A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled  —  A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft's search engine led to it declaring its love for me.  —  Last week, after testing the new, A.I.-powered Bing search engine from Microsoft, I wrote that …

Senior Democrats' Private Take on Biden: He's Too Old  —  High-level Democrats are rallying to President Biden's reelection, not because they think it's in the best interest of the country to have an 82-year-old start a second term but because they fear the potential alternative …

Special counsel is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations  —  Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump's actions after the 2020 election and handling …

Don Lemon Sets Off Co-Hosts Over Nikki Haley's Competency Tests For Aged Politicians: She's ‘Not In Her Prime’ Either  —  Things got a little awkward on the set of CNN This Morning after Don Lemon curiously suggested that Nikki Haley shouldn't bash politicians' ages because she's past her “prime” as a woman.

Exclusive: Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows subpoenaed by special counsel in Jan. 6 investigation  —  Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

The Pointless Nikki Haley Campaign  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture.  Sign up for it here.  —  Nikki Haley, one of the many Republicans who swore …

Moscow's Military Capabilities Are in Question After Failed Battle for Ukrainian City  —  A disastrous Russian assault on Vuhledar, viewed as an opening move in an expected spring offensive, has renewed doubts about Moscow's ability to sustain a large-scale ground assault.

Republicans worry as self-inflicted wounds pile up  —  Republican lawmakers are wary of their party's propensity for self-inflicted wounds and are hoping for more discipline heading into the next election cycle.  —  Leading Republicans think that the House GOP's raucous reception …

George Santos Married a Brazilian Woman.  House Is Asked to Find Out Why.  —  A letter to ethics watchdogs in the House of Representatives questioned if Mr. Santos's seven-year marriage was a scheme to aid a woman's immigration bid.  —  When Representative George Santos of New York was 24 …

Jan. 6 documents: Georgia legislators answered Trump's call to overturn election  —  Some legislators say the documents are not accurate  —  With his chances of winning Georgia slipping away in December 2020, then-President Donald Trump hit upon a novel scheme to stay in power: State legislators would name him the winner.

Kari Lake's lawyers hit with bar complaints  —  A legal group plans to file bar complaints Thursday against four lawyers representing Kari Lake in voter fraud litigation, NBC News has learned.  —  Lake, a Donald Trump acolyte who has refused to accept that she lost the governor's race in Arizona last year …

Tesla workers allege company fired dozens in retaliation for union campaign  —  Tesla fired dozens of workers at its Buffalo, New York plant on Wednesday the day after employees announced a union campaign, according to a new complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board by union Workers United.

Where is Pete Buttigieg?  —  The recent train derailment and hazardous chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, may be due partly to a mistake in federal Department of Transportation guidelines.  —  According to officials, the train's cargo was mislabeled and lacked the “high hazardous waste” …

Virginia governor blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories  —  Glenn Youngkin essentially kills bill passed in Democratic-led state senate to ban search warrants for menstrual data on tracking apps  —  The Republican governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin …

Extraordinarily Confused Congressional Rep. Thinks Social Media Companies Are Secretly Communicating With Gov't Censors... Via Jira  —  I wrote last week about the bizarrely bad House Oversight hearing that was supposed to expose how Twitter, the deep state, and the, um “Biden Crime Family” …

As Russians inch forward near Bakhmut, Ukrainians dig fallback defenses  —  ORIKHOVO-VASYLIVKA, Ukraine — The closest Ukrainian artillery position to the raging battle for Bakhmut is tucked into a leafless tree line about 13,000 feet from the enemy.  The fighters here have been hanging on for weeks …

U.S. on Track to Add $19 Trillion in New Debt Over 10 Years  —  Congressional Budget Office projections released on Wednesday suggested rising interest rates and bipartisan spending bills are adding to deficits, amid a partisan fight on fiscal policy.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States …

U.S.: Proud Boys leader learned of upcoming arrest from D.C. police officer  —  Shane Lamond is under investigation by the FBI over his relationship with Enrique Tarrio, who faces seditious conspiracy charges  —  The leader of a right-wing extremist group learned days in advance …

California's population dropped by 500,000 in two years as exodus continues  —  The California exodus has shown no sign of slowing down as the state's population dropped by more than 500,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022, with the number of residents leaving surpassing those moving in by nearly 700,000.

Hageman endorses Trump in his 2024 presidential bid  —  Wyoming U.S. House Rep. Harriet Hageman announced her endorsement of former president Donald Trump in his presidential run in 2024.  She called Trump one of the best presidents of her lifetime, and said Republicans must fight against President Joe Biden.

How a Fog of Questions Over a Spy Balloon and U.F.O.s Fed a Diplomatic Crisis  —  U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii and that other downed objects were not surveillance machines.  Washington's evolving view reflects U.S. and Chinese difficulties in discerning each other's intentions.

Republicans take aim at food stamps in growing fight over federal debt  —  Some GOP lawmakers are eyeing work requirements and other changes to the SNAP program in a bid to reduce the deficit  —  Top House Republicans are exploring significant changes to the nation's food stamps program …

FEC presses Santos to identify campaign treasurer  —  The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is demanding Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to name a new treasurer for his campaign and several affiliated political committees, warning that a failure to do so will bar the groups from raising or spending any money.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee files bid for open Senate seat in California  —  Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee filed paperwork Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission to run for US Senate in California, setting up her entrance into a primary that's shaping up to be competitive and crowded.

RightWingGPT - An AI Manifesting the Opposite Political Biases of ChatGPT  —  The Dangers of Politically Aligned AIs and their Negative Effects on Societal Polarization  —  I have previously documented the left-leaning political biases embedded in ChatGPT as manifested in the bot responses to questions with political connotations.

El Paso police respond to shooting inside Cielo Vista Mall; 1 killed, 3 hurt  —  A person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening inside Cielo Vista Mall, El Paso police confirmed.  —  “We have one person in custody,” El Paso Police Department spokesman Sgt. Robert Gomez said at a news conference.

Donald Trump Changes Tune on Mail-in Voting, Ballot Collection  —  After years of attacks on early voting, Trump follows other Republicans in suggesting party should embrace tactic  —  After years of assailing early voting, Donald Trump is having a change of heart.