A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to treat the case of Reza Valizadeh, a 49-year-old American journalist locked in one of Iran's most notorious prisons, as an "urgent priority." Senators Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat, Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, and Dave McCormick, […] The post Four senators urge Rubio to prioritize release of American journalist imprisoned in Iran appeared first on American Almanac .
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to treat the case of Reza Valizadeh, a 49-year-old American journalist locked in one of Iran's most notorious prisons, as an "urgent priority." Senators Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat, Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, and Dave McCormick, a Pennsylvania Republican, sent a letter to Rubio warning that Valizadeh's life is at risk inside Tehran's Evin Prison. The four lawmakers called on the Trump administration to use "all available diplomatic channels" to bring him home. Their appeal lands as world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly in New York, and as the administration weighs its next moves in what CBS News…Open
Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont, and Rep. Mark Takano are back with the same idea they have shopped for years. Their proposed legislation, the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, would rewrite federal overtime law so 32 hours counts as a full week, with no cut in pay. Takano introduced the House bill, H.R. […] The post Sanders Wants a 32-Hour Week. Somebody Else Pays for the Other Eight appeared first on StoneZone .
Bernie Sanders, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont, and Rep. Mark Takano are back with the same idea they have shopped for years. Their proposed legislation, the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, would rewrite federal overtime law so 32 hours counts as a full week, with no cut in pay. Takano introduced the House bill, H.R. 10323, on Sept. 8. It does not ban a 40-hour week. It makes hours 33 through 40 overtime, then keeps going. This is not their first time at the rodeo with this topic. Takano first dropped a 32-hour bill in 2021 and again in 2023 . Sanders ran a Senate version in 2024 and used a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to sell it. The New York Post covered that last run on March 14, 2024 ,…Open
The national argument over artificial intelligence is splitting in two directions at once, and the tension is the story: Washington refuses a federal slowdown while local maps keep adding friction. In Washington, President Trump has spent the week calling existential-risk warnings a “hoax,” arguing that the only guardrail the industry needs is a “strong and […] The post Washington Fights Over AI Panic. One Virginia County Already Lives Off the Servers appeared first on StoneZone .
The national argument over artificial intelligence is splitting in two directions at once, and the tension is the story: Washington refuses a federal slowdown while local maps keep adding friction. In Washington, President Trump has spent the week calling existential-risk warnings a “hoax ,” arguing that the only guardrail the industry needs is a “strong and smart” president and that a slowdown would hand the lead to China. In a Wall Street Journal column, Matthew Continetti wrote that Trump is following the data on data centers and is right about their economic and national-security importance. Several frontier-lab executives have asked for tighter limits on the most capable systems. Trump’s reply is that industry leaders…Open
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The Israeli prime minister falsely accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of supporting Hamas after CNN interview clips showed Mr. Mamdani again calling Mr. Netanyahu a war criminal.
