Data centers and the presence of AI have become the focus of the Alabama Governors race, with some pressing for more regulations and guardrails, citing safety and ethics concerns. Former Senator Doug Jones, who is the Democratic candidate for Alabama Governor, joins The Weekend to discuss. #Datacenter #Alabama #Midterms
AI:Democratic candidate for Alabama Governor Doug Jones is leveraging the rapid expansion of AI data centers to fuel his campaign, calling for strict regulations and ethical guardrails as local communities push back against large-scale infrastructure development. This political maneuvering highlights a growing divide in the state's gubernatorial race, where the drive for technological growth and economic investment clashes with calls from leftist agitators for increased government oversight and restrictive mandates on the AI industry.Open
The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” The post Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration’s Latin America policies are too simplistic for the complicated problems facing the region, a panel of restraint-oriented foreign policy experts concluded Tuesday. The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft gathered Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, co-director of the Corruption, Networks, and Transnational Crime Research Center (CONTRA) at George Mason…Open
AI:The Quincy Institute recently hosted a forum featuring various restraint-oriented foreign policy experts who argued that the Trump administration's aggressive, militarized approach to fighting narco-terrorism in Latin America is too simplistic and destined to fail. Panelists Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Isabel Pereira Arana, and Lee Schlenker contended that focusing heavily on coercion and security measures neglects root causes like local poverty and corruption, potentially leading to a "balloon effect" where criminal networks simply adapt or displace their operations elsewhere. These academics suggested that instead of the administration's decisive stance against cartels, the United States should prioritize rural development, strengthening…Open
OPINION: Robby Soave gives his radar arguing why more of the U.S. should be like Loudoun County in Virginia, which has embraced the construction of data centers and lowered property taxes for its residents. #RobbySoave #DataCenters #ai 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Taxed Enough Already 1:40 - Say It Loudoun 3:42 - Don't Fall For Propaganda 04:45 - Can Data Centers Lower Taxes?! Robby Soave and Niall Stanage Discuss About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's…
Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul.
New York City's potential requirement of an identification card to access discounts at proposed taxpayer-funded grocery stores has highlighted the inconsistencies in Mayor Zohran Mamdani's opposition to voter ID in elections.
New York City’s potential requirement of an identification card to access discounts at proposed taxpayer-funded grocery stores has highlighted the inconsistencies in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opposition to voter ID in elections. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘s proposed city-run grocery stores will require shoppers to obtain a city-issued identification card to access discounted staple goods, according to officials overseeing the project. During a press conference last week, Mamdani said items such as milk, cheese, and bread would be priced about 30 percent below typical retail rates, while interim Economic Development Corporation chief Jeanny Pak said a “library-card-esque” ID system would help…Open
An aerial view shows the proposed 1,620-hectare Pax Silica site at New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, on July 27, 2026. (Grig C. Montegrande/Inquirer) Published August 1 , 2026 A 4,000-acre technology hub. Billions of [...]
An immigrant-led business alliance has voted to sue New York City to block Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial $70 million taxpayer-funded municipal grocery store project, citing […] Source
