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WASHINGTON (AP) — “Deepfake” videos pose a clear and growing threat to America’s national security, lawmakers and experts say. The question is what to do about it, and that’s not easily answered.

A House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday served up a public warning about the deceptive powers of artificial intelligence software and offered a sobering assessment of how fast the technology is outpacing efforts to stop it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the Democratic-controlled House won’t pass must-do legislation to increase the government’s borrowing cap until the Trump administration agrees to boost spending limits on domestic programs.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police appealed for calm Thursday in a tense Memphis neighborhood where a rock-throwing crowd gathered after federal marshals fatally shot a black man who, authorities said, had rammed a police vehicle with a stolen car.

Thirty-six officers suffered minor injuries from flying rocks and bricks in the hours following the death of 20-year-old Brandon Webber, who was killed Wednesday evening after he exited the car holding some type of weapon, authorities said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s assertion that he would be open to accepting a foreign power’s help in his 2020 campaign ricocheted through Washington on Thursday, with Democrats condemning it as a call for further election interference and Republicans struggling to defend his comments.

Trump seemed to dismiss the threat posed by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, one that led to sweeping indictments by special counsel Robert Mueller, and his incendiary remarks come as congressional investigations into the meddling have quickened.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking unprecedented action, a federal watchdog agency recommended Thursday that President Donald Trump fire one of his most ardent defenders, counselor Kellyanne Conway , for repeatedly violating a law that limits political activity by government workers.

NEW YORK, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States and China should work together to end the ongoing trade disputes and step up cooperation in all fields, experts said here Wednesday during a Sino-U.S. forum.

Trade disputes will harm both the United States and China while cooperation could benefit both, Wang Pijun, secretary general of the Western Returned Scholars Association, said at the association's first Sino-U.S. Economic and Trade Forum held in New York city.

13 June 2019; DW: US President Donald Trump welcomed Polish President Andrzej Duda to the White House on Wednesday. The visit, Duda's second within a year, was ostensibly to deal with two issues: Poland's desire for an expanded US military presence and the US' desire to sell natural gas to Poland. During the meeting, Trump also touched on the possibility of sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 project and warned Germany not to be dependent on Russian energy.

LONDON, June 13. /TASS/: British Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Thursday he has signed a US extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but stressed that the final decision will be up to the court.

"We've got a legitimate extradition request so I have signed it. But the final decision is now with the courts," Javid told BBC radio.

The extradition hearing will start on Friday.

On June 11, the United States Department of Justice confirmed information that it had filed a formal request to the United Kingdom to extradite Assange.

NEW YORK, Jun 12 (APP): US President Donald Trump would likely lose in the 2020 presidential election to several leading Democratic presidential candidates, including former Vice President Joe Biden, a new poll finds.

Biden, the current front-runner in the Democratic party race for presidential nomination, holds a 13 percentage-point lead over Trump, 53-40 percent, according to a new national Quinnipiac poll.

Washington, Jun 12; PTI/GANASHAKTI: With an eye on countering increasing Chinese influence in key South Asian countries, the Trump administration has sought USD 30 million for what it has described as "Bay of Bengal" security initiative to provide foreign military financing to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives.

This is in addition to the USD 64 million already announced by the Trump administration for regional activities to support infrastructure growth and connectivity.