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Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) CEO Brian Thompson, has, for now, withdrawn plans to pursue a psychiatric defense, Reuters reported on Friday, citing a court filing. Defense Strategy Withdrawn The filing comes days after Mangione’s legal team...

President Donald Trump has settled a $100 million lawsuit against his niece, Mary Trump. The lawsuit was filed over accusations that Mary Trump leaked financial information and family tax documents to The New York Times. The settlement was announced in a letter filed on Tuesday...

The Trump administration on Tuesday sued New York state officials and Public Partnerships LLC, accusing them of facilitating fraud in a $10 billion Medicaid home-care program serving disabled patients, according to a U.S. Department of Justice release. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has decided to back the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that the White House is promoting to supersede state regulations on artificial intelligence. The Mark Zuckerberg-led company had earlier played a role in defeating KOSA two years ago,...

On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) backed legislation to crack down on AI-generated deepfakes and nonconsensual explicit images by creating federal penalties and requiring rapid takedowns from online platforms. Take It Down Act Targets AI Deepfakes Cruz posted on X that "no child or family should...

Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Tuesday criticized India's temporary ban on the messaging platform, alleging misuse of internet routing systems by Reliance Industries and suggesting possible competitive pressure involving Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META). Durov also called the government's action...

Florida has filed a new lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the social media platform allowed underage users to access its services and misrepresented the risks children face on the app despite a state law aimed at protecting minors online. Florida Alleges TikTok Violated Child Social Media Law...

The U.S. Department of Justice stepped into a legal fight over Elon Musk‘s xAI and the natural gas turbines powering its Southaven, Mississippi, data center, urging a judge to toss the case. Federal lawyers argued that blocking the turbines would, in their view, endanger U.S. national,...

Anthropic faces a new lawsuit from a paying customer who alleges the company’s Claude Max subscriptions provide far less access than users were promised. According to Engadget and the Wall Street Journal, plaintiff Karl Kahn, a Washington, D.C., resident, alleges the effective caps for the...

The U.S. government is reportedly unlikely to extend Anthropic-related AI export controls to other companies. Security Concerns Drive Selective Regulatory Action According to a report by The Information on Saturday, citing a source, the administration’s concerns remain focused on security...

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, called the removal of President Donald Trump‘s name from the Kennedy Center a “really important moment for this country,” hailing it as a win for “democracy and the rule of law.” Garcia...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a comment from an OpenAI spokesperson. OpenAI is reportedly facing a multi-state investigation as attorneys general examine the company’s data practices, safety measures and the potential impact of its artificial intelligence...

Hunter Biden acknowledged that former President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon him will likely be remembered as a defining and controversial part of his father’s legacy, but said the move reflected a parent’s devotion rather than political calculation. Hunter Biden Says Joe Biden...

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) after the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that the transaction is unlikely to harm competition or consumers. DOJ Clears Paramount-Warner...

A federal appeals court is weighing how a decades-old U.S. hacking statute should apply to an AI tool accused of getting into Amazon customer accounts without permission, a dispute that could shape who bears responsibility when software acts on a user's behalf. Perplexity AI's shopping-focused "...