When AI Replaces the “Phone Juggle” A friend of mine runs a dermatology clinic with two practitioners, a nurse, and a single front desk coordinator who juggles check-ins, insurance calls, and everything in between. The clinic’s phone rang constantly, but most calls either went unanswered or got directed to voicemail. When they asked me to help streamline their ops, the ...
Congressional Democrats remained skeptical that any progress toward an end to the war in Ukraine would be made ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The high-stakes meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, comes as lawmakers have grown anxious to see an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and with many ready to slap ...
As President Donald Trump greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a B-2 stealth bomber soared overhead, flanked by four F-35 jets. Putin looked up at the sky as the planes buzzed overhead while he walked alongside Trump, and then made a comment to the U.S. president. The display was as much a symbol as ...
Alexander Xenos The First Step Act of 2018 has been hailed as the most significant criminal justice reform bill in a generation. The overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation addressed disparities that plagued the federal criminal justice system and damaged its public legitimacy. Among other things, it eliminated the harsh “stacking” of mandatory minimums under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). It also amended 18 ...
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is launching an investigation into Meta after reports found that the company green-lit internal rules that allowed AI chatbots to have ‘romantic’ and ‘sensual’ exchanges with children. Hawley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, wrote in a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his committee will dive into whether Meta’s generative-Al ...
Colleen Hroncich After graduating college and working as a CPA for a large accounting firm, Chrystal Bernard quickly realized accounting wasn’t her calling. “I don’t want to do this,” she remembers thinking. “It was fun. I met some really great people, but I really wanted more one-on-one with people.” Her husband suggested she try teaching, and she found herself moving ...
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in person on Friday for the first time in six years when they get together in Anchorage, Alaska. Here is a history of Trump’s high-stakes interactions with Putin while being President of the United States: 2015 – Early mutual admiration between Putin and Trump Mutual admiration was publicly ...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is threatening to sue the Trump administration if they don’t release the Epstein files. Late last month, Schumer and every Senate Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee invoked an arcane, nearly century-old law to compel the Trump administration to release information on Jeffrey Epstein. The move came as Epstein drama ...
Eli Lilly will raise the UK price of its Mounjaro weight-loss drug by up to 170% from September, after pressure from US President Donald Trump for pharmaceutical companies to increase overseas prices to help lower costs for American patients. The US drugmaker said it was acting to address “pricing inconsistencies compared to other developed countries” and would align the UK ...
British employees are unhappier in their jobs than workers in India, the Philippines and the US, according to new research that has reignited concerns about the UK’s flagging productivity. A global survey of 70,000 employees by consultancy WorkL found UK staff reported higher levels of workplace anxiety and lower happiness than counterparts in countries including South Africa, Kenya, the United ...