US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged China and Russia to match declarations by the United States and others that only humans, and never artificial intelligence, would make decisions on deploying ... 05/2/2024 - 1:26 am | View Link
US senator urges Biden to include safeguards in any nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia A Democratic U.S. senator on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to include strict nonproliferation safeguards in any nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia that might come as part of a potential ... 05/1/2024 - 8:27 am | View Link
The Nuclear Iran “Concept” Is Already Here: Time Is Short to Prevent Israel’s—and America’s—Next Calamitous Intelligence Failure The lessons of these failures demand that Israel’s political and military leadership and their American counterparts immediately reconsider their assumptions about the Iranian nuclear threat to avoid ... 05/1/2024 - 2:22 am | View Link
Analysis: Escalation Dynamics in Iran-Israel Confrontation Heighten Nuclear Program Risks I ran’s direct attack on Israel on April 14, involving over 350 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, emerged as a bold retort following a series of Israeli airstrikes in Syria that ... 04/28/2024 - 6:21 pm | View Link
Russia says West is increasing risk of nuclear war STORY: Lavrov said the United States and NATO were obsessed with the idea of inflicting "strategic defeat" on Russia and there were risks in such confrontation that could lead to an increased level of ... 04/21/2024 - 11:33 pm | View Link
“The presidential election may come down to a city in the Midwestern prairie that is home to Warren Buffett — a prospect that is raising hopes among some Democrats that the once-prolific political donor will come off the sidelines to try to power President Joe Biden to reelection,” Bloomberg reports.
“Back in 2016, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.