President Trump’s super PAC and affiliates have injected tens of millions of dollars into pivotal Senate and House races just one month from Election Day as the GOP looks to keep control of Congress. Trump’s MAGA Inc. and several affiliated groups — No Going Back PAC Inc. and Safety & Affordability PAC Inc. — have reported some of their...
President Trump defended data centers at a midterm campaign rally in Vandalia, Ohio Saturday, arguing that the U.S. will risk losing ground in the global artificial intelligence race against China without the massive facilities that have come under heightened scrutiny in recent years. “There’s so much money to be made for Ohio. You can't just...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated on Saturday that some U.S. service members could be redeployed from Europe to the Western Hemisphere as the Trump administration ramps up its deadly campaign against drug cartels in South America. “Well, we're definitely expanding our presence and our footprint in Central and South America with partners, and because of...
An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as what Flock Safety's hallmark technology collects, may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause. “Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expectation that society...
The Trump administration is moving ahead with big changes to Head Start, the federal early childhood education program that serves low-income families, to the outcry of advocates who say the proposals will limit access to the program, currently serving 700,000 students. Interested parties have until Tuesday to submit their thoughts to the federal government on...
With a month until the midterm elections, President Trump is hitting the campaign trail in an effort to ramp up voter turnout across traditionally red states, as rising costs and a deeply unpopular Iran war leave the GOP scrambling to protect its majority in Congress. Trump’s October campaign blitz will feature stops in Oklahoma, Alabama,...
President Trump repeatedly berated Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Saturday over his stance on a daylight savings bill after posting the Republican Congress member's cell phone number on social media. In a morning Truth Social post, the president encouraged his supporters to call the senator and urge him to back legislation that would make daylight...
Trump administration lawyers are fighting back against CNN, MS NOW and Politico's attempt to prevent the White House from enforcing futures bans against them — with the Justice Department (DOJ) now arguing the three outlets failed to meet “professional" standards. “The President concluded that they have failed to maintain basic minimum ‘standards of professionalism and...
The author warns that the massive capital investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure creates a systemic economic risk that could trigger widespread financial instability if projected productivity gains fail to materialize.
A dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an update this week. Dengue fever, which is transmitted through infected mosquito bites, is rarely fatal and most infected people do...
Political scientist Lawrence R. Jacobs argues that urgent reforms to the presidential nomination process are required to prevent the rise of populism and protect the rule of law.
The head of Tennessee’s corrections department will step down following the state’s botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike this week. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada submitted his resignation on Saturday, Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) announced. “Commissioner Strada has served with integrity, and I appreciate his willingness to put the interests of...
Republicans are struggling with how to thread the needle on immigration ahead of what is expected to be a bruising midterm season in which many voters have soured on the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement. But the party has spent two years championing policies that resulted from President Trump running on “securing” the border, including a...
The Trump administration, under the influence of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, is exploring the potential use of psychedelic substances in medicine — once a fringe topic that is now being heavily researched and invested in. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing in September in which over 200 people requested...
