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What did the Supreme Court decide about mail‑in voting restrictions for the midterms?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's push for new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports.
The Supreme Court ruling means the U.S. Postal Service is expected to continue delivering ballots as usual for the midterm general election. At issue was whether the Postal Service has the authority to refuse to deliver mail-in ballots to voters in states where election officials do not turn over voter lists to the mailing agency and do not have certain barcodes on their ballot envelopes. We should note USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. The Postal Service issued those requirements in response to an executive order by President Trump. A federal judge in Boston blocked them after finding that USPS has no authority to impose them on states. Now the Supreme Court has decided to keep the judge's ruling in place.
Did a Homeland Security whistleblower allege illegal voter‑fraud investigations?
Voting by mail has already started in some states, including Alabama, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. And more states are set to use USPS to mail their ballots as planned. Anzi Luong, NPR News.
A Homeland Security whistleblower says federal agents may have broken state laws to pursue President Trump's voter fraud priorities. NPR's Miles Parks reports the whistleblower's account was made public today by Democratic senators.
The Department of Homeland Security has been ramping up its search for voter fraud in recent weeks. That's meant combing state voter rolls the department acquired and checking them against other federal data sources that track citizenship. But the whistleblower report says it's been a rushed process that has not taken state law into account. Investigators are supposed to review dozens of cases per day. And the whistleblower says those investigators were instructed to make false claims on state government websites in order to access data that is only supposed to be accessed by the voter themselves.
How are AI industry leaders responding to rapid AI development and safety concerns?
The report was made public by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Alex Padilla of California. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump posted online today that the AI industry already has the only guardrail it needs, what he called a strong and smart high IQ president. It comes after AI industry leaders said they were want to slow down the rapid development of the technology. And after several companies disclosed AI related security incidents, as NPR's Shannon Bond reports.
What Anthropic CEO and others in the industry are saying is that we're at this point where AI is now advancing really fast, so fast that it's hard for safety to keep up. And that is inflaming these fears, one, that humans could lose control or that AI could be used by bad actors. And we are already seeing these situations where AI is acting in unexpected ways, like the hugging face hack. And given the way these AI systems work, right, you can give them a goal, but it can be really hard to predict what they will do to achieve it. So the industry refers to these efforts to what they call align AI models with human values.
What impact did AI warnings have on global stock markets and Saudi oil pipeline news?
But there are people inside these very companies who are worried about how possible that really is given the pace of advancement.
NPR's Shannon Bond reporting AI stocks slid worldwide today after that warning from industry leaders yesterday. Meanwhile, major U.S. stock indexes fell. The S&P 500 fell nearly half a percent. This is NPR News. A crucial Saudi oil pipeline that was struck in an attack will mostly be out of service for weeks as the damage is repaired. The East-West pipeline is key to Saudi Arabia's strategy of shifting its oil exports to the Red Sea to avoid the Persian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz, where the Iran war has stifled shipping. Saudi Arabia blamed the attack on drones from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. The Emmy Awards are tonight, hosted by Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay.
Which shows and personalities are highlighted at the 78th Emmy Awards?
NPR's Chloe Veltman has more on the 78th annual celebration of the best TV, including awards for top comedy and drama series.
Popular series like Hacks, Abbott Elementary and The Bear are all nominated for the Top Comedy Award alongside newcomers Widows Bay and Margot's Got Money Troubles.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did the Supreme Court decide about mail‑in voting restrictions for the midterms?
0:00–0:45
2
Did a Homeland Security whistleblower allege illegal voter‑fraud investigations?
0:45–1:35
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How are AI industry leaders responding to rapid AI development and safety concerns?
1:35–2:39
4
What impact did AI warnings have on global stock markets and Saudi oil pipeline news?
2:39–3:29
5
Which shows and personalities are highlighted at the 78th Emmy Awards?
3:29–4:29
6
Why is the Supreme Court reviewing a lobster fisherman’s challenge to boat tracking devices?
4:29–5:04