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Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz’s ‘effective altruism’ network tied to AI regulation push

Billionaire Democratic megadonor Dustin Moskovitz-backed "effective altruism" funder Coefficient Giving eyes $1B artificial intelligence push amid doomerism concerns.

Kamala Harris viciously mocked with resurfaced bumbling ‘two words’ explanation of AI after desperate call

Kamala Harris' rambling 2023 explanation of AI as "two letters" resurfaces after she posted a lengthy call to slow down AI development online.

‘Still waiting on the DOGE check’: Battleground state voters cast doubt on Trump’s new $5K promise

Detroit, Michigan, residents call gas prices, car insurance and rent "ridiculous" while dismissing Trump's $5,000 dividend as political "bribery."

Trump blasts Supreme Court ‘disaster’ after justices rule against him on mail-in voting

Trump called Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas "legends" for dissenting and listed Supreme Court rulings that have gone against him.

Smithsonian move reignites ‘woke,’ ‘Marxist’ criticism as Latino museum avoids congressional approval

Mike Gonzalez's Heritage Foundation report alleges the National Museum of the American Latino promotes Marxist messaging and anti-Western ideology.

Crypto regulation bill faces Senate vote

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Clarity Act faces Senate test A cryptocurrency regulation bill is poised to face a key test on the Senate floor this week, as lawmakers weigh whether to advance the measure after nearly a year of negotiations....

Trump guts power plant climate rules

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump slashes climate rules for coal and gas plants The Trump administration on Monday gutted regulations that limited planet-warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants. © AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file The move allows a sector that makes up a large share of the U.S.’s...

6 takeaways as Trump takes sledgehammer to power plant climate regs

The Trump administration on Monday gutted the rules governing the nation’s climate regulations for power plants. Here’s what you should know about the final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): It axes most, but not all, power plant climate rules The rules, which have been announced but whose underlying text did not appear to...

McConnell returns to Senate to cast first vote since June

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) returned to the Senate Monday evening to cast his first vote since June 11 after spending months away from the Capitol recuperating from a fall he suffered at home. McConnell’s long absence and the trickle of information from his office about his condition fueled weeks of speculation about his health and...

Newsom says he won’t run for president in 2028 if Harris does 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said in an interview on Monday that he wouldn’t run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris ran for a third bid, pointing out that they’d both be fighting over similar bases of supporters.  “First of all, electorally, it's a gift from God for everybody else. They’d...

Cruz: Trump should sign college sports bill live on ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ once passed

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters he would like to see the Protect College Sports Act, the proposed landmark legislation regulating the big business of college sports, signed by President Trump live on ESPN's "College GameDay." "Our goal from the beginning was not just to squeak by with 60 votes but to get a big...

Deadly silence: The world can’t afford to ignore climate change much longer

Sixty years of inaction in Washington have not made climate change go away. Hushing won’t either. In the meantime, the American people, present and future, are paying an increasingly intolerable price. 

Congress faces frenzy of AI fears: ‘The monster is loose’

In today's issue: ▪ Calls for Congress to regulate AI ▪ Trump to remove tariffs on Irish whiskey ▪ Trump wants to keep a hand in Iran oil ▪ House GOP bets on Trump Congress returns this week to an eruption of fears about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) spurred by warnings from within the industry that...

It is now or never for the Clarity Act

Sen. Cynthia Lummis is urging congressional support for the bipartisan Clarity Act to establish cryptocurrency regulations and prevent companies from moving operations overseas.

Our media can’t even tell who is sympathetic anymore

Are we so far out of touch that now we offer political strategists, identity thieves, academic fraudsters and even actual robbers and murderers as the sympathetic face of the cause?

Compound in blueberries may help muscles burn fat, study finds

A natural compound found in blueberries and grapes helped muscle cells burn stored fat in lab tests, researchers found.

Two former senators looking to return face steep odds and seniority shuffle 

Two Senate candidates this year are hoping to do what only a handful of others have done in the last century: return to their old jobs in the upper chamber. Former Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and John E. Sununu (R-N.H.) are both running to win reelection to the Senate after absences. In Brown’s case, it’s...

Republicans, fearing voter anger about costs, clash over economic strategy

Republicans are clashing over how to improve their weak polling numbers on the economy less than two months before Election Day, fearing that voter anger over high costs could sink GOP candidates in November. The boldest proposal, President Trump’s pledge to give every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterm election, has already drawn...

LSU’s Lane Kiffin tests the NCAA’s limits, creating college football firestorm

Louisiana State University head coach Lane Kiffin quickly became the face of what many argue is wrong with modern college sports as the college football season approached this summer. The 51-year-old expert recruiter and protégé of University of Alabama legend Nick Saban had ditched his former playoff-bound school Ole Miss for an in-conference rival. He...

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