A coalition of states has opened a wide-ranging investigation into the artificial intelligence start-up OpenAI, the company said Saturday, adding to a growing backlash over A.I. State attorneys general subpoenaed OpenAI on Friday asking for internal documents on its practices, including its handling of user data, safety of minors and advertising activities, according to the…
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed to repeal a contentious rule that would have required thousands of companies to disclose the risks they face from a warming planet and how their operations contribute to climate change. The rule was already on hold pending litigation. In February, Mark Uyeda, then the acting chairman of…
A group of clean energy investors won a major victory in Texas this week after it spent more than $1 million to help defeat one of the country’s biggest opponents of renewables. Now the investors say they have $15 million on hand and hope to flex their political muscles nationally — including by helping Republicans…
Jack Smith, the special counsel who twice indicted President Trump, accused the Justice Department of having been “corrupted” by Trump loyalists he claimed were demolishing its credibility and seeking to undermine the rule of law. Mr. Smith’s remarks, made last month in a private discussion at the Cosmos Club in Washington, represented his sharpest criticism…
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, is doing what he can, as quickly as he can, to shed the “acting” label. Mr. Blanche, who ran the day-to-day operations of the Justice Department as the top deputy to his predecessor, Pam Bondi, before her unceremonious ouster this month, has long been a target of pro-Trump influencers…
