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Issued on: September 25, 2019"We’re going to have a really great relationship, better than ever before on trade. I think it’s going to be better for Japan and better for the United States." President Donald J. Trump  AGREEING TO NEW DEALS: President Donald J. Trump has reached agreements to modernize and strengthen our trade relationship with Japan. Today, President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan reached two agreements to rebalance trade between our two great nations. These agreements achieve concrete outcomes from negotiations, which were launched at last year’s meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Under a market...

Google has announced it has released a data set containing 3,000 deepfake videos it has created. Google hopes the release of the videos will allow researchers to develop ways to combat malicious deepfakes, giving them, news organizations, and the public ways to identify “synthetic” videos—that is videos manipulated by or entirely created using computers. Deepfakes at first came onto the scene in 2017 and were mainly used in crude, falsified porn videos. The technology originally allowed for people with limited computer skills to easily paste the face of, for example, an actress onto a porn star’s body. But since then...

There’s a lot said about Donald and Melania Trump’s marriage, most of it insulting and cruel. People who hate the president can’t believe anyone could love him. At best, they regard his wife with pity, as the prisoner of a loveless marriage. “Inside the Trump marriage: Melanie’s burden,” “The Sad Truth,” “Dark Secrets” are typical headlines. “#SaveMelania” memes trended online as Vanity Fair fantasized she would divorce her husband and become a feminist icon. Yet those who attended the state dinner for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday tell a very different story. They say the affection between the...

Here’s what quantum supremacy does—and doesn’t—mean for computing And no, super-powerful computers are not about to take over by Martin Giles Sep 24, 2019 Google Google has reportedly demonstrated for the first time that a quantum computer is capable of performing a task beyond the reach of even the most powerful conventional supercomputer in any practical time frame—a milestone known in the world of computing as “quantum supremacy.”The ominous-sounding term, which was coined by theoretical physicist John Preskill in 2012, evokes an image of Darth Vader–like machines lording it over other computers. And the news has already produced some outlandish...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said in a statement Tuesday that lawmakers should be focusing on improving the country, not the “relentless political circus” driven by the Democrats’ hatred of the president. Cruz released a statement Tuesday, chastising Democrats for moving forward with impeachment despite no evidence of an “illegal quid pro quo” between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky regarding an investigation into possible corrupt actions by former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Cruz said:

Democrat-led impeachment of President Donald Trump is “an attack on us” and “our constitutional system,” explained Mark Levin, who joined host Alex Marlow on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday.

If there's one upcoming movie on everyone's lips, its Todd Phillips' Joker. The psychological origin story was met with near universal acclaim when debuting at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. Joaquin Phoenix has been praised for his performance, with early talks of an Oscar nomination already happening. But there has been some controversy surrounding the movie, with critics fearing it might incite violence. And now those concerns have even reached the U.S. Military. There have been concerns about Joker's contents after its early screenings. Some felt that Todd Phillips' movie has the potential to encourage volatile moviegoers who...

National Public Radio discussed the question Wednesday morning of whether President Donald Trump’s supporters were too loyal or “dumb” to support impeachmment.

Prominent GOP consultant Mike Murphy claimed on Wednesday that he was told by a Republican senator that the majority of Republican senators "would vote to impeach" President Donald Trump if they could do so anonymously. "These Senate Republicans, should the Democrats vote impeachment, which is far more likely than not, are going to be pinned down to a yes/no answer," Murphy, who previously advised Republican politicians including Mitt Romney, John McCain and Jeb Bush, said in an interview with MSNBC. "The politics of it will get worse and worse for Trump," the Republican political consultant, who has long been critical...

Fort Collins, Colorado, decided not to continue its challenge to a federal court’s decision that a ban on going topless in the city amounts to unconstitutional discrimination, NBC News reported. The city had argued that a repeal of the ban would lead to women “parading in front of elementary schools or swimming topless in the public pool,” according to the report. The city decided not to appeal the decision this month after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the legal battle already, NBC reported. The decision to not move forward with the appeal effectively legalizes the practice in the...

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Democrats’ impeachoholism is out in the open. It’s a disease that needs to be treated. But they refuse to admit the addiction — which is a problem because it is deadly to democracy. We have a nearly three-year history of the American left being operatively anti-democratic. The latest hit of impeachment over the Ukraine phone call is really just one more piece in a continuing string of evidence that they refuse to accept the results of the 2016 election. And that is, indeed, anti-democracy. Remember, for at least a year after the election, Democrats were proudly using the #NotMyPresident hashtag....

So This is What the Fuss is About? WH Releases Transcript of Trump Chat with Ukraine President The White House has released a transcript of the conversation President Trump had on July 25th with Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky. This is the conversation billed as so shocking, such an egregious abuse of power, it demands the removal of the Trump from office. “Treasonous,” some shouted. “A betrayal,” said Nancy Pelosi — before she even knew what the president had said.Well, here it is. Read it for yourself. But take a shot of expresso. It’ll help keep you awake. Anything shocking?...

President Trump in conference right now...

Why We Wrote This——Hong Kong’s government has withdrawn the bill that first sparked protests last spring. But to pro-democracy protesters, that’s not the same thing as being heard – and many are willing to push the envelope until they are. Wearing a black T-shirt, black pants, and a surgical mask to hide her face, Valerie folds a delicate pink origami crane, crafting the bird that represents happiness together with thousands of other pro-democracy protesters packing a Hong Kong mall on Sunday. The group quickly fashions more than 1,000 of the paper cranes, a tradition to make a wish come true....

A former police officer made a bold proclamation during a congressional hearing Wednesday regarding a proposed assault-weapons ban: she would not comply. Dianna Muller, who served in the Tulsa Police Department for 22 years and is the founder of gun advocacy group The DC Project, was among the witnesses at the House Judiciary Committee hearing. The session on an otherwise contentious issue flew largely under the radar amid the Trump-Ukraine controversy and Democrats' impeachment push. But reflecting the gun control divide in the country -- amid a spate of deadly mass shootings that prompted renewed calls for strict laws --...

Former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential primary contender Joe Biden tweeted support for Bi Visibility Day. Yesterday, Students for Biden organizer Amy Koo tweeted that she is still struggling to be “out and proud.” ...

A former CIA officer and self-proclaimed Democrat compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump to the Titanic hitting "a giant iceberg in 2020.”Speaking with “Tucker Carlson Tonight," Bryan Dean Wright, who is a lifelong Democrat, was asked by s host Tucker Carlson if Pelosi's decision was “wise idea.”No, it’s not, Tucker,” said Wright.

“That’s my car!” shouted Ross Hunt as he sprinted toward a policeman standing near his Tesla Model S. Mr. Hunt had left his toy poodle, Loki, in the car on a hot day. A small crowd had gathered. But he wasn’t worried about his dog: He thought they were about to smash the car window, reported the Independent. Endangering the health of a pet by locking it in the car on a hot, or cold, day in the U.S. is illegal in at least 28 states. Even so, last year, 58 pets died in cars, reports People for the Ethical...

A group of women with fresh claims of sexual harassment against Matt Lauer has spoken out for the first time to Ronan Farrow, The Post can reveal. Farrow has also spoken to the woman whose initial complaint to NBC led to the disgraced former Today show anchor's firing.