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Paris Hilton, reality TV star and socialite, urging the House to take up the Senate-passed DEFIANCE Act, which would allow individuals to sue over nonconsensual intimate images generated by artificial intelligence. Speaking alongside a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Hilton said her own experience with nonconsensual imagery underscores the need to give victims legal recourse beyond takedown requests. (Roll Call)
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New Hampshire House Speaker Sherman Packard, referring to New Hampshire legislators’ annual pay, which has been frozen at that level, the lowest in the nation, since voters etched it into the state’s constitution in 1889. Many past bids to boost lawmakers’ pay by amending the constitution failed, but there is a new bipartisan push to delete the pay language from the constitution. Nationally, state lawmakers’ salaries averaged $47,900 last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. (Wall Street Journal)
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Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his final State of the State address, pledging tougher action against institutional investors he says are driving up rents and undermining homeownership. Newsom said his administration will work with the Legislature on increased oversight, enforcement and potential tax-code changes — a stance that unexpectedly overlaps with similar rhetoric from Donald Trump on banning large investors from buying single-family homes. (Los Angeles Times)
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Stillwater, Minn., resident Amy Burback, reacting after the Pentagon ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to the state, following President Donald Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act amid unrest. The troops were placed on prepare-to-deploy status as what defense officials described as “prudent planning,” even as the National Guard remained on standby and it was unclear whether the soldiers would ultimately be sent. (The Minnesota Star-Tribune)
