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AI's capacity to damage democracy, elections may be hard to detect

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Donald Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, alleges prosecutor

A prosecutor says Donald Trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney's office, made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump's historic hush money trial. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and denies wrongdoing. Trump arrived at the courthouse shortly before 9 am, minutes after castigating the case in capital letters on social media as election interference and a witch hunt. He faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records a charge punishable by up to four years in prison though it's not clear if the judge would seek to put him behind bars. A conviction would not preclude Trump from becoming president again, but because it is a state case, he would not be able to attempt to pardon himself if found guilty. He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Unfolding as Trump vies to reclaim the White House, the trial will require him to spe

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Democrats hope to win back deadlocked Michigan House in special elections

Democratic lawmakers are hoping to win back a majority in the deadlocked Michigan House and regain control of the state government in two special elections on Tuesday. Democrat Mai Xiong is taking on Republican Ronald Singer in District 13, while Peter Herzberg, a Democrat, faces Republican Josh Powell in District 25. Both districts are located just outside Detroit and are heavily Democratic, with the previous Democratic incumbents each having won by over 25 percentage points in 2022. The lower chamber has been tied 54-54 between Democratic and Republican lawmakers since November, when two Democratic representatives vacated their seats after winning mayoral races in their hometowns. Democrats previously held a majority in both chambers along with control of the governor's office. These special elections will determine who controls the House here in Michigan and set the tone for November, when we will decide whether Democrats hold on to the state House, said Michigan Democratic Party

Highlights of the day: 'No fire at Delhi's Aiims Hospital'; DFS chief confirms receiving call, but turned out to be false alarm

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How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets, trade

Voters in India, meanwhile, will cast ballots later this month, with self-styled strongman Narendra Modi expected to win a third term as prime minister in the world's most populous country

US poll: Trump's campaign raises $50.5 mn at high-dollar Florida fundraiser

Donald Trump's campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday, a staggering reported haul as his campaign works to catch up to the fundraising juggernaut of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. The reported haul from the event with major donors at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson sets a new single-event fundraising record and is almost double the $26 million that Biden's campaign said it raised recently at a gathering with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at Radio City Music Hall in New York. It's clearer than ever that we have the message, the operation, and the money to propel President Trump to victory on November 5, his campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement. The event, billed as the Inaugural Leadership Dinner," sends a signal of a resurgence of Trump and the Republican Party's fundraising, which has lagged behind Biden and the Democrats. Trump boasted about his evening with wealt

Highlights of the day: Sanjay Singh released; supporters gather outside Tihar Jail in Delhi

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US elections 2024: Wisconsin voters approve ban on private money support

Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday put forward by Republicans in reaction to grants received in 2020 that were funded by donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Voters also approved a second question put on the ballot by the Republican-controlled Legislature that amends the constitution to say that only election officials can administer elections. That's already state law, but putting it in the constitution makes it more difficult to repeal or change. Democrats opposed both measures, which they argued would make it more difficult to conduct elections in the presidential battleground state. Both constitutional amendments on the ballot were in reaction to grant money that came to Wisconsin in 2020 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a liberal group that fights for voter access. That year it received a $300 million donation from Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan to help election ...

Highlights of the day: India firmly rejects 'senseless attempts' by China to rename places in Arunachal

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Highlights of the day: Above normal heatwave projected for next 3 months

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US polls: Trump's immigration rhetoric makes inroads with some Democrats

The video shared by Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping themselves in American flags. They're coming by the thousands, Trump says in the video, posted on his social media site. We will secure our borders. And we will restore sovereignty. In his speeches and online posts, Trump has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric, casting migrants as dangerous criminals poisoning the blood of America. His messaging often relies on falsehoods about migration, but it has proved attractive to many core supporters going back a decade, to when build the wall rang out at his campaign rallies. President Joe Biden and his allies portray the situation as a policy dispute that Congress can fix and hits Republicans in Washington for backing away from a border security deal after facing

US polls: Biden, Harris argue Democrats will preserve access to health care

President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris on Tuesday promoted their healthcare agenda in the battleground state of North Carolina, arguing that Democrats like themselves would preserve access to care while Republicans would reverse gains made over the past decade and a half. Fourteen years after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, the White House still sees health care as a winning issue during a campaign in which Biden has sometimes found himself on the defensive when it comes to immigration or the economy. Republicans have opposed Biden's signature initiatives to lower medical costs, and they've seized opportunities to restrict abortion rights after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. "It's sick. Now they want to quote, his words, terminate the ACA, as my predecessor says," Biden said, referring to Republican former President Donald Trump. "If that were ever to happen, we'd also terminate a lot of lives as well. But we're not going to

US election: Texas man runs for President as 'Literally Anybody Else'

A US citizen from Texas, formerly called Dustin Ebey, has legally changed his name to "Literally Anybody Else" in hopes to take on presidential frontrunners Joe Biden and Donald Trump

US elections: Trump making Jan 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for WH

Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack sang the national anthem. An announcer asked the crowd to please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages. And people did, and sang along. They were unbelievable patriots, Trump said as the recording ended. Having previously vowed to pardon the rioters, he promised to help them the first day we get into office. Initially relegated to a fringe theory on the edges of the Republican Party, the revisionist history of Jan. 6, which Trump .

US elections: Trump rules out Ramaswamy as running mate as he eyes new team

Trump personally told Ramaswamy he won't be his vice presidential pick, according to people briefed on the discussion,

Chinese billionaire admits to election crimes, making bogus donations

A Chinese billionaire has pleaded guilty to federal election crimes, admitting that he made thousands of dollars in contributions to New York and Rhode Island political candidates in the names of others. Hui Qin, a Chinese cinema magnate, faces up to 27 years in prison on charges that include orchestrating a straw donor scheme, immigration fraud and using false identification documents. Beginning in December 2021, Qin began working "to find individuals to make more than USD 10,000 in straw donor contributions" to an unnamed candidate running for citywide election in New York City, prosecutors said. At least one individual donated USD 1,000 on Qin's behalf to the citywide candidate. The following day, Qin reached out to a co-conspirator, who told him they expected to be able to obtain up to USD 20,000 in straw donor contributions for the candidate. Prosecutors also say he engaged in similar straw donor schemes to funnel donations to a US representative in New York and a congressiona

'Too old, mentally unfit': US President Biden roasts Trump at DC dinner

The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party's nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. The other's me," Biden quipped. The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from the president at the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner, as Biden deflected ongoing criticism that his memory is hazy and he appears confused, instead highlighting moments when the 77-year-old Trump has slipped up, too. Don't tell him, he thinks he's running against Barack Obama, that's what he said," said Biden, 81, who also quipped that he was staying up way past his bedtime. It was the first time Biden has attended the dinner during his presidency, and comes as the 2024 election looms and the rematch between Biden and Trump heats up. The annual bacchanalia hosted by the journalistic organization, now in its 139th year, traces its history to 1885 that was the year ...

Sora: OpenAI says it will release text-to-video AI model in a few months

OpenAI said it is currently considering "the issues of misinformation and harmful bias" before the public release, which is likely in a few months

Highlights of day: Court acquits 2 accused of attacking cops in riots case

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