Progressives on Capitol Hill are pushing a proposal to ban artificial superintelligence, but critics warn the move could hand global tech dominance over to China and Russia.
The United States government announced that it plans to slap a nearly 21 percent tariff on most tomatoes coming from Mexico in the summer, arguing the current agreement has not “protected” U.S.-based tomato growers from “unfairly priced Mexican imports.” The Commerce Department said on Monday that it plans to withdraw from the 2019 trade agreement...
A new poll from NBC News found that over 70% of Republicans surveyed identify as part of the MAGA movement, with a significant increase in support since the November presidential election.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump administration nearing pharma tariffs plan The Trump administration on Monday took a step toward enacting its aims to tariff pharmaceutical imports, disclosing plans to carry out an investigation into the effects on national security of importing certain pharmaceuticals. ...
The Trump administration canceled a $3.1 billion grant program for climate-friendly crops, the Agriculture Department announced Monday. In a press release, the department said that it was canceling Biden-era Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, which funded 141 projects that sought to advance climate-friendly farming practices. Projects funded under the program supported things like planting cover crops, which...
The Trump administration ratcheted up its confrontation with a U.S. district judge on Monday, as President Trump met El Salvador President Nayib Bukele at the White House. The key upshot is stark. Neither Trump nor Bukele appears willing to return the man at the center of a controversial deportation case — despite the fact that...
A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a new study published Monday in The Lancet. The drug, called gepotidacin, works by preventing bacteria from replicating in the body and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in March to treat...
The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy came apart during a White House visit by the Ohio State Buckeyes football team Monday as Vice President Vance tried to pick it up. As President Trump posed for pictures with the team, Vance, an Ohio State alumnus, walked over to a table where the trophy was sitting...
The Trump administration disclosed Monday that it had opened an investigation into the effects on national security of importing certain pharmaceuticals, a move widely seen as the prelude to initiating tariffs on prescription drugs. The Department of Commerce in a Federal Register notice said the probe, known as a Section 232 investigation, began April 1, the day...
A devastating Russian attack against Ukraine on Palm Sunday, coming days after Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands with President Trump’s top negotiator, is raising doubt about the U.S.'s strategy in ceasefire talks with Moscow. Ukraine, its allies and supporters say the Sumy strike, which killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured...
Presented by Ericsson — Trump on Monday hosted President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador at the White House, the latest foreign leader to be brought into the Oval Office for a conversation with Trump and senior officials in front of the press. {beacon} Trump finds an ally in El Salvador’s Bukele PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DIGGING IN...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) panned Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Monday after he said that he has no plans to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to his country earlier this year, calling the plan “pure nonsense.” When asked by reporters if he will return Kilmar Abrego Garcia after the Supreme...
