Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China

President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence.
Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: AP, as published by ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · · 1 min read

President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence.

government
Right-wing provocateurs James O'Keefe and Cam Higby are facing election-related charges after posting videos intended to expose alleged election security deficiencies....
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

News
Prosecutors allege Iara Dossantos Bomfim used the online platform Care.com to advertise her child-care services and fled the U.S. to her native Brazil after the family that hired her found surveillance footage of her allegedly abusing the infant....
Los Angeles Times - California · Oct 29, 2026

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A nanny for an Irvine family is facing several counts of child abuse after she was captured on video repeatedly striking and "violently shaking" a young baby over several weeks, prosecutors announced Wednesday....
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

safety
A federal judge in California has rejected the Justice Department's push for an emergency order to have California segregate roughly 20,000 ballots
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

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Cheerios teams with Ziploc for resealable bags inside boxes of Cheerios and Honey-Nut Cheerios to keep your cereal fresher longer.
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

government
People extract ballots from their envelopes and prepare them to be scanned for counting in the Vote-By-Mail Processing Boards area at the Orange County Registrar of Voters Facility in Santa Ana, Calif. on Oct. 28, 2026. (Apu Gomes / Getty Images) A federal judge has denied an unp...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 29, 2026

parks
Alex Villanueva was attending an event at Leimert Park when shots were heard nearby.
FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV) · Oct 29, 2026

government
A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people, warning it would "wreak havoc" on the midterm elections....
FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV) · Oct 29, 2026

News
Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, has died at the age of 96, her family announced Wednesday morning.
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

safety
Oakland, California woman Kiara Bowling is relearning to walk and speak after a near-fatal crash involving kid drivers.
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

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Friends and family of escaped murderer Jacob Morley's victim are speaking out as the inmate's location remains unknown.
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026

safety
At least 68 people were killed after two trains collided on Spain's Madrid-Andalucía high-speed line, a spokeswoman for the Castilla-La Mancha region said....
ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) · Oct 29, 2026