The Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Amazon’s laid off 16,000 workers in January in a move its vice-president linked to AI.Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images · Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Over the last year, US corporate leaders have often explained layoffs by saying the positions were no longer needed because artificial intelligence had made their companies more efficient,…
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarising vice presidents of US history, has died, news reports said on Tuesday morning (local time). He was 84. Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, September 1, 2004.(REUTERS File) Cheney died Monday night due…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing, according to an excerpt of her new book. Harris writes in an excerpt of “107 Days” published Wednesday in The Atlantic that former President Joe Biden’s transportation…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor next year, leaving open the possibility that she could mount a third run for the White House in 2028. “Over the past six months, I have spent time reflecting on this moment in our nation’s history and the best way…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance is hitting his home state on Monday to continue promoting the GOP’s sweeping tax-and-border bill. He will be in Canton, Ohio, to talk about the bill’s “benefits for hardworking American families and businesses,” according to his office. Aides offered little detail in advance about the visit, but…