The Department of Justice has announced sweeping actions against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) for drug trafficking and defrauding elderly Americans in a sophisticated timeshare scam.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) for crimes including drug trafficking, weapons offenses, and a timeshare fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans. The cartel is accused of distributing deadly drugs like fentanyl and defrauding over 6,000 Americans of $400 million through fake timeshare deals, leaving many elderly victims financially devastated. DETAIL: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche highlighted the cartel’s use of violence and fear to maintain control over drug distribution networks and described their fraudulent schemes as preying on vulnerable seniors. The scam involved fake promises of profits from timeshare sales,…Open
Weeks before OpenAI's agents hacked Hugging Face , the agents worked together to find and exploit a vulnerability in the infrastructure supporting the company's cybersecurity testing, OpenAI researchers said Wednesday. Why it matters: The new findings raise questions about how frontier AI labs are monitoring their testing environments — and the challenges safety testers are finding as they try to rein in increasingly powerful AI. Driving the news: OpenAI's internal research model, one of the models involved in the Hugging Face breach, first discovered and exploited a vulnerability in Artifactory, a third-party file repository connected to the company's testing sandbox, on May 26, two researchers said at the Black Hat cybersecurity…
Cammack said when Edwards ran for Congress, “he promised to restore honor and integrity to the office" and that "based on the bipartisan House Ethics Committee’s findings, he failed to live up to that promise.”
Francesca Hong, a Democrat state representative in Wisconsin and member of the far-left Democratic Socialists of America, criticized Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and Independence Day celebrations.
Posts by far-left gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong (D-WI) attacking various traditional American holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, have resurfaced and drawn widespread backlash and criticism. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Francesca Hong, a Democrat state representative in Wisconsin and member of the far-left Democratic Socialists of America, criticized Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, and Independence Day celebrations. DETAIL: In previous X (formerly Twitter) posts, Hong called to “Cancel Thanksgiving,” claiming it celebrates “colonialism,” and expressed disdain for fireworks associated with Independence Day. Hong called Valentine’s Day “another day capitalism tells you how to show love” and felt…Open
What had been expected to be a clear win for him, however, ended up being a close contest that the Associated Press did not call until Wednesday morning.
The president's remarks occurred during an unrelated speech in Las Vegas, where he touted his economic agenda while also commenting on recent developments in the country, including Tuesday night's primaries that stretched five states.