Byron Donalds, a Republican congressman running for Florida governor, on Monday announced legislation intended to prevent artificial intelligence data centers from driving up utility costs, the latest sign of a political backlash over the new technology.
Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency's vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras be swiftly rolled out to all officers.
A pair of congressmen from New Jersey have joined the rush to slap new regulations on increasingly popular online casinos, sportsbooks and prediction markets.
Troy Jackson, a former Maine lawmaker and fifth-generation logger from the North Maine Woods, has emerged as the likely new replacement for the state's Democratic Senate nominee after former candidate Graham Platner quit the high-stakes race less than two weeks ago.
Dr. Chris Fall, the director of the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) is resigning after just three months in the role. The exit of Fall, who was appointed to head the AI safety organization in April, comes amid a fluctuation in the Trump administration's AI policy. Staff at CAISI are directly...
Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, five days before early voting in the race begins. Warren, who previously backed state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) before she dropped out of the race earlier this month, cited El-Sayed’s support of Medicare for All, unions and taking corporate...
President Trump said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "will not be arrested" in the U.S. after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) floated the idea over the weekend, calling the Israeli leader "a war criminal." "Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States...
A judge in California has put Paramount's planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on hold while the court considers a sweeping antitrust lawsuit challenging the multibillion-dollar transaction, which was brought against the company last week. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a request from California Attorney General Rob Bonta that the merger be paused for two weeks while...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of the Americans killed as a result of Iranian strikes over the weekend. “President Trump will attend the dignified transfer of our fallen heroes tomorrow evening at Dover Air Force Base. The President and the entire White House...
Former state Sen. Troy Jackson (D-Maine) has emerged as the frontrunner for Democrats in the Maine Senate race. Jackson has received endorsements from challengers Dan Kleban and former CDC Director Nirav Shah, who both dropped out of the race on Sunday. The two said Jackson was the most “electable” candidate and urged party members to...
Retired Lieutenant General David Harris argues that the United States must integrate strategic communication into military planning to ensure tactical successes translate into strategic advantages, drawing lessons from current conflicts.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Monday added seven districts to its list of targets, as the GOP works to hang on to its majority in the lower chamber this November. The NRCC, which works to elect House Republicans, added Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, Florida’s 14th and 22nd, Louisiana’s 6th, Missouri’s 5th, Ohio’s 1st...
Government officials and other powerful people often use arm-twisting speech to apply pressure to promote their preferred objectives. The practice, known as jawboning, is as old as human history itself.
