A North Carolina man is accused of using bot accounts to trick streaming platforms into paying him over $10 million in royalties. Michael Smith, 52, was indicted on three counts in a New York federal court Wednesday in a scam that authorities said involved his using the bot accounts to stream thousands of AI-generated songs […]

Republican nominee Donald Trump is going all in on protectionist economic policies as a way to connect with voters who are feeling squeezed by high prices. Speaking at the New York Economic Club on Thursday, Mr. Trump said he would pursue a menu of tax and trade policies to encourage businesses to stay in the […]

A federal judge set a new briefing schedule Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s election fraud case in Washington, virtually precluding a trial before November’s election. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted special counsel Jack Smith’s attorneys’ request to introduce evidence of Mr. Trump’s alleged criminal actions related to the 2020 election on an expedited schedule. Allowing […]

GOP lawmakers say senior Army officials contradicted the Defense Department inspector general’s report that found no delay or obstruction in deploying the National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to newly released transcripts from the Pentagon’s internal investigation. Republicans say they are suspicious about how the Defense Department’s IG office, then […]

The Biden administration accused Russia on Wednesday of a wide-ranging and sophisticated effort to disrupt U.S. politics with misinformation crafted in Moscow and injected into the American discourse through unwitting American social media “influencers.” Attorney General Merrick Garland said the operation reached Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “inner circle” of advisers and was intended to sway […]