Judge blocks new California law cracking down on election deepfakes

U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez said artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose significant risks, but he ruled that the law, which allows any person to sue for damages over election deepfakes, likely violates the First Amendment.

A developer wants to build an oyster bar in Virginia Beach. The Navy says no way.

A decade-old plan to build a waterfront restaurant in Virginia Beach, Va. is reigniting pushback from the U.S. Navy after site work began recently.

Military parents can get repaid for cost of bringing in child care helper following PCS move 

A Defense Department pilot program offers up to $1,500 in reimbursement for transportation costs associated with travel for someone to look after kids of service members after a PCS.

Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic

Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane. 

US bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced labor

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener, accusing both of being involved in the use of forced labor from China’s far-west region of Xinjiang.

CIA makes it easier for potential informants to share tips

The CIA wants to make it easier — and safer — for people in Iran, China and North Korea to share information with America’s premier spy agency.

5 Chinese nationals charged with covering up midnight visit to Michigan military site

U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were confronted in the dark near a remote Michigan military site where thousands of people had gathered for summer drills.

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a newly unsealed court filing from prosecutors that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.