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Bondi defends handling of Epstein files to House panel

Bondi defends handling of Epstein files to House panel

Published by Sam Flores

Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (C) arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Former Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday defended the Department of Justice‘s handling of the release of files about notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in her opening statement to a House panel. Bondi said that “to the best of my knowledge,” the DOJ publicly released all documents and other evidence as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, according to a transcript of her statement obtained by MS NOW. Her statement on the Epstein files came as Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee criticized the Republican majority for not videotaping Bondi’s interview with the panel. “Pam Bondi was at the heart of a White House cover-up and Oversight Chairman James Comer is working to hide her testimony from the American people,” said Sara Guerrero, spokesperson for Democrats on the panel. “The survivors and the American people deserve to …

Question Time’s ‘Genuinely Offensive’ ‘AI Panel’ Did Not Go Down Well With Viewers

Question Time’s ‘Genuinely Offensive’ ‘AI Panel’ Did Not Go Down Well With Viewers

Published by Sam Flores

Fiona Bruce was seen introducing AI-generated guests at the beginning of Thursday night’s Question Time BBC The BBC’s Question Time programme has raised eyebrows over scenes depicting Fiona Bruce sitting among historical figures recreated with generative AI technology. On Thursday night, Question Time aired an artificial intelligence special, which opened with Fiona introducing her guests for the evening, including AI-generated images of former prime minister Winston Churchill and pioneering artist Frida Kahlo. AI renderings of Emmeline Pankhurst and Mahatma Gandhi were also included (a Radio Times article previewing the special also featured Che Guevara on this line-up, though this was ultimately not part of the broadcast). Before the episode aired, a clip of the scene in question was posted on Question Time’s social media accounts, and was quickly met with backlash from viewers who took issue with the BBC for a variety of reasons, not least the ethical questions about recreating dead people’s likeness using AI and the technology’s impact on the environment. During the actual broadcast, Fiona Bruce was quick to point out that …

BBC’s Question Time to feature AI panel of historical figures

BBC’s Question Time to feature AI panel of historical figures

Published by Daniella Wilson

BBC’s Question Time is set to feature an imagined AI panel made up of Mahatma Gandhi, Frida Kahlo, Che Guevara and Emmeline Pankhurst as part of a special programme exploring artificial intelligence. The episode, which will be available on BBC iPlayer from 9pm tonight and air on BBC One at 10:45pm, will examine the opportunities, risks and moral questions posed by the rapidly advancing technology. However, the programme will begin with a twist, featuring an AI-generated panel of historical figures who helped shape the modern world. According to the BBC, the imagined line-up is intended to help audiences understand how “hyper-real and persuasive” AI-created images can be, and how they can blur the line between reality and fakery. The special episode will be fronted by Fiona Bruce, with the real panel bringing together leading voices from across politics and the technology sector. AI-generated depiction of Che Guevara seated on the Question Time set. BBC “AI has the power to change all our lives – for good and bad,” Bruce said. “Are we ready for it? Will …

The story of Pope Leo’s ‘landmark’ text on AI technology – by a member of its launch panel

The story of Pope Leo’s ‘landmark’ text on AI technology – by a member of its launch panel

Published by skeptic

For the last few years, I’ve been seconded to assist the Catholic Church’s unprecedented global grassroots listening initiative. Just as that process drew to a close, I received a surprise request: would I help Pope Leo XIV launch his first social encyclical, focused on what it means to be human in a time of artificial intelligence? It is difficult to think of a more important theme right now than the impact of digital technologies, AI and robotics – on every level of our social interactions and structures. The Vatican has addressed technological questions before. My research includes the social teaching of popes since 1891, starting with Pope Leo XIII’s influential text “Rerum Novarum”, which addressed the impact of the industrial revolution on working people (and which this new text commemorates). A range of previous letters have addressed both the opportunities and dangers of technology. Of course, the Vatican does have a chequered history with regard to theological reflection on scientific and medical developments. Over the past decade, it has been pursuing focused and, in my …

House panel warns illegal gambling fuels scam networks across Southeast Asia targeting Americans

House panel warns illegal gambling fuels scam networks across Southeast Asia targeting Americans

