Cybersecurity

Former congressmen launch super PACs backing AI safeguards

Two former congressmen announced Tuesday they are launching a pair of super PACs to back candidates who support AI safeguards as a counterweight to industry-backed groups.   Former Reps. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) and Brad Carson (D-Okla.) plan to create separate Republican and Democratic super PACs and raise $50 million to elect candidates “committed to defending the public interest against those who aim to buy their way out of sensible AI regulation,” […]

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'Just crazy': FDA facing backlash over withdrawal of proposed rule to screen some cosmetics for asbestos

The Environmental Working Group is criticizing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the agency abruptly withdrew a proposed rule meant to prevent asbestos contamination in talc-based cosmetic products. The Biden-era regulation would have required standardized screening methods to ensure talc used in cosmetics is asbestos-free. The FDA withdrew the proposal just days into the…

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Trump administration unveils Medicare negotiated price cuts for 15 drugs, including Ozempic

The Trump administration late Tuesday announced new lower Medicare prices for 15 drugs that were part of the latest round of the program’s price negotiations, touting a total of $12 billion saved compared to last year’s spending. The medications include widely used cancer and diabetes drugs, inhalers, and GLP-1 medications Ozempic and Wegovy — the […]

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Progressive caucus opposes push to add AI preemption provision to defense bill

The Congressional Progressive Caucus said Wednesday it opposes the addition of language to an annual defense bill that would preempt state laws regulating AI.  The bloc of nearly 100 Democratic lawmakers voted Tuesday by a “super-majority margin” to approve the position opposing the inclusion of a preemption provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to a […]