Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester demands security logs and transcripts from OpenAI and Anthropic after AI agents allegedly hacked third parties during testing.
Manny Rutinel's resurfaced paper argued governments should incentivize ranchers to transition to plant-based farming in Colorado's top cattle district.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) doubled down Wednesday on his criticism of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) absence from Congress during his medical recovery from a fall last month. In an interview on the SiriusXM “Andy Beshear Podcast," the Democratic governor told co-host John Fugelsang that the longtime Kentucky senator was “ruining” the legacy McConnell believes...
President Trump’s threat to withdraw the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is raising questions about the future of the anti-weaponization fund as well as the power of the Senate GOP. Blanche faced a singular roadblock in winning GOP backing for his nomination: a call by many in the party to put in writing...
Chris Rocheleau, the deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is departing the agency for his old lobbying job. Rocheleau, who served as acting FAA administrator for the first half of last year, is returning to the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) as chief operating officer. Prior to President Trump tapping him as the...
Concerns about election security for Americans are on the rise ahead of critical 2026 midterm elections. A Kettering Foundation-Gallup survey released Wednesday shows 67 percent of American adults are concerned "a great deal" or a "fair amount" with “political leaders pressuring election officials to change election outcomes.” At 57 percent, the next highest concern is...
The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, amid high gasoline prices spurred by the Iran war. A White House official confirmed to The Hill in an email Thursday that the Trump administration “would like to see refineries across the country reopen, especially the St....
Elon Musk is jumping back into the political spending arena ahead of the 2026 midterms with a new field program to help elect Republicans in at least eight states. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO authorized his super PAC, America PAC, to spend $100 million to $120 million for a new field program focused on conservative...
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract worth up to $58.6 billion to churn out Patriot interceptor missiles in an effort to replenish quickly diminishing U.S. munitions stockpiles. The deal, announced Wednesday, converts a previous one-year contract worth $4.7 billion awarded to Lockheed in April. The alteration means the U.S. military can receive...
President Trump on Thursday rolled out a new initiative dubbed “Freedom Haulers” aimed at replacing illegal illegal immigrant truck drivers with U.S. military veterans. The president made the announcement alongside Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling. The administration said the initiative is aimed at connecting veterans with employment opportunities while bolstering...
Fox News legal contributor Solomon Wisenberg said Thursday that the Senate would lose a legal battle over trying to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt. “It’s really not going to be a close question, he is going to — the Senate, if they try to have the Department of Justice hold him in contempt —...
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) dropped out of the Wisconsin governor's race Thursday as he struggled to gain traction in the polls. "It's become very clear who our nominee is going to be," Barnes said in a video posted to the social media platform X, later adding, "We have to do everything we possibly...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not share with President Trump evidence that Russia is aiding Iran in its attacks against U.S. troops when the two met earlier this week, Ukraine’s envoy to the U.S. told reporters Thursday. Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., said Ukraine has communicated that information “through other channels.” “This issue...
The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seven companies. In a blog post Wednesday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office signed letters of intent...
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) is asking the Supreme Court to review his corruption conviction. The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for using his position to financially reward himself and political associates. In his petition docketed on Wednesday, Madigan said the jury was given improper...
