday unveiled a jam-packed agenda for the upcoming special legislative session, calling on legislators to redraw the state’s congressional maps and address several unfinished conservative priorities from earlier this year. The call includes legislation to redraw the state’s congressional districts — which the Trump administration has reportedly been pressuring state GOP leaders …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to revive an aggressive Florida immigration law that had been blocked by lower courts. The law would let state officials prosecute unauthorized migrants who enter the state. The court’s one-sentence order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. There were no noted dissents. …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Ohio Republicans added another hurdle for proponents of a measure to overturn Ohio’s dormant ban on same-sex marriage and expand anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ residents. In a party-line vote, Ohio Ballot Board divided the Ohio Equal Rights Amendment into two issues: one to overturn a 2004 vote that defined marriage as between one man and one …

“We are not immune from significant weather events ourselves. One of those weather events about a month ago was an EF3 tornado. When that tornado occurred, the weather forecast offices in Kansas and across the country lacked 24/7 coverage given the hiring freezes. Goodland, Kansas, which is on the Colorado line, the western part of our state, was short meteorologists …

“I’m entering an amendment to strike $500 million more dollars for nuclear-armed Israel. Another amendment, $500 million for Taiwan. I’m entering an amendment that strikes that. We give them $300 million every year in the State Department. And they just got $2 billion, $2 billion with a B, in 2024 from the foreign aid supplemental under the Biden administration. “They …

The Miami Herald reports: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures that went from freezing to sweltering. A hospital visit. Giant bugs. And little or no access to showers or toothbrushes, much less confidential calls with attorneys. The men, whose identities the Herald is withholding due to their families’ fears that the …

“We’ll have a tough hearing and we’ll hear what’s going on. People will say we’re conspiracy theorists, but you don’t patent a conspiracy. These things have been patented and it’s been proven that they do it. “There’s a podcast out oddly enough this past couple of weeks and this fella’s talking about they’ve proven that it works. Because if you …

The Texas Tribune reports: The chair of the Randall County Republican Party was booked into jail Monday on a state felony election fraud charge. Kelly Kenten Giles, 64, is accused of providing false information on his application and petition to run for the Randall County Republican Party Chair seat in December 2023 for a spot on the 2024 primary ballot, …

“You ask—I’m going to use your words—’Who’s to blame?’ Know this: that’s the word choice of losers. Let me explain one thing about Texas. And that is, Texas—every square inch of our state—cares about football. “You could be in Hunt, Texas; Huntsville, Texas; Houston, Texas; any size community that cares about football, high school, Friday night lights, college football, or …

People Magazine reports: Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich is engaged. The 36-year-old senior White House correspondent said “yes” to Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in a romantic proposal in France, on June 29. Heinrich tells PEOPLE that the Pennsylvania congressman, 51, popped the question at sunrise in the middle of a lavender field in Valensole, a picturesque hilltop town in Provence. Reflecting …

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones entered the race for governor on Tuesday with a campaign modeled after President Donald Trump’s agenda, complete with promises to slash taxes, combat illegal immigration and fight Democratic priorities. The long-expected announcement was paired with a sunny campaign video emphasizing Jones’ record as Georgia’s No. 2 politician and his long-standing ties …

The Associated Press reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy. The court ruled that a Republican-controlled legislative committee’s rejection of a state agency rule that would ban the practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people was unconstitutional. The 4-3 ruling from the liberal-controlled court comes amid the national …

The Washington Post reports: An impostor pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress by sending them voice and text messages that mimic Rubio’s voice and writing style using artificial intelligence-powered software, according to a senior U.S. official and a State Department cable obtained by The Washington Post. U.S. …

The Guardian reports: Ted Cruz has had quite a week. On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting. Cruz inserted language into the Republicans’ “big beautiful” reconciliation …

The Daily Beast reports: The Swamp can exclusively reveal that Ted Cruz stayed in Greece and continued to sightsee as rescuers scoured the floodwaters in Central Texas that killed at least 91 people. The Texas senator was spotted visiting the Parthenon in the Greek capital, Athens, with his wife, Heidi, on Saturday evening. On Saturday, July 5, at about 6 …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor may have launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Elon Musk’s X, but he’s not signing off on the tech impresario’s own political launch. Gov. Ron DeSantis said in Jacksonville that the “America Party” won’t address the structural concerns Musk has with the U.S. political process and would hurt the GOP. “That would likely end up …

NBC News reports: Centrist Rep. Don Bacon, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House, said this week he doesn’t have the “hunger” for another grueling re-election campaign and won’t run for a sixth term next year. But Bacon, who spent 30 years in the Air Force and specialized in intelligence matters, said he’s interested in serving in an …

The Texas Tribune reports: The measure, House Bill 13, would have created a new government council to establish the emergency response plan and administer the grant program, both of which would have been aimed at facilitating better communication between first responders. The bill also called for the plan to include “the use of outdoor warning sirens,” like those used in …