Washington, July 28 (IANS) Two Democratic lawmakers reintroduced legislation that would ban deceptive artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertising, warning that fabricated images, videos and voices pose a growing threat to US elections.Senator Adam Schiff and Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna, both from California, said the AI Ads Act would prohibit the fraudulent misrepresentation of political candidates or committees through content created wholly or partly with AI.The measure wo…
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Athens, July 27 (IANS) Several Chinese communities in the United States that oppose the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – along with pro-democracy activists and supporters of Taiwan, Tibetan and Uyghur rights – have accused Beijing of using agents to harass, spy on and intimidate them, a report has stated.A report in the Greek City Times cited US-based human rights group Freedom House documenting that China has been linked to the highest number of transnational repression cases worldwide, with 319…
Washington, July 25 (IANS) Two bipartisan US senators have introduced legislation to create the first federal definition of transnational repression, increase criminal penalties for offenders and centralise federal oversight of related investigations, saying foreign governments are increasingly targeting dissidents, activists and journalists on American soil.The Stop Transnational Repression Act, introduced by Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California and Republican Senator John Curtis of Uta…
Washington, July 11 (IANS) A group of 44 California lawmakers has urged the White House budget office to withdraw a proposed federal grant rule, warning that political control over research funding could weaken American science and hand China a competitive advantage.Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and 41 other members of the state’s congressional delegation raised the alarm in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.“The proposed r…
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A group of US senators has accused the Trump administration of handing Russian President Vladimir Putin a financial windfall by pausing sanctions on Russian oil exports during a global energy crisis.In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, 13 top Democratic senators urged the Trump administration to immediately restore sanctions on Russian oil deliveries and intensify efforts to curb Moscow’s energy revenues amid the ongoing Ukraine war.“We urge the Trump Adm…
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Top Senate Democrats have formally asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate what they described as sweeping Trump administration actions that have disrupted the US legal immigration system, including halts in visa processing and fresh scrutiny of previously approved green cards and citizenship cases.In a set of letters led by Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, lawmakers said the administration’s moves — including pausing immigration bene…
Washington, Mar 10 (IANS) US lawmakers sharply split over President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military action against Iran, with senior Republicans defending the move as necessary for national security while Democrats warned it was an unauthorised war that could drive up economic costs and deepen instability in the Middle East.Senator Roger Wicker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, strongly backed the president’s decision during remarks on the Senate flo…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The United States’ political establishment was sharply divided on Sunday over President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran and the reported killing of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with senior lawmakers clashing over whether the action was a necessary blow against a long-time adversary or, as one senator put it, “a war of choice”.Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton strongly defended the operation. Speaking to CNN, Cotton said, “The…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has pushed the Islamic Republic into uncertain territory, with American lawmakers and Iranian officials offering sharply different assessments of what may follow within Tehran’s power structure.Speaking to CNN, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton said the military campaign would continue. “What the American people will see in the days ahead is going to be a methodical and systema…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday condemned the US strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling them unlawful aggression and signalling that Tehran will respond without compromise.Speaking to ABC News, Araghchi rejected Washington’s justification outright.“What the United States is doing is an act of aggression. What we are doing is the act of self-defence,” he said.The statement lays out Iran’s diplomatic and legal positi…