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A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a recently passed California law aimed at curbing the spread of AI-generated deepfakes depicting political candidates. In his decision, Judge John Mendez wrote, “While a well-founded fear of a digitally manipulated media landscape may be justified, this fear does not give legislators unbridled license to bulldoze over the longstanding tradition of critique, parody, and satire protected by the First Amendment.” TechCrunch reports that just two weeks after being signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, a key provision of California’s AB 2839 targeting AI deepfakes has been put on hold…

The leftist attempt to bring down the new French government failed Tuesday, as just 197 members of the National Assembly voted for the no-confidence measure, far below the 289 needed to collapse the government. In what amounted to nothing more than an exercise in political catharsis, the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), comprised of the Communists, Socialists, Greens and Jean-Luc Mélenenchon’s radical La France Insoumise (LFI) party, followed through with its vow to launch a vote of no confidence against the newly installed government of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The vote was essentially dead on arrival, however, with Marine…

On Friday’s “CNN News Central,” acting Labor Secretary Julie Su responded to people who say that they’re supporting 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump because they don’t trust his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris on the economy due to affordability issues by stating that “we have to live in a world of facts. By just about every single measure, what we are seeing with the economic recovery we have had since what we inherited from the last administration is a success story.” And that while prices are an issue, “The inflation rate is down to its pre-pandemic levels.…

Vice President Kamala Harris will fly to sunny Las Vegas on Wednesday for a campaign stop, while Floridians in the Sunshine State wait to see where Hurricane Milton will make landfall. Harris’s continued campaigning in Nevada, while residents in Florida, the third largest state in the nation by population, braces for potentially one of the worst storms in decades, underscores the vice president’s priorities of winning at all costs. WATCH — High Ground: Fort Myers Parking Lot Packed with Milton Refugees: @PorcelliRon /TMX Milton is scheduled to make landfall Wednesday evening on the west coast of Florida below Tampa. The storm surge…

By Horacio Fernando SoriaBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s triple-digit inflation, the world’s highest, is starting to slow but this offers little relief for residents whose salaries have stayed the same while costs of basic goods sky-rocketed and the government slashed state subsidies.”We’re losing track of what’s expensive and what’s cheap,” said university professor Daniel Vazquez while shopping in Buenos Aires. “Prices keep going up and the only thing that isn’t going up is salaries.””The gap is very, very big,” he said.Analysts expect full-year inflation of around 124% in 2024, even though September inflation is expected to have slowed to a…

Russia is flooding Ukraine with men and equipment, but that should soon slow, analyst Michael Kofman said.Its high losses indicate its military is strained under its current level of aggression, he told the Intelligencer.While Kofman doesn’t think Russia will run out of steam, he said the Kremlin will be forced to recalibrate.Russia’s numbers advantage against Ukraine is likely to start diminishing as soon as the end of this year, said US-based military analyst Michael Kofman.Speaking to Intelligencer’s Benjamin Hart in an interview published on Tuesday, Kofman said that while the Kremlin has sustained pressure on Ukraine while suffering high levels…

In Congress’ last action before Election Day, the Senate cleared a stopgap funding billWednesday night that heads off a government shutdown next week, bucking the demands of former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden is expected to quickly sign the measure, preventing a funding lapse Tuesday and delaying the government shutdown deadline to Dec. 20. It also punts a potentially bitter funding fight to just before Christmas, with the results hinging on the November elections and which party wins control of the House, Senate and White House. Despite Trump’s calls this month for Republicans to shut down the government unless…

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Ryan Routh, the man charged with an attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday. The arraignment in West Palm Beach lasted just three minutes as Routh’s attorney, Kristy Militello, entered the plea on his behalf to all five counts against him. She waived the reading of the charges and said the defense wanted a trial. Routh, 58, wearing a brown jail uniform, looked directly at reporters as he entered and exited the courtroom. His attorneys spoke with him when he sat down ahead of advancing to the…

Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to define herself when she ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.The party’s base was demanding that candidates support Bernie Sanders’ single-payer healthcare plan, and the energy among many activists focused on discriminatory policing practices and policies following the deaths of George Floyd and other men and women in encounters with police. Harris’ views on these issues appeared to move along with those of the grassroots, but she often faced questions from the left about her level of conviction.Where Harris is on the ideological spectrum has long been hard to pinpoint. After Joe Biden selected…

Mayor Ken Welch of St. Petersburg, Florida talks with Alex Wagner about how residents of his city have responded to evacuation orders and emergency conditions after the 1-2 punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and discusses the need to reinforce infrastructure at a faster pace to keep up with the damaging effects of climate change. Read the full article here