White House isn’t ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction
President Joe Biden definitively ruled out pardoning his son during an ABC News interview last week.
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Elon Musk drops lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI without explanation
Musk in February sued the San Francisco artificial intelligence company and its CEO Sam Altman over what he said was a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
House moves to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio
The contempt action represents House Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department and of Garland’s leadership, playing out against the backdrop of an extraordinary conflict over the rule of law that has animated the 2024 presidential campaign.
Missouri executes former Indiana man convicted of killing ex-lover and her husband
David Hosier, 69, was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. following a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Hosier was convicted of the 2009 killings of Angela and Rodney Gilpin in the state capital of Jefferson City.
U.S. consumer agency proposes to ban medical debt from credit reports, loan decisions
The rules would ban credit reporting agencies from incorporating medical debt when calculating credit scores. They would also bar lenders from using medical debt to determine loan eligibility.
Purdue takes next step to develop $187M mixed-use project for new downtown Indy campus
Purdue officials say the Academic Success Building “will evolve with the needs of experiential education, accommodate courses that would not otherwise be offered with existing space, and provide on-campus housing.”
Federal watchdog investigating UAW president Shawn Fain, who rose from union leadership in Kokomo
Fain, a Kokomo native, is under investigation by a court-appointed watchdog who has been working to stamp out corruption at the union in the wake of its stunning bribery and embezzlement scandal several years ago.
Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording
The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return “to a place of godliness.”
Porn sites file lawsuit to challenge new Indiana law requiring age verification
The Free Speech Coalition, which represents the adult entertainment industry, joined porn website operators in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.
The Free Speech Coalition joined porn website operators based in Florida, Cyprus, Czechia and Romania in filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.
Hunter Biden convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial
The son of President Joe Biden was found guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days.
Braun’s lieutenant governor pick fends off ‘establishment’ skepticism
On Saturday, about 1,800 Republican party insiders will choose who’s on the ballot for Indiana’s second-highest office in the GOP’s first competitive lieutenant governor contest in decades.
DNC awards $70,000 to Indiana Democratic Party in down-ballot ‘boost’
The Indiana Democratic Party hopes to break GOP supermajorities in the Legislature. The funds will go toward hiring organizers and improving data capabilities, according to a news release.
Iowa defends immigration law that allows local officials to arrest people told to leave US
Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of civil rights groups are seeking a temporary or permanent injunction of the law, which goes into effect July 1 unless it’s blocked by the courts.
Donald Trump tells anti-abortion Christian group in Indy to stand up for ‘innocent life’
The former president and presumptive Republican nominee’s pre-recorded message praised the work of those attending the event hosted by The Danbury Institute, which is meeting in Indianapolis in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Eight apply for state appellate court vacancies
Five judges and three attorneys have applied for two upcoming vacancies on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Court of Appeals upholds ruling dismissing petition to change gender on birth certificate
The three-member appellate panel ruled that the Madison Circuit Court did not err in issuing its decision against inmate Cory Wallace because Wallace did not submit “adequate documentary evidence” or evidence supporting that his petition was made in good faith and not for a fraudulent or unlawful purpose.
UPDATE: Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial begin deliberating
It’s the first of two trials Hunter Biden faces in the midst of his Democratic father’s reelection campaign. The younger Biden is also charged with failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes in a case scheduled to go to trial in September.
Supreme Court will take up Meta’s bid to end lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
Former addiction counselor sentenced for dealing meth, narcotics
A former addiction counselor was sentenced to 16 years in the Indiana Department of Correction for dealing methamphetamine and narcotic drugs to patients in recovery, according to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office.
State Budget Committee members say details about MLS investor group not necessary
Two members of the Indiana State Budget Committee said this week they don’t need a would-be investor group for a Major League Soccer franchise in Indianapolis to unveil itself ahead of the Hogsett administration’s anticipated request for stadium funding from the board.