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 Biden administration is proposing protections for the monarch butterfly – though the protections face an uncertain future in the incoming Trump administration. The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the orange and black butterfly as threatened, citing steep drops in the insect’s populations. It said that eastern migratory monarchs have declined by about...
Small business optimism jumped in November, surpassing the 50-year average for the first time in nearly three years, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The Small Business Optimism Index rose eight points to 101.7 last month. The reading, which is the index’s highest since June 2021, follows 34 months of below-average numbers. “The...
Democratic National Committee Chair candidate James Skoufis called on the committee to maintain its current presidential nominating calendar