The national governing and campaign body of the US Republican Party, which organises the party's conventions.
National Conference of State Legislatures counts 31 states with election-deepfake laws, 28 built on disclosure and three that ban some fakes despite a label. Where a label is all the law asks, a fabricated candidate video can keep circulating once it carries one.
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FEC filings show 523 federal candidates and campaigns disclosed at least $17m on AI vendors since 2020, though candidates rarely talk about it. Chatbot subscriptions are a small office cost in those records, while the bigger sums buy automated texting from vendors split by party.
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Donald Trump opens a 32-day midterm campaign in Texas and Oklahoma as AP-NORC puts approval of his handling of the economy at a record-low 26%. He is spending his first days on ground his party once held easily, so investors should treat a change in control of Congress on Nov. 3 as a live outcome.
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The $5,000 check Trump promised at the Republican midterm convention would cost about $1.35 trillion by one Wharton estimate. It rests on tariff revenue the Supreme Court has already narrowed.
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A Fortune column pins the 30-year's move to 5.35 per cent on Trump's Dallas pledge and prices the payment at $8,000 a head. That second figure holds only if the coupons are borrowed too.
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