Published by skeptic

Illegal online gambling operations across Southeast Asia have grown into a major driver behind global scam networks now stealing billions from Americans each year, according to the chairman of the House Select Committee on China. At a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday (May 19), committee chairman John Moolenaar said Chinese-linked criminal organizations originally built much of the region’s underground economy around online gambling businesses before expanding into fraud, money laundering, cybercrime, and human trafficking. Americans lost at least $10 BILLION to China-linked scams in 2024, and the threat is growing. Today, Chairman @RepMoolenaar laid out how China-linked criminal networks are operating at industrial scale powered by illicit finance, human trafficking, and weak governance in… pic.twitter.com/dpqpx9KgfP — Select Committee on China (@ChinaSelect) May 19, 2026 “Our nation confronts one of the fastest-growing and largest financial threats facing Americans: the industrial-scale scam and fraud ecosystem fueled by China and enabled by corruption, weak governance, and illicit finance in Southeast Asia,” Moolenaar said. Lawmakers used the hearing, titled “Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting …

The Voice switches gears with unexpected newcomers joining coaches panel — see who

The Voice switches gears with unexpected newcomers joining coaches panel — see who

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Voice is switching things up for its milestone 30th season. The 30th season of the beloved music competition is set to return to NBC in September, though no date has been announced yet. We do know however that we have two returning faces, founding coach Adam Levine as well as mainstay Kelly Clarkson, who will be joined by two other coaches completely new to The Voice universe. © Getty ImagesThe Voice featured a three-coach format this season On Tuesday, May 12, NBC revealed that none other than Queen Latifah, as well as country singer Riley Green will be joining Kelly and Adam on those famed judges chairs. To announce Riley, a four-time CMA and four-time ACM winner, as a new coach, NBC shared a clip of Kelly welcoming him to the crew, in which she is heard telling him over the phone: “I’m super stoked to work alongside you. Welcome to The Voice. I was stoked when I heard you were going to be a coach because I’m actually a super-fan of your music, …

Federal Panel Considers Plan to Paint Executive Office Building White

Federal Panel Considers Plan to Paint Executive Office Building White

Published by José Betancourt

Donald Trump wants to paint the granite exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., white. Yesterday, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) met to review the administration’s proposal. The plans were also submitted on April 16 to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which approved the idea on the condition of successful “testing of the proposed exterior paint.” Originally known as the State, War, and Navy Building, the massive edifice was built between 1871 and 1888 to house those entities. Now part of the White House compound, it is home to the agencies comprising the Executive Office of the President. Related Articles The plan to paint the building represents another bid by Trump to “beautify” the White House complex and nearby areas. It would cost an estimated $7.5 million and has generated more than 2,000 public comments, most of them negative. Preservationists and architects argue that painting the landmarked structure could cause long-term damage to its granite, and that a painted façade would require constant maintenance. A letter submitted by Rob Nieweg, …

UN Climate Panel Quietly Admits Its Doomsday Climate Scenarios Were ‘Implausible’

UN Climate Panel Quietly Admits Its Doomsday Climate Scenarios Were ‘Implausible’

Published by Jenni Sidey

The IPCC has published a new generation of climate scenarios – and buried in the fine print is a remarkable concession: the extreme warming pathways that dominated climate research, policy, and media coverage for decades were never actually plausible. It took a while to notice because almost no one in mainstream media bothered to report it. “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just published the next generation of climate scenarios,” Science policy analyst Roger Pielke Jr. wrote, calling it “big news” that “eliminated the most extreme scenarios that have dominated climate research over much of the past several decades.”  The conclusion was unambiguous. “The IPCC and broader research community has now admitted that the scenarios that have dominated climate research, assessment and policy during the past two cycles of the IPCC assessment process are implausible. They describe impossible futures.” Those “impossible futures” formed the backbone of a decade-plus of apocalyptic climate messaging – melting ice caps, submerged coastlines, mass extinctions, widespread crop failures, and global hunger, always around the corner, always demanding immediate, …

Sunderland’s Brobbey deserved red for foul on Spurs’ Romero, Premier League panel says

Sunderland’s Brobbey deserved red for foul on Spurs’ Romero, Premier League panel says

Published by Sam Flores

April 24 : Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) panel has ruled that Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey should have been sent off for bringing down Cristian Romero during a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month, British media reported on Friday. Spurs defender Romero suffered a season-ending injury as he collided with his team’s goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky after Brobbey, already on a yellow card, pushed him in the second half. Referee Rob Jones called the foul but chose not to show Brobbey a second yellow card, as Spurs suffered their seventh loss in eight league games to remain in the bottom three, with the threat of relegation looming. The KMI panel voted 3-2 to rule that Jones had made a mistake, with the majority saying that the push was an “unnecessarily reckless action,” media reports said. Spurs, 18th in the standings amid a 15-match winless streak in the league, visit bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday while Argentina’s Romero remains a doubt for this year’s World Cup. Source link