The United States faces a critical technological innovation test. Artificial intelligence requires massive amounts of computing power to function. That computing power requires physical infrastructure. America must continue our decadeslong history of building mainframes and data centers to process information in order to maintain our global leadership. However, a growing political movement is actively trying […]
The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say. House Republicans promised an avalanche of investigations when they took over the House after the 2022 midterms, which included an impeachment inquiry into President Biden based in large part...
President-elect Trump is facing calls from House Republicans to settle a disagreement between the chambers on how the GOP should start tackling its agenda. As some top House Republicans dig in on starting with a reconciliation bill focused on taxes, members of the conference are looking to Trump to set the course. “Ultimately and pretty...
Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's pick as Director of National Intelligence, is set to join the incoming president at the Army-Navy game on Saturday, a source familiar with the situation told NewsNation's Libbey Dean. The annual game will take place in Landover, Md., outside of Washington, D.C. Gabbard will attend alongside Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for...
New Jersey assemblyman Mike Inganamort (R) urged the Biden administration to take action against the mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and other parts of the country. "This needs engagement for the from the federal level," Inganamort told Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation's "The Hill," referencing President-elect Trump's post calling for the drones to be show...
A federal appeals court in Washington denied a request from the social platform TikTok that would effectively delay the ban of the app next month. The rejection comes after the company sought to stop the ban Monday, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to temporarily block the law that could ban the...
The second time’s a charm for President-elect Trump — at least when it comes to an election win getting him the establishment recognition he has always sought. Trump has received a display of homage at home and abroad since winning November’s contest over Vice President Harris. It's the kind of public pomp that eluded him...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is demanding answers related to the drones spotted in the skies of New Jersey and around the country. "I don't know what's going on. Neither do the agencies who have responsibility for and that's why I've demanded answers from them, at the very least, to tell us what they are doing...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Friday blasted “specious disinformation that threatens the advance of lifesaving medical progress” after The New York Times reported that a lawyer linked to Robert F. Kennedy has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. McConnell, a polio survivor, warned that “efforts to undermine public...
The top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) told Apple and Google on Friday to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores, as a potential ban looms next month. Committee Chair John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) said in a pair of letters to Apple...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas suggested that the mysterious drones reportedly spotted in the skies of New Jersey and around the country are not "nefarious" nor a "threat." "We know of no threat or nefarious activity, and I want to repeat, Wolf, that if we learn of any cause for concern, we will be transparent...
Pod Save America host Jon Favreau ripped into Meta CEO Mark Zuckeberg for donating $1 million to President-elect Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Friday. “There are few humans more full of s--- than Mark Zuckerberg for like all of the values he professed that Facebook had and that his company has and all this bullshit,” Favreau...
Presented by Children's Hospital Association — Texas has launched what appears to be the first legal test to see what happens when contradictory state abortion laws meet. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Texas sues out-of-state doctor for prescribing abortion pills The lawsuit appears to be the first legal test to see...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Freedom Caucus backs strategy for Trump The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus is backing a two-step approach to tackle parts of President-elect Trump’s agenda on the border, taxes and energy amid an internal clash over the...
President-elect Trump and anchor George Stephanopoulos will sit for depositions next week in Trump’s defamation case against ABC News, a judge ruled Friday. Trump sued the network and the anchor in March after Stephanopoulos repeatedly said on air that a jury found Trump “liable for rape” in a lawsuit brought by advice columnist E. Jean...
