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Trump wants states to stop regulating AI, but a Utah Republican kept campaigning on doing exactly that, because apparently federalism now comes with product carveouts
AP reports the White House wants a single national AI standard and has tried to deter state rules, while Utah Republican Doug Fiefia is out here telling voters AI regula…
READ STORY ↗The FTC says a student-loan relief operation pretended to be tied to the government and collected millions, because apparently scam math still begins with "what if we cold-call desperate people"
According to the FTC, the operation posed as the Department of Education or real loan servicers, promised forgiveness that did not exist, and pulled in at least $8.8 mil…
READ STORY ↗Trump's Justice Department demanded Michigan hand over 2024 ballots, because apparently losing one election was supposed to become a permanent government hobby
Michigan officials called the request "absurd" and "baseless," which is a polite way to describe the federal government rummaging around for proof of conspiracies it sti…
READ STORY ↗The FTC had to remind people that strangers promising huge investment returns on social media are probably scammers, because apparently even fake wealth now comes with coaching
The agency says people reported more than $7.9 billion in losses to investment scams in 2025, with a median loss above $10,000, while scammers keep using WhatsApp, socia…
READ STORY ↗Three people got sentenced after using a bear costume to fake luxury-car damage, because apparently even fraud now has community-theater production values
California investigators say the group staged bogus bear attacks inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes, chased nearly $142,000 in insurance payouts, and eventually got u…
READ STORY ↗Judges are asking whether Trump’s global tariffs were built on a 1974 economic time capsule, because apparently trade policy now runs on haunted paperwork
Reuters reports a federal trade court openly questioned whether a modern trade deficit can justify Trump’s 10% global tariffs under a statute aimed at old balance-of-pay…
READ STORY ↗The government is launching a portal to refund up to $166 billion in illegal tariffs, and businesses are already bracing for the website to implode like concert tickets for bureaucrats
Reuters reports importers are scrambling to use a new U.S. Customs system to recover illegally collected Trump tariffs, with many expecting glitches, registration nonsen…
READ STORY ↗Aging Supreme Court justices are now being discussed like strategic roster moves, because apparently lifetime appointments also come with playoff seeding logic
Reuters reports conservatives are openly gaming out whether Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas should retire while Trump still has a Republican Senate, which is a wonderful…
READ STORY ↗The Rise and Fall of Congress' Snapchat King: A Tragedy in 72 Hours
The Rise and Fall of Congress' Snapchat King: A Tragedy in 72 Hours California Congressman Eric Swalwell learned that social media follies and sexual assault allegations…
READ STORY ↗The IRS collected less from tax enforcement after mass job cuts, which is a pretty innovative way to fight deficits by letting cheats breathe easier
Reuters reports IRS enforcement revenue fell 5% in 2025 after the administration slashed staffing, including enforcement workers, proving once again that gutting the peo…
READ STORY ↗Democrats are filing war-powers resolutions on repeat like Congress accidentally got stuck in a constitutional escape room
Reuters reports Senate Democrats plan to keep forcing votes on Trump’s Iran war powers every week, even though Republicans keep blocking them, which is a bleakly efficie…
READ STORY ↗Federal prosecutors say an AI company faked “virtually all” its customers and revenue, because apparently the hottest AI product was still just lying
Reuters reports former iLearningEngines executives were charged after prosecutors said the company fabricated customer relationships and at least 90% of its 2023 revenue…
READ STORY ↗America's Government Can't Agree on Anything, Including How to Keep Itself Running
America's Government Can't Agree on Anything, Including How to Keep Itself Running The longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history exposes Congress as fundamenta…
READ STORY ↗A federal judge said your AI chats are not protected like lawyer conversations, because apparently we now need a courtroom reminder that ChatGPT is not your attorney
Reuters reports U.S. lawyers are warning clients not to dump sensitive case strategy into chatbots after a federal judge ruled a former executive had to turn over Claude…
READ STORY ↗Three ad giants settled an FTC case over political-content boycotts, because even banner ads now need a congressional hearing vibe
Reuters reports Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP settled allegations that shared “brand safety” rules were used to steer ad dollars away from politically disfavored platforms, …
READ STORY ↗Democrats Propose Creating a Commission to Maybe Possibly Convince VP Vance to Maybe Possibly Remove Trump
Democrats Propose Creating a Commission to Maybe Possibly Convince VP Vance to Maybe Possibly Remove Trump Because directly asking the Vice President to do his constitut…
READ STORY ↗A federal judge told DOJ to stop rummaging through Rhode Island voter data like election denial was an auditing method
Reuters reports a federal judge rejected the Justice Department's demand for Rhode Island's non-public voter records, calling the request an "unprecedented" fishing expe…
READ STORY ↗Trump Attacks Pope & Posts AI-Generated Jesus Image—Then Claims "Doctor"
Politics Trump Attacks Pope & Posts AI-Generated Jesus Image—Then Claims "Doctor" Nothing says faithful Christian quite like using AI to generate Jesus imagery and then …
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