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  Exclusive: Jeffries calls AI a 'safety crisis,' backs rigid guardrails

  USA TODAY - Francesca Chambers , Zachary Schermele

  WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the country is in the midst of an “AI safety crisis” that Congress needs to address with bipartisan legislation when lawmakers return to Washington after the midterms. Jeffries, in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY, did not offer a …

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  Trump on botched Christa Pike execution: 'It shouldn't be very difficult'

  USA TODAY - Joey Garrison

  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed bewilderment with Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike, who survived a lethal injection that was meant to kill her as punishment for a homicide committed 31 years ago. Trump weighed in on the subject during an Oct. 1 trip to Denton, Texas, after …

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  8 hours ago

  Trump visiting Oklahoma and Texas (again). This seat flipped in 2018 upset

  USA TODAY - Kinsey Crowley

  President Donald Trump is headed to Texas and Oklahoma on Oct. 1, part of a midterm campaign push that will likely have him zig-zag all over the country in coming weeks. Trump has visited Texas to campaign multiple times already. In the open race for the Senate seat in ruby-red Texas, Democrats are …

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  Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett to SCOTUS

  USA TODAY - Joey Garrison

  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he regrets nominating each of the three Supreme Court justices he tapped during his first term, criticizing Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett for ruling against the Trump administration after he picked them for the bench. Trump expressed …

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  10 hours ago

  Trump sets new record as Time's 'cover king'

  USA TODAY - Saman Shafiq

  President Donald Trump is adding another feather to his cap. He is now Time Magazine's "cover king," appearing "more times than anyone else in the magazine’s history," the White House said in an Oct. 1 post on X. Trump's latest cover comes ahead of the midterm election and follows a whirlwind week …

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  Trump approval rating hits new career low in latest AP-NORC poll

  USA TODAY - Fernando Cervantes Jr.

  President Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new career low in Associated Press-NORC polling, with less than one-third of surveyed Americans approving of his job performance in the White House. The poll, released Thursday, Oct. 1, found Trump’s approval rating at 31%, the lowest the president has …