If you're on a platform where this is allowed, I just don't feel comfortable," he said. "I don't feel comfortable with the fact that there's people that are going to use my image, or your image, or somebody else's image, and artificially generate something around it and maybe make it into something that you shouldn't publish.
The specific proposed language added to the appropriations bill blocked federal funds from being used to issue or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory action, or approve any labeling or change to such labeling inconsistent with the conclusion of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) human health assessment. The EPA itself would not be able to update warnings without finalizing a new assessment, the critics said.
More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA-two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an "Internet Blackout" on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don't like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.
It has been a big year for the right to repair, the movement of advocates pushing for people to be able to fix their own electronics and equipment without manufacturer approval. The issue has gathered broad support from technologists, farmers, military leaders, and politicians on both sides of the aisle. It is popular with just about everyone-except the companies who stand to gain if the parts, instructions, and tools necessary to fix their products remain under lock and key.
privateers, authorized by government-issued letters of marque to ply the trade of piracy in service of their country by targeting enemy ships. These modern day privateers, under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), would receive authorization from U.S. President Donald Trump as private individuals to seize foreign vessels from anyone who "is a member of a cartel, a member of a cartel-linked organization, or a conspirator associated with a cartel or a cartel-linked organization."
This comes as a New York State bill, entitled Keep Police Radio Public Act, passed by both the Assembly (A.3516) and the state Senate (S.416), and now awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature. She has till Friday to sign or veto the bill. It is unclear what she plans to do, but if she fails to act, the measure will automatically become law.
We're here to discuss two bills coming up, HR 498 and HR 3492, Mitchell said. The two bills, introduced this week for a planned vote on Wednesday, both targeted gender-affirming healthcare for children the first time Congress has voted over national care bans and a major escalation of anti-trans rhetoric from conservative US lawmakers.
Reinvent Albany said in a statement that the bill - S6815/ A8292 - is "bad policy and bad governance" because "it is not the role of the Legislature to manage New York City bus lanes and be involved in the day-to-day operations of MTA buses." "The bill allows MTA workers to cite being on the clock and in an agency vehicle to defend themselves from prosecutions for parking violations," the group added.
The controversial bill, which prompted a scuffle in Congress's lower chamber, now proceeds to the Senate for a vote. Sao Paulo, Brazil The lower house of Brazil's Congress has passed a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup. The contentious vote came in the early hours of Wednesday, after a protest by a left-wing congressman triggered a fight involving lawmakers, police and journalists.
Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, called on his colleagues in Congress to pass legislation he has introduced that would prevent new leasing for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in federal waters along the Southern California coast, from San Diego to the northern border of San Luis Obispo County. We're going to continue to fight this legislatively and legally, and from a communications perspective and any other tools that we've got in the toolkit, Levin said.
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The legislative proposal - introduced Wednesday by Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. - would require publicly traded companies and federal agencies to provide quarterly reports to the Labor Department detailing the impact that using AI has had on their workforces. "Artificial intelligence is already replacing American workers, and experts project AI could drive unemployment up to 10-20% in the next five years," Hawley said in a press release.
The proposal follows President Donald Trump's pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and seeks to eliminate what Khanna calls "blatant corruption" at the intersection of politics and crypto. "The pardon of Zhao is corrupt," Khanna said on MSNBC. "You've got a foreign billionaire engaged in money laundering and financing terrorism, who supports the president's son's cryptocurrency firm, and then the president pardons him. This is corruption in plain sight."
The motion put forward by the NDP looks to update the Ticket Sales Act to combat fraud, and predatory pricing by banning the sale of tickets above face value, but did not mention how this policy would be enforced. Here's the choice we're putting towards Conservatives. You can either vote with us to finally end ticket gouging once and for all, or keep siding with the resellers and leave fans on the sidelines, said Leader Marit Stiles at a news conference Wednesday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to fast-track the study of psychedelic drugs, which a coalition of veterans say hold enormous potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. More veterans die from suicide in America on a daily basis than average daily combat deaths in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined, according to data collected by the Department of Veterans Affairs. A growing number of former service members are now turning to psychedelics to treat the mental health conditions caused by wartime trauma and traumatic brain injury.
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) was one of a handful of Republicans to speak out against the "mafioso"-like comments Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr issued ahead of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension last month. Now, he's hoping the liberal outrage over government censorship will fuel bipartisan support for a new bill letting Americans sue over speech violations. Cruz plans to introduce the bill in the coming weeks, he told The Wall Street Journal in an interview.
A 32 million passenger cap, a planning condition issued by the airport's local authority, has long come under legal and political scrutiny. But Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien secured Cabinet sign-off to address the matter through legislation on Tuesday. In a statement, he said: "This Government recognises the strategic importance of Dublin Airport as our primary international gateway, and the contribution it makes to our economy. "Today, I sought agreement to pursue a legislative course of action to bring much-needed clarity to all stakeholders."
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from across both chambers of Congress introduced legislation this week calling for the Department of Health and Human Services "to dedicate sufficient resources" to the crisis and suicide lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth after the Trump administration terminated the service in July. The measure said this effort would include "establishing, re-establishing, operating, and maintaining specialized services" for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services program.
"I've heard from a lot of constituents and people around the city about fears of e-bikes going too fast, experiences people have had, injuries they've incurred. But I wanted to think of a way to address the concerns that wouldn't actually criminalize the bike riders," she said. The bill only bans the sale of such bikes, which are popular with the city's 80,000 delivery workers.