Illinois lawmakers have mixed results in efforts to rein in AI • Elon Musk says he’s formed a new political party. It’s not clear if he actually has.
The Spin Monday, July 7, 2025 | | |
| | Illinois Senate President Don Harmon’s campaign says state election authorities reached an “absurd” conclusion in issuing nearly $10 million in penalties. | | | Illinois legislators have so far achieved mixed results in efforts to regulate artificial intelligence, a task that butts up against moves by the Trump administration to eliminate restrictions on AI. | | | Elon Musk says he has formed a new political party called the America Party. But it remains unclear what formal steps, if any, he has taken to establish it. | | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump might look to take a victory lap on Monday after their recent joint strikes on Iran, hailed by both as an unmitigated success. | | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza. | | | President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos and Myanmar. | | | New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo is privately urging him to drop out of November’s mayoral election, as moderates scramble to find a way to beat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. | | | Orland Park mayoral candidates Keith Pekau and James Dodge and Tinley Park’s Michael Glotz and Michael Maloney poured over $1 million into the election, according to state campaign finance reports. | | | Joshua May said he wanted to go somewhere and do something where he could use the experience he gained in the White House to have a positive impact on people’s lives. | | | |