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False election fraud claims: Court hearing to decide how much Giuliani should pay poll workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the federal case that will determine how much Rudy Giuliani may have to pay two Georgia election officials he falsely accused of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s post-election baseless claims in 2020 The former mayor of New York already found responsible in the defamation lawsuit filed by …

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Gemini: Google ups the ante in the AI ​​race with technology trained to behave like humans

Google took its next leap into artificial intelligence on Wednesday with the launch of Project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human ways, which is likely to intensify the debate about the potential promises and dangers of the technology. The rollout will happen in phases, with the less advanced versions of Gemini, called …

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University of Wisconsin regents reject deal with Republicans to cut diversity positions

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin regents narrowly rejected a deal reached Saturday with Republicans that would have given employees a raise and paid for construction of a new engineering building in exchange for job cuts. focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. The regents voted 9-8 during an emergency meeting to reject the the …

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Houston has a young population. Its next mayor, who will be elected in a runoff, will not be

HOUSTON (AP) — A mayoral runoff Saturday between state Sen. John Whitmire, 74, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 73, has the fourth-largest U.S. city one step away from choosing a new leader which defies demographic trends in Houston. Census data shows that Houston is getting younger, with a median age of about 35 and …

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Trump is appealing the denial of immunity ahead of the federal election case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a decision finding that he is not immune from prosecution as he runs out of options to delay or even defeat an upcoming trial on charges that he planned to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Attorneys for the Republican front-runner in the 2024 presidential …

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Six fake Donald Trump voters indicted by Nevada grand jury

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada grand jury on Wednesday indicted six Republicans who submitted affidavits to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of their state’s 2020 presidential election, making Nevada the third to seek accusations against the so-called voters.” “We cannot allow attacks on democracy to go unchallenged,” Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford …

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The narrowing GOP presidential field will debate just six weeks before the Iowa caucuses

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – The shrinking field of Republican presidential candidates will gather on stage for debates Wednesday for the fourth time this year, time is running out to shake up a race dominated by former President Donald Trump. Four candidates will be on stage at the University of Alabama for their last scheduled meeting …

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DeSantis hits a campaign milestone in Iowa, but is still far behind Trump

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) – Ron DeSantis finished his the campaign promises to visit each of Iowa’s 99 countiescrossing a symbolic as well as a tactical threshold by telling his audience in a central Iowa town “this should show you that I consider myself a servant, not a ruler.” Former president Donald Trumpwho is still far …

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Georgia Republicans are trying to cut the losses as they bid for majority-black districts in a special session

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as the Republican majority seeks to minimize losses while trying to increase the number of majority-black districts to comply with a federal court order. This is one of a series of redistricting sessions in the South since the US Supreme Court ratified the Voting …

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Trump’s lawyers hope to distance him from the Capitol rebels he embraces

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has embraced the rebels who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 as patriots, vowed to pardon a large number of them if he won a second term and even cooperated a song with a group of detained accused. In his an election interference case in Washingtonhis lawyers take …

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