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Biden takes big step for the future of AI with ambitious executive order

By SARAH PARVINI
Jan 14, 2025 1:55 pm - President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean power facilities, can be built quickly and at scale in the United States.
Biden administration will announce it's lifting state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER
Jan 14, 2025 1:01 pm - The Biden administration on Tuesday is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to U.S. officials familiar with matter. The officials were not authorized to comment and insisted on anonymity to discuss the yet to be publicly announced move.
Hegseth confronts allegations of misconduct as senators grill Trump’s choice for Pentagon chief

By LISA MASCARO, TARA COPP and MATT BROWN
Jan 14, 2025 8:52 am - President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon and confronted allegations of his misconduct during a testy Senate confirmation hearing that drew protesters but also veterans in support.
Here’s who is performing at Trump’s inauguration

By Praveena Somasundaram, Sabrina Rodriguez
Jan 14, 2025 8:37 am - President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural schedule features a fireworks show at Trump’s Washington-area golf club and a lineup of performers including country music star Carrie Underwood.
What to watch as Pete Hegseth faces questions about his experience and personal past

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT BROWN
Jan 14, 2025 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth will publicly face senators for the first time Tuesday after weeks of privately pushing back on criticism over his qua...
Winds, arsonists complicate fight against LA-area wildfires as crews report progress

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER
Jan 14, 2025 6:09 am - A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes and anxious residents were prepared for the worst as dangerous winds were expected to build Tuesday, a week after two massive infernos destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people.
A tough-on-crime approach is back in U.S. state capitols

By DAVID A. LIEB
Jan 14, 2025 5:59 am - Within minutes of his inauguration Monday, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe unleashed a volley of orders targeting crime. The tone-setting move reflects a national trend. Aft...
Biden says he's leaving Trump with a 'strong hand to play' in world conflicts

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG and MATTHEW LEE
Jan 14, 2025 5:59 am - President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Don...
This is what the Homeland Security secretary has to say about his border record

By REBECCA SANTANA
Jan 14, 2025 5:58 am - In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency's work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued ...
Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president's remarks

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Jan 14, 2025 5:56 am - The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,” the prosecutor who led the probes said in a...

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