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DOJ defends White House media ban, urges court to reject lawsuit
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PM’s new anti-disinformation unit won’t target ‘domestic political dissent’, defence secretary says – UK politics live
Wes Streeting told GB News: ‘We’re not interested in policing domestic political dissent’ Demos , a thinktank that has done a lot of work on tackling disinformation , has also welcomed Andy Burnham’s announcement (see 8.50am ) – while also urging the PM to go further. Hannah Perry, director of digital policy at Demos, said: Right now, Britain’s information supply is being written in Moscow and spread by algorithms nobody voted for. The prime minister is right to call for a national effort. This is a national security threat, and it ends in real-world harm. Our research has found Russian propaganda poisoning the chatbots people use every day, disinformation campaigns targeting London, and social media stoking division during crisis moments from the Southport riots to recent asylum housing rows. The door is wide open to these attacks. For too long, the approach of successive governments to
BBC Politics
UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after Donald Trump told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".
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Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are asking a federal judge to hold the president in check for what they say is a violation of their Constitutional rights simply because he doesn't like how they cover him.
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Poll: Trust in the U.S. Postal Service delivering mail-in ballots on time has fallen
Registered voters are less confident that USPS will deliver election mail on time compared with 2024, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds, after USPS was part of Trump's bid to limit mail voting.
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There's growing concern that Trump may deploy the National Guard ahead of elections
Fears are growing that President Trump may deploy the U.S. military to polling places in the upcoming elections, despite strict state and federal laws against such a move.
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As Congress confronts AI, Senate lawmakers are shut off from its most advanced tools
While Senate offices have access to chatbots like ChatGPT, they are not authorized to use any of the more advanced tools that are at the center of regulatory talks and public debate about AI safety.