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Trump DOJ jumps into Musk xAI court battle as diversity fight heats up
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The Department of Justice joined forces with Elon Musk on Friday by backing a lawsuit his company xAI brought against Colorado alleging a state law regulating artificial intelligence developers was a masked effort to force them to adopt diversity, equity and inclusion on their platforms.
DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon said DOJ’s intervention was the department’s first constitutional challenge in an AI case.
Colorado faces allegations from the DOJ and xAI that its state law, set to take effect in June, violates the First and Fourteenth amendments by forcing AI developers to inadvertently discriminate, an allegation familiar to Colorado, which has faced a string of legal losses in other high-profile culture-war cases in recent years.
«We join @xai’s landmark suit, and stand against woke DEI standards being imposed by Colorado,» Dhillon said.
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Elon Musk receives a golden key from President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)
The lawsuit arose from a controversial consumer protection bill the Colorado legislature passed in 2024 that required «high-risk» developers like xAI, which built the popular platform Grok, to exercise «reasonable care» to protect consumers from «algorithmic discrimination,» saying AI tools must not result in discrimination based on protected classes in the state, such as race and religion. Musk founded xAI in 2023.
The Colorado law also targeted entities that deploy the AI platforms, like hospitals or banks, saying the law was intended to make sure consumers in those areas were treated fairly.
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis reluctantly signed the bill into law in 2024 but has raised concerns over whether it would alienate tech innovators in his state because of the slate of burdensome regulations it imposed on them. Fox News Digital reached out to Polis’ office for comment on DOJ’s intervention in the lawsuit.
The DOJ lawyers argued in their lawsuit that Colorado’s bill actually «fosters further discrimination,» citing language in the bill that allowed AI developers to favor certain classes of people in their AI tools when it was «to increase diversity or redress historical discrimination.»
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks to members of the media in the spin room following the first vice presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York on Oct. 1, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)
The law «jeopardizes the United States’ position as the global AI leader by requiring AI systems to incorporate discriminatory ideology that prioritizes preferred demographic characteristics and outcomes over accurate and merit-based outputs,» government lawyers wrote.
The DOJ’s lawsuit focused on what it alleged were equal protection violations, while Musk’s xAI lawsuit alleged numerous violations, including unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. xAI lawyers contended in their complaint, brought earlier this month, that the law would force AI developers to output «progressive ideology.»
«By requiring ‘developers’ and ‘deployers’ to differentiate between discrimination that Colorado disfavors and discrimination that Colorado favors, SB24-205 compels Plaintiff xAI—a ‘developer’ under the law—to alter Grok, forcing Grok’s output on certain State-selected subjects to conform to a controversial, highly politicized viewpoint,» xAI lawyers wrote.
The Grok application appears on a smartphone screen in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 2, 2025. (Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto)
One law firm said Colorado would become a «national test case» for AI consumer protection, saying it was the first state to pass such a law, suggesting the state would once again become a case study on how far it could push constitutional bounds.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court found 8-1 that Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, signed into law by Polis in 2019, violated the First Amendment because it only restricted certain types of speech, in this case talk therapy when the therapy aimed to prevent minors from embracing being transgender or gay.
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That ruling followed a broad free speech decision in 303 Creative related to a website designer’s right to deny creating a wedding page for a gay couple based on religious beliefs and a narrower 2018 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
The libertarian CATO Institute observed a trend in Colorado, citing the trio of recent landmark Supreme Court cases.
«This law will inevitably result in developers restricting lawful speech from their AIs in the name of compliance, especially given Colorado’s view of what constitutes harmful discrimination,» CATO fellow David Inserra wrote. «And Colorado clearly has strong views on what kinds of speech are harmful and discriminatory, as seen in its multiple losses at the Supreme Court.»
Fox News Digital reached out to an xAI attorney on Friday.
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Panamá se está consolidando como un hub logístico-farmacéutico regional en medio de un mercado de salud que en América Latina que superó los $135,980 millones en 2025, según un estudio de EY que identifica al país como uno de los puntos estratégicos en la transformación del sector en Centroamérica y el Caribe.
De acuerdo con el informe, el posicionamiento de Panamá no es casual. El país combina una plataforma logística de alcance global, experiencia en manejo de cadena de frío, conectividad internacional y un entorno regulatorio que ha sido reforzado recientemente con la Ley 419, lo que acelera procesos y facilita la entrada de productos al mercado.
El estudio explica, en términos simples, que Panamá se está volviendo clave porque permite que los medicamentos y equipos médicos lleguen más rápido a distintos países, funcionen como centro de redistribución y reduzcan costos logísticos para las empresas, algo que hoy es crítico en un mundo donde las cadenas de suministro están bajo presión.
Además, el país muestra un crecimiento sostenido en su gasto en salud, que alcanzó los $5,100 millones en 2024, lo que no solo refleja mayor demanda de servicios, sino también oportunidades para inversión privada, innovación tecnológica y expansión de servicios médicos especializados.
El informe destaca que Panamá también se beneficia de un contexto global donde las empresas buscan acercar sus operaciones a mercados estratégicos, un fenómeno conocido como nearshoring, que está llevando a que parte de la producción y distribución de insumos médicos se traslade desde Asia hacia regiones más cercanas a Estados Unidos.
En ese escenario, Panamá no compite por tamaño de mercado, sino por algo más estratégico: su capacidad de conectar, distribuir y operar con eficiencia. Según EY, esto convierte al país en una especie de plataforma regional de salud, donde convergen logística, regulación ágil y demanda creciente.
El estudio también advierte que esta transformación no ocurre aislada, sino en medio de cambios estructurales en la región. Uno de los principales es el envejecimiento de la población, ya que para 2030 una de cada seis personas tendrá más de 60 años, lo que incrementará la demanda de servicios médicos, tratamientos y tecnología sanitaria.
