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 […]
President-elect Trump has tapped Andrew Ferguson, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as the next head of the independent agency. Trump, in a statement Tuesday night, touted Ferguson's hard-line approach toward protecting free speech and what the president-elect described as Big Tech's "censorship" of certain views. "Andrew has a proven record of standing...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blocked a federal shield law that would protect journalists from revealing their sources and material to the government. In the Senate on Tuesday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked for unanimous consent for the Senate to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, known as the PRESS Act, and Cotton objected....
Pete Hegseth is looking to win over a pair of key Republican moderates as he tries to keep his hopes of leading the Defense Department from being derailed. The former Fox News host huddled with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday and is set to do the same on Wednesday with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine),...
The battle lines over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and the ethics of the health care industry, are receiving additional scrutiny from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the most high-profile politician yet to weigh in on the matter. Shapiro, who had been under consideration to be Vice President Harris’s running mate in this...
President-elect Trump named Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece in his upcoming administration. Guilfoyle is a former Fox News personality and has been a staple of the Trump family for years since she previously was in a relationship with Donald Trump Jr. The two reportedly have broken up. “For many years, Kimberly has been a...
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, met Tuesday with senators on Capitol Hill as she faces concerns from Republicans over her controversial positions sympathetic to U.S. adversaries like Russian President Vladimir Putin and now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Senator-elect Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), said he expected Gabbard’s nomination “to...
Almost half of Ukrainians now support President-elect Trump as he is set to take the Oval Office next month, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The new national survey, commissioned by New Europe Center NGO, found that 44.6 percent of Ukrainians trust Trump, a far higher show of backing than in France, 16 percent,...
CNN anchor Jim Acosta condemned the glorification of the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, calling the “avalanche of comments” in support of the killing on social media “yet another sign” of today’s toxic culture. “In just the last 24 hours, social media users have seized on the suspect’s...
Actor Rob Schneider on Monday said he is launching a show to compete with “The View.” “We’re gonna do [an] all-ladies talk show that won't be like ‘The View,’” Schneider told anchor Trace Gallagher on “Fox News @ Night," in a clip highlighted by Medaite. Schneider said that his show, in comparison to ABC’s “The...
The Treasury Department gave Ukraine a $20 billion loan funded by seized Russian assets Tuesday as part of a broader Group of Seven (G7) effort to boost the country's defense. The money will be transmitted to Ukraine through the World Bank, which received the loan from the U.S. on Tuesday morning. The loan makes up...
Several companies are battling negative reviews and a flood of online support for the suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting. Luigi Mangione was arrested Monday in connection to the killing of CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was shot and killed last week in Manhattan, and a manhunt ensued looking for the suspect. Mangione was arrested after...
Women and people with cervixes should have the option to use a self-swab human papillomavirus (HPV) test as part of a cervical cancer screen, the United States Preventative Services Task Force said in a draft recommendation Tuesday. “Studies show this option is just as accurate as when the HPV sample is collected by a...
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the proposed $25 billion merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, ruling that the deal would limit competition and harm consumers, but the judge left the door open to a future attempt. Albertsons announced its intent to merge with Kroger in 2022 for $24.6 billion. Their combined geographic forces...
