Outside the White House and in front of the press, President Donald Trump’s convocation of artificial intelligence industry leaders seemed to have finally unified the frontier. The smiling CEOs all signed on to the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, establishing four layers of AI oversight and control. But the guardrails, Trump explained, are “self-policing” […]
President Donald Trump is an expert at branding and marketing, but right now, he gives himself low marks for sales. That was Trump’s explanation for why he is hitting the campaign trail despite increasingly grim poll numbers for Republicans seeking to defend their fragile congressional majorities. “I’m going out because nobody’s selling it… We’re doing […]
Some past and present diplomats are upset that the State Department has removed the flags of all the countries and territories in which the United States has diplomatic relations, replacing them with American flags. “It’s so much worse than ‘America First,’” former peace processer Aaron David Miller quipped. Miller’s objection is ignorant on multiple levels. […]
Religious college students in Virginia should not have to choose between following their religious calling and receiving the same educational assistance available to other students. That is the central issue in Hall v. Fleming, a case that presents the Supreme Court of the United States with an opportunity to correct a troubling anomaly in its...
As midterm elections approach, concerns are growing that President Trump may attempt to nationalize voting or invoke the Insurrection Act to maintain power if Republicans face significant losses.
In today's issue: ▪ Backlash to Cornell controversy grows ▪ FCC OK with Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads ▪ CNN blocked from White House press pool ▪ Fallout from a botched execution Outrage over the handling of an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 has reached a fever pitch this week, with Democrats calling...
Cornell University is facing angry calls from politicians, activists and the general public demanding more transparency over how it handled the investigation into a former student's alleged gang rape. Cornell is under a microscope after a lawsuit was filed in September alleging the 20-year-old student was raped by seven men at a fraternity house...
President Trump’s appearances with Chinese President Xi Jinping, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and leaders from Silicon Valley risk turning off his political base just as Republicans are seeking to turbocharge turnout ahead of the midterms, say GOP strategists. The president has always loved meeting with the powerful, even if they are dictators...
Senate Republicans say President Trump has become increasingly toxic with independent voters critical to winning Senate races in battlegrounds such as North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska. Some GOP senators are warning Trump to stay away from key Senate races, cautioning that his presence would likely turn off independent voters. But vulnerable incumbents such as...
More than 100 Generation Z candidates launched bids this cycle to run for Congress, per Future Caucus, but few have been successful. The attempts to run highlight how young adults are frustrated with partisan gridlock and want to enter the political sphere, even if their attempts are largely falling short. One possible reason for the...
The signing of an AI accord by President Trump and tech leaders has done little to quell concerns over the lack of guardrails surrounding artificial intelligence. While Trump says industry officials can self-police, critics say more is needed to make sure AI development doesn’t get out of hand, even as some described it as a...
As Democrats begin to position themselves for the 2028 presidential campaign, few contenders are being watched and analyzed as closely as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), whose decision to enter the race could alter the entire landscape of the Democratic primary. No one has more reason to observe Ocasio-Cortez's every move than Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who is frequently...
President Trump quipped that Texas Senate GOP candidate Ken Paxton was “a pain in the ass” and acknowledged he was “a little controversial” during several stops in the Lone Star State and Oklahoma — unusually candid remarks about one of his own endorsees just weeks out from the November elections. “When I was being hit...
