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“I regard myself as a wartime Speaker,” declared House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.Only, we’re not sure if Johnson was referring to the internecine war among Republicans over whether he should keep his job.Many members wear pocket squares with their suits. But not Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. He walks around with…

Special counsel Jack Smith’s obstruction case in the classified documents prosecution survived an early test, with a federal judge on Thursday denying several bids by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira to toss obstruction charges they faced. Nauta works as Trump’s personal valet, and De Oliveira has worked as property manager at Trump’s Florida Mar-a-Lago estate. Cannon’s 8-page ruling means that…

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Meta Platforms launched a new upgraded version of its artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, across its apps on Thursday. The tool, available on the social media giant’s platforms including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, is powered by Llama 3, the latest generation of Meta’s large language model. Meta’s AI assistant…

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