Abstract: In order to improve the generation method in vision-grounded language model ViMac, a core-based visual semantic representation is proposed. With core-based semantic representation, ViMac can ...

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Senate Democrats are expected to vote against a stopgap funding bill today, which means the federal government could shut down early Saturday. The Republican-controlled House approved the bill by ...

For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming as negotiations in Congress continue between Republicans and Democrats. The Senate was expected to vote on the final ...

Ostensibly led by Elon Musk, the world's richest man, DOGE's mission is to make government leaner and more effective. As a temporary organization, DOGE is set to complete its work on July 4 ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that most Democrats in the upper chamber will not support a House Republican-passed bill to fund the federal government through the end of ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a six-month funding bill, averting a government shutdown. In a post on X, White House Spokesperson Harrison Fields said Trump ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present because the bill may lack votes in the Senate. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...