POLITICS

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and more than two dozen technology companies are urging U.S. policymakers not to impose broad restrictions on open-weight artificial intelligence models, arguing that doing so could undermine American innovation and hand an advantage to foreign competitors.

Lawmakers are taking aim at Chinese AI models, which they say are being developed with stolen U.S. technology.

What began as social media backlash in response to a judge's insult morphed into a massive real-world youth movement and sustained street demonstrations.

A member of Vice President JD Vance's U.S. Secret Service protective detail is under internal investigation and could also face a criminal inquiry over allegations that sensitive information related to the vice president's security was leaked to the media.