Officials downplay risk of Iranian drone attacks off California after FBI memo, but Newsom says state is “prepared”

An FBI memo warning that Iran may try to launch drones at California in a seaborne “surprise attack” raised concern Wednesday — but law enforcement officials and homeland security experts have cautioned that it may not point to an immediate threat. Multiple U.S. and California law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CBS News there is…

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AI can already do the work of 12% of America’s workforce, MIT researchers find

Artificial intelligence can do the work currently performed by nearly 12% of America’s workforce, according to a recent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  The researchers, relying on a metric called the “Iceberg Index” that measures a job’s potential to be automated, conclude that AI already has the cognitive and technical capacity to handle a…

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie defiant as Trump seeks to oust him in primary: “I’m going to win”

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has faced a barrage of attacks from President Trump heading into Tuesday’s primary against former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who has the president’s endorsement.  But Massie doesn’t appear to be sweating it, even after several of Mr. Trump’s perceived adversaries have suffered primary defeats stemming from the president’s ire…

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House Speaker Mike Johnson after Charlie Kirk assassination: “I think this could be a turning point” for the country

In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that “I think this could be a turning point” for the country, while urging leaders to “turn down the rhetoric” amid a divisive political climate.  Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that…

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CDC scientist let go during shutdown says “it’s truly like an episode of ‘Squid Games'”

Washington — A scientist laid off by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “the everyday American should be very concerned” by reductions in force amid the government shutdown. The scientist, one of hundreds of CDC employees terminated by the Trump administration last week, asked that her identity be concealed for fear of…

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