Government Seeks To Head Off Menendez Supreme Court Appeal

A push to oust Colorado GOP Chair Dave Williams has led to the formal censure of the petition’s circulator — the Jefferson County party chair — and an apparent nullification of the effort by her own executive committee. Nancy Pallozzi started the petition last week. It lists several concerns with Williams’ leadership, including the party breaking neutrality during this year’s Colorado presidential primary when it backed former President Donald Trump.

Former President Donald Trump shared his mixed feelings on artificial intelligence with YouTuber Logan Paul Thursday, describing the technology as a “superpower” that writes “beautifully” while also calling its capabilities “alarming.” His comments on Paul’s podcast ‘Impaulsive’ provide a window into how the 78 year old presidential candidate thinks about the rapidly-advancing technology, which 49% of Americans feel concerned about. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Fears of deepfakes increasing the risk of nuclear war Trump said he saw a deepfake video of himself promoting a product that was so convincing it caused him to question whether it was real.

“The Justice Department said Friday that it would not act on the House’s contempt referral of Attorney General Merrick Garland,” CNN reports. “In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, DOJ pointed to its ‘longstanding’ position of not prosecuting executive branch officials who withhold information subject to executive privilege from from Congress.”

WASHINGTON — The U. S. Supreme Court has struck down a ban on bump stocks, the gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern American history — a Las Vegas massacre that killed 60 people and injured hundreds more. The court’s conservative majority said Friday that then-President Donald Trump’s administration overstepped its authority with the 2019 ban on the firearm attachment, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire like machine guns. Here’s what to know about the case: What are bump stocks? Bump stocks are accessories that replace a rifle’s stock, the part that gets pressed against the shooter’s shoulder.

Australian-British actor and one-time pop star Holly Valance hosted a lavish fundraiser in London for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Wednesday night that reportedly raised $3 million (£2.36 million). The 41-year-old actor, who starred in the Australian soap opera Neighbours along with celebrities like Margot Robbie, has become known for her outspoken political views as of late. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Everyone starts off as a leftie then wakes up at some point after you start either making money working trying to run a business trying to buy a home and then you realize what crap ideas they all are, and then you go to the right” she said in an interview with GBNews in February.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U. S. history. The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017.