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If California Sen. Dianne Feinstein leaves Congress before her term is over, she won't be replaced by Oprah Winfrey.The media mogul's spokeswoman on Thursday threw cold water on the idea that Winfrey could make a foray into politics, saying she "is not considering the seat should it become vacant."

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Kamala Harris this week had clearly, finally, and decisively earned a piece of the action.It sure took long enough.After two years on the sidelines, carrying garbage headlines and defending some fairly patently indefensible policies, the Vice President merited a good news cycle befitting her role in helping President Joe Biden make inroads with womenspecifically, women of colorand delivering him the White House.

The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus is throwing its support behind Julie Su, the deputy Labor secretary, to replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh who is soon departing the Biden administration a significant public display of support for an Asian American to join President Joe Biden's Cabinet.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida made a splash when he announced that he had raised a record $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate.New figures disclosed by the campaign reveal that he relied heavily on larger contributors to set that record.The DeSantis campaign said it had around 40,000 donors in May as we raised over $8.2 million, according to text messages and emails to supporters asking for more donations.

Un grupo de lideres de la industria advirtio el martes que la tecnologia de inteligencia artificial (IA) que estan desarrollando algun dia podria ser una amenaza existencial para la humanidad y deberia considerarse un riesgo social al mismo nivel que las pandemias y las guerras nucleares.Mitigar el riesgo de extincion de la inteligencia artificial deberia ser una prioridad mundial junto a otros riesgos a escala social, como las pandemias y las guerras nucleares, dice la declaracion, que consta de una sola frase, publicada por el Centro para la Seguridad de la IA, una organizacion sin fines de lucro.

When Terry and Barbara Brown walked out of a May 1 face-to-face meeting with DA Brooke Jenkins, they were upset that charges would be dropped against the Walgreens security guard who shot dead their 24-year-old child, Banko Brown.But they say they were given every expectation the prosecutor would be piecing together evidence to make a case.

She knew what she was in for: the talking over her, the bluster, the alternate version of history, the controversy.She was as prepared as possible.And she was dressed for the arena.When Kaitlan Collins interviewed Donald J. Trump in his first appearance on CNN since 2016, moderating the Republican town hall on Wednesday, she did so in a pristine white pantsuit, thus immediately joining a long line of women who have gone face to face with the former president in that symbolic armor.

Rishi Sunak told the cabinet on Tuesday he was struck by the number of people at last weekend's Munich security conference who noted that UK leadership had played an important part in the global response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.For once, it wasn't just spin.I've talked to some of the participants in Munich.

Calling her the American dream, Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced his nominee to lead the US labor department, Julie Su, who if confirmed will become the first Asian American cabinet secretary in his administration.Julie is the American dream, the president said in a White House ceremony.Su is a civil rights attorney and a former head of the California labor department.

M&M's pause of its spokescandies comes after a right-wing backlash to changes in the Green and Brown M&Ms and the addition of the Purple M&M.Twitter/Screenshot by NPR M&M's spokescandies the cartoon versions of the candies that appear in advertisements will be paused indefinitely.The move comes after Fox News' Tucker Carlson spent months attacking minor brand changes to some of the characters as "woke."

As noted yesterday, the Golden State Warriors took a trip to D.C. to meet and get a photo op with President Joe Biden on Tuesday, to celebrate their 2022 NBA Championship win something they did not opt to do for their 2017 and 2018 championship wins while Trump was in office.The visit had a whole Bay Area delegation in tow, as the Chronicle reports, including SF Mayor London Breed, newly elected Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, rapper E-40, radio personality Sway Calloway, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi.