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.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) are in disagreement over the Trump administration's decision to cancel funding for crucial food assistance programs, with Rollins dismissing concerns as "fake news" and Ryan accusing the administration of harming needy families.
President Trump's feud with CBS is reaching a fever pitch as his administration turns up the heat on the national broadcast network stemming from a "60 Minutes" interview it aired with former Vice President Kamala Harris before the presidential election last fall. Here are five things to know about the Trump and CBS fight....
Donald Trump Jr. and Lara Trump have reached a deal with Salem Media that will make the pair of Trump family members a major part of the company's strategic growth and content offerings moving forward, the network announced on Monday. As part of the deal, Salem acquired a 30 percent stake in MxM News, a mobile news...
Western Colorado oil industry stakeholders are suing the Centennial State, in a bid that they say serves to protect energy security and job interests in the region. Specifically, the West Slope Oil & Gas Association — a branch of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association umbrella group — recently filed a complaint against the Colorado...
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by federal agents Monday while he was in a naturalization interview at an immigration office in Vermont. Mahdawi, a Palestinian student and green-card holder, was arrested by agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Colchester, Vt., according to a court filing. Mahdawi was a leader...
President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs came under their first major legal challenge Monday, brought by a libertarian public-interest firm that argues the president overstepped his authority. Trump’s April 2 announcement imposed a baseline 10 percent tariff on imports and targeted dozens of countries with higher “reciprocal” tariffs. The announcement has rattled stock and bond markets,...
Tesla's testing of its Full Self-Driving technology in China has been halted due to regulatory issues, while Arizona's forward-thinking approach to autonomous vehicle regulation has made it a hub for innovation, offering a more stable and transparent regulatory environment than China.
Harvard University on Monday rejected demands from the Trump administration as it threatens the school's federal funding as part of a broader clampdown on higher education. In a message to the Harvard community from its leadership — and in a corresponding letter from the school's attorneys to the federal government — the university said that...
Jared Bernstein, the chief White House economist in the Biden administration, said he would advise President Trump to “declare victory” in the trade war and let the economy recover from the period of uncertainty. “My advice to the president would be to go out there and declare victory — because that's what he does,” Bernstein...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday, as his social media company faces off against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a case that could determine the fate of the tech titan’s empire. The FTC called Zuckerberg as its first witness, as it seeks to show that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to further...
White House aide Stephen Miller contradicted a number of statements the Trump administration has made in court, claiming a Maryland man was not deported to a Salvadoran prison in error. Miller’s comment came after the Justice Department said Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident, was deported due to an “administrative error,” as...
A Trump administration official said that an American missionary was released Sunday after 13 months of detainment in Tunisia, Reuters reported. Adam Boehler, a U.S. special envoy, said that Robert Vieira’s release was secured Sunday, according to Reuters. Amid missionary work 13 months ago in Tunisia, Vieira was apprehended, and Tunisian authorities suspected he was...
The Associated Press on Monday said its journalists were barred from covering an Oval Office event featuring President Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in defiance of a court injunction. "Our journalists were blocked from the Oval Office today," a spokesperson for the wire service said. "We expect the White House to restore AP's participation...
