WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

* Elon Musk’s Grok is drawing scrutiny around the world for generating sexually explicit deepfakes, with some countries even blocking it entirely. What kind of regulations do we have in the US around this?

* We’ll get another update on how the Pelicans have been looking and what could happen with the trade deadline next month

* How the National Guard helps with public safety, accordig to a former NOPD chief

* We’ll continue to bring you the latest on the transfer portal moves for LSU as Lane Kiffin reshapes the Tigers

* Louisiana has set a record for staying above the two million job mark for seven straight months.

* We’ll spend some time with District Attorney Jason Williams talking about the new Lights On initiative and working with the new Moreno administration on public safety

* President Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. What kind of impact would that have on banks? What about credit card users?

* A record-high 45% of Americans identify as independent...but how many of those are ACTUALLY independent?

We get another update on how the Pelicans have been looking and what could happen with the trade deadline next month with Oleh Kosel, a credentialed NBA writer covering the Pelicans

Elon Musk’s Grok is drawing scrutiny around the world for generating sexually explicit deepfakes, with some countries even blocking it entirely. What kind of regulations do we have in the US around this?

Phil Napoli, Professor of Public Policy at Duke and author of Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age, joins us.

We’ll continue to bring you the latest on the transfer portal moves for LSU as Lane Kiffin reshapes the Tigers.

Koki Riley, an LSU beat writer for The Advocate, joins us.

Tommy and Ronal Serpas, a Professor of Practice in the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola and a former NOPD chief, talk about the National Guard's role in New Orleans.

e spend some time with New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams talking about the new Lights On initiative and working with the new Moreno administration on public safety.

Louisiana has set a record for staying above the two million job mark for seven straight months. We break down the good news with Adam Knapp, CEO of Leaders for a Better Louisiana.