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Senate Committee Unanimously Advances KOSA and CHATBOT Act to Mandate Controls for AI Chatbots Used by Minors
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has advanced a sweeping legislative package that would require AI companies to build mandatory parental monitoring dashboards and limit memory retention for underage users. The bills face pushback from digital rights groups warning of universal age verification and severe privacy trade-offs.
Army Paid General Dynamics $533 Million for Artillery Plant That Never Produced a Single Shell
A new $533 million ammunition factory in Texas, intended to rapidly boost U.S. production of 155mm artillery shells, has failed to produce a single usable part in its first two years of operation. The failure, driven by a high-risk attempt to repurpose outdated machinery, has severely hindered the Pentagon's goals to replenish stockpiles depleted by the war in Ukraine.
Court Orders Trump Administration to Release Billions in Climate Grants Earmarked for Black Communities
Two federal courts have blocked the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle over $22 billion in climate and environmental justice funding, ordering the EPA to release grants intended for historically Black and low-income communities.