Four representatives were in hot water at the time of the column, but Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California and Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas resigned Tuesday amid allegations of sexual misconduct. That leaves two remaining candidates for expulsion: Florida Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who has been accused of mishandling her campaign finances, and Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills, who\u2019s accused of threatening to release explicit images of his ex-girlfriend online.<\/p>\n
The House has expelled only six members in its history, generally for offenses involving money \u2013 like bribery and financial improprieties \u2013 or siding with the Confederates during the Civil War.<\/p>\n
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After Pope Leo XIV criticized the U.S. and Israeli war in Iran, Trump called the pope \u201cWEAK on crime\u201d on social media and posted an AI-generated image of himself as a Christ-like figure. Olivier reviewed<\/a> the feud.<\/p>\n Although the image was quickly deleted, Trump\u2019s AI photo spurred significant controversy, with some religious figures saying it crossed a line. Trump replied that he thought it was him \u201cas a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a Trump ally, also expressed discontent with the U.S. president: \u201cI find President Trump\u2019s remarks about the Holy Father unacceptable,\u201d she said in an online statement.<\/p>\n Wednesday<\/p>\n Midweek, Olivier discussed<\/a> the decline of local news.<\/p>\n A new survey from the Pew-Knight Initiative found the number of Americans consuming and paying for local news has decreased. Part of that could be because tens of millions of Americans have little to no access to a local news outlet.<\/p>\n Only 21% of survey respondents said they followed local news \u201cclosely\u201d in 2025, down 16 percentage points from 2016. For those who said they followed local news, 52% said they used online forums like Facebook and Nextdoor as their news source, as opposed to a newspaper or other professional news outlet. Only 12% of respondents said they paid for local news, while the rest cited issues like a lack of interest, high price point and low news quality.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, 80% said they felt local news was at least \u201csomewhat\u201d important for the well-being of their communities.<\/p>\n Thursday<\/p>\n As artificial intelligence becomes more ingrained in daily life, Olivier rounded up<\/a> recent AI news:<\/p>\n Americans\u2019 privacy is increasingly at risk as AI gives the federal government the ability to monitor its citizens on a scale previously impossible<\/a> due to the labor involved.\u00a0 Sign Up for U.S. News Decision Points<\/p>\n Your trusted source for breaking down the latest news from Washington and beyond, delivered weekdays.<\/p>\n By clicking “Sign Up”, you will receive the latest updates, including emails, from U.S. News & World Report and our trusted partners and sponsors, and you agree to our Terms and Conditions<\/a> & Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence is making headlines, local news is sinking (further) and President Donald Trump picks a fight with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,2188,603,6385,1247,464,2690,6383,6384,604,2189],"class_list":{"0":"post-7092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ai","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-decision-points","11":"tag-donald","12":"tag-eric","13":"tag-national-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-pope-leo-xiv","16":"tag-sidney-slon","17":"tag-swalwell","18":"tag-trump","19":"tag-u-s-news-decision-points"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Across the country, more Americans are expressing discomfort with AI data centers than ever before. In Virginia, the number of people who say<\/a> they are comfortable with data centers in their community has dropped by 34 percentage points since 2023, and 62% of Americans nationwide say the \u201ccost of data centers outweighs the benefits,\u201d the Washington Post reports.
\n The eco-conscious sneaker brand Allbirds announced<\/a> it will no longer sell sneakers and is rebuilding as an \u201cAI compute infrastructure\u201d business. The announcement sent the firm\u2019s stock soaring over 600% after years of dismal returns.
\n After a federal judge in New York ruled earlier this year that AI chats could not be shielded from prosecutors, lawyers are warning<\/a> clients not to treat chatbots like actual lawyers. That\u2019s because AI chats don\u2019t qualify for attorney-client privilege.\u00a0
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