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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen surveys Europe’s Eastern border regions from a helicopter. Source: @

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President Donald Trump attends the dignified transfer of remains of six US soldiers killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Official White House 

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FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson speaks at an online safety summit in November. (

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President Donald Trump participates in a Ratepayer Protection Pledge roundtable, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House 

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Cindy Cohn on How to Sustain the Fight Against Authoritarianism

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America's First War in Age of LLMs Exposes Myth of AI Alignment

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X logo is displayed on a smart phone, X app formerly known as Twitter with X seen in the background, in this photo illustration. On 05 January 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. 

How Researchers Won a Legal Fight to Access X's Data Under the DSA

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, hold hands and poses for photographs with various head of states of participating countries during the AI Summit in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (Indian Prime Minister's Office via AP)

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Elon Musk makes his way into the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco ahead of a Twitter shareholder trial, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Elon Musk arrives for a Twitter shareholder trial at the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) delivers his opening remarks at the markup on Thursday. (Screengrab)

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) delivers his opening remarks at the markup on Thursday. (

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Detail from Puppeteering Virtual Reality by Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund / 

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Key Questions on the Role of Technology in the Expanding Middle East War

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on July 8. (Prime Minister’s Office)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on July 8. (

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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A corrections officer walks beside people holding candles, signs, and flowers during a vigil outside the Krome Detention Center in Miami on May 24, 2025, protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations. (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

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