A esto se suma el aumento de enfermedades crónicas y la urbanización, factores que están presionando los sistemas de salud públicos y abriendo espacio para que el sector privado invierta en clínicas, tecnología, telemedicina y modelos híbridos de atención.
Otro punto clave del informe es que la digitalización dejó de ser opcional. Herramientas como la historia clínica digital, la inteligencia artificial y el monitoreo remoto están cambiando la forma en que se presta el servicio de salud, haciendo los sistemas más eficientes y reduciendo costos operativos.
En este contexto, Panamá tiene ventajas adicionales, ya que su infraestructura y conectividad permiten integrar soluciones digitales a escala regional, facilitando la expansión de servicios como la telemedicina y la gestión de datos clínicos.
El informe también identifica oportunidades específicas para el país, como el desarrollo del Pharmaceutical Hub, la expansión de la logística para ensayos clínicos, la distribución de medicamentos y el crecimiento del segmento de salud digital, que está ganando terreno en toda la región.
Más allá de Panamá, el estudio señala que la transformación del sector salud se está dando de forma conjunta en varios países. Costa Rica lidera en manufactura de dispositivos médicos, República Dominicana se posiciona como uno de los principales exportadores del sector, mientras que Guatemala destaca como el mayor mercado farmacéutico de Centroamérica.
En conjunto, estos países están configurando un nuevo corredor estratégico de salud en América Latina, donde cada uno cumple un rol específico dentro de la cadena de valor: producción, distribución, regulación y servicios especializados.
Para EY, la clave del futuro está en la convergencia de tres factores: regulación ágil, uso de datos y financiamiento inteligente, elementos que determinarán qué países liderarán el desarrollo del sector en los próximos años.
En ese escenario, Panamá aparece bien posicionado, pero con un reto claro: aprovechar este momento para consolidar su papel no solo como punto de paso, sino como un centro integral de servicios de salud, innovación y logística en la región.
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Pentagon cracks open Biden’s botched Afghan withdrawal as sweeping report readies all the receipts
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EXCLUSIVE: A new Pentagon review of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is set to declassify previously restricted materials from earlier investigations, reopening scrutiny of key decisions made during the Biden administration’s botched 2021 exit from the country.
The review will include interview transcripts, internal documents and prior findings that officials say were overclassified, according to Pentagon adviser Stu Scheller.
«We plan to declassify all of the documents that we source in this investigation — all the interview transcripts, all the previous investigations that the Biden administration did that have been overclassified,» Scheller told Fox News Digital. «We’re going to declassify all of it so that everyone can make assessments for themselves.»
Unlike earlier reviews that cataloged failures but stopped short of pinning down individual responsibility, this Pentagon effort is examining a broader set of records and conducting extensive interviews with both senior military leaders and rank-and-file troops — a scope officials say could reopen unanswered questions about who made the key decisions during the 2021 withdrawal.
«There will be accountability,» Scheller said.
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«We’ve talked to many people, all the key generals… and we also interviewed thousands of young service members,» Scheller told Fox News Digital of the report. «One of the things they said was that they didn’t feel like their experiences were validated.»
President Donald Trump has repeatedly blasted the previous Biden administration over the Abbey Gate tragedy that killed 13 U.S. service members, calling the 2021 withdrawal «a Biden disaster» and «the lowest point in the history of our country.» The administration in May 2025 ordered a new Pentagon review as part of what officials described as his push for accountability.
Scheller’s role in the review marks a striking reversal for a Marine officer who was previously punished after publicly criticizing the military’s handling of the withdrawal.
Then a lieutenant commanding an infantry training unit at Camp Lejeune, Scheller drew national attention in August 2021 after posting a viral video in uniform demanding accountability from senior leaders. He was relieved of command, placed in pretrial confinement and later pleaded guilty at a court-martial.
«I just felt like there wasn’t another voice that was going to advocate for the emperor’s not wearing clothes,» Scheller said. «I didn’t do it haphazardly.»
«God was with me on that one. I got through it. Here I am influencing the changes I originally pointed out.»
British and American security forces maintain order among Afghan evacuees inside Abbey Gate in Kabul on Aug. 25, 2021, during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (Marcus Lam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
Previous investigations by Congress, the Pentagon and federal watchdogs identified a range of failures in planning and executing the withdrawal, including gaps in evacuation efforts, intelligence assessments and senior-level decision-making.
A Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee report found the State Department failed to develop a plan to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies despite mounting warnings that Kabul could fall, delaying evacuation efforts until the Taliban entered the capital.
The report also said U.S. officials were tracking credible threats of a suicide attack in the days leading up to the Abbey Gate bombing — including intelligence pointing to a potential ISIS-K attack at the airport — but operations at the gate continued.
Those conditions are now being reexamined as part of the Pentagon’s review, including how actions by Marines on the ground were recognized.
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Scheller said his team focused early on the unit stationed at Abbey Gate, where several Marines had been nominated for higher awards that were later downgraded during the approval process.
«They had actually submitted awards that were downgraded. So we didn’t create these awards out of nothing,» Scheller said. «All seven of these awards were submitted and we had the formal paperwork from the original write-up.»
Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps)
The upgrades affected Marines from Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, including cases where commendation medals were elevated to include valor devices and, in one instance, a Bronze Star was upgraded to reflect combat heroism.
The bombing at Abbey Gate killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 150 Afghans, marking the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in years.
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The Biden administration has defended its handling of the withdrawal, arguing the decision ended America’s longest war and prevented further U.S. casualties, while accusing critics of politicizing the issue.
A spokesperson for former President Joe Biden did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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