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Rep. Mike Johnson's short congressional career means lobbyists are scrambling to find a conduit to influence the new speaker.

The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election, a move advocates say would safeguard voters against a particularly insidious form of election disinformation

WASHINGTON -- Less than three weeks after the Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a request to develop regulations governing so-called deepfake political ads generated using artificial intelligence tools, a non-partisan advocacy group pushing for the new rules is trying again.

A group whose petition for FCC action on AI-generated deepfake ads was rejected in a 3-3 deadlock last month is trying again.

"Ultimately taxpayers will be on the hook," Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned

"Legitimate whistleblowers must be protected, and these witnesses are clearly not legitimate," expert says

WASHINGTON — In the 118th Congress, a growing contingent of lawmakers is telling corporate PACs: We don’t want your cash.

Some dismissed pledges as a gimmick for outsiders who wouldn't get corporate PAC money anyway, but they have grown more common.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson abruptly cut away as Jan. 6 committee showed shocking Capitol riot footage

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission should adopt regulations to identify foreign-owned companies that spend corporate funds to influence elections, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin and more than a dozen other House Democrats say in a letter they plan to send Thursday.

Citing “dark” corporate spending on elections, 16 House Democrats are urging the SEC to require disclosure of key foreign shareholders.