Trump, Senate and Venezuela
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Washington — Senate Republicans killed a war powers resolution to limit President Trump's ability to further strike Venezuela after the White House put pressure on a handful of GOP senators who supported it.
The bill would allow victims to sue, tee up fines of up to $250,000, allow courts to order takedowns, deletions and injunctions against deepfakes, and set up a 10-year statute of limitations.
Democratic former Representative Mary Peltola narrowly leads Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s 2026 U.S. Senate race, a potential shakeup in the fairly red state, according to a new poll. Newsweek has reached out to press teams for Peltola and Sullivan for comment via email on Wednesday.
Congress is trying again with the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act, which would allow victims to sue for up to $250,000 in damages.
The US Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images in response to a widening uproar over a flood of graphic content on billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform.
The state Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would ban cities from requiring gun owners to lock their firearms in cars. It was state Sen. Colton Moore's first bill.
A viral Senate hearing exchange between Republican senators and an Atlanta OB-GYN over the question 'can men get pregnant' sparked a social media debate Wednesday.