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As AI has boomed, so has deepfake pornography, with hyperrealistic images and videos created with minimal effort and money -- leading to scandals and harassment at multiple high schools in the United States as administrators struggle to respond amid a lack of federal legislation banning the practice.

There is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley -- the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man.

All members of the US Federal Reserve's powerful rate-setting committee judged earlier this month that it would be appropriate to keep interest rates high "for some time" in order to tackle inflation, minutes of the meeting released Tuesday show.

The first debate will occur less than two months before election day.

Joe Biden joked about his age as he celebrated his 81st birthday on Monday, but the issue is no laughing matter for many voters as he seeks reelection next year.

Does Donald Trump have the right to call prosecutors "fascist thugs," or advise those testifying against him to keep quiet?

Donald Trump took his presidential campaign down to the border with Mexico on Sunday, doubling down on the hardline immigration rhetoric that was a hallmark of his first White House term.

In a Facebook video viewed by thousands, CNN's Wolf Blitzer appears to hawk a diabetes drug.

The news comes nine months after her husband Jimmy Carter also entered hospice care.

Backlash against the CEO of Tesla and owner of X is growing after his post seemingly endorsing Antisemitic views.

The White House on Friday condemned the owner of social media platform X and the world's richest person, Elon Musk, for "abhorrent promotion" of anti-Semitism.

The filing comes after a report pointed to evidence that Santos broke federal law.

President Joe Biden's administration promised Thursday to engage systematically overseas with workers, as its plans for a new Asia trade pact met opposition from labor activists.

Haley is in the second place, followed by Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Promoting trade, protecting supply chains and fighting the climate crisis will feature at the APEC summit of Pacific rim powers opening Thursday in San Francisco after President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping helped settle regional nerves by agreeing to dial down tensions.

The Ethics Committee said it will share additional evidence of Santos's unlawful conduct with the Justice Department.

Anyone who walks the streets of Manhattan can observe sidewalk vendors hawking counterfeit luxury products.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday authorized SpaceX to carry out its second launch of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, after a first attempt in April ended in a spectacular explosion.

Don't expect Joan Collins to show up, but the California estate where Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met Wednesday is perhaps best known as the setting of the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty".

Domestic policy concerns are leading US officials willfully to ignore Israeli "war crimes" -- and to stifle dissent over arming the country -- a former senior State Department staffer who quit in protest told AFP Wednesday.

New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment.

The Democrat Senator said in an interview with NBC that he wants to see if there's appetite for a moderate candidate.

The proposal championed by Speaker Mike Johnson needs support of two thirds of House representatives.

Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies want to boost output with an eye on issues like reducing inequality and protecting the environment, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday.

President Joe Biden's administration signaled Monday it would postpone a draft of an Asia trade pact that had been set to be unveiled at a summit in San Francisco, after facing domestic criticism.

Economic development and environmental action need to march hand in hand if the world is to successfully combat global warming, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday at the start of major global meeting.

The court said the document is a "codification of principles" regarded as governing the conduct of justices.

Jacob Angely-Chansley took the first step to run for a House of Representatives seat after serving more than 2 years in prison.

US Senator Tim Scott announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the US presidential race, saying voters had given him a clear message of "not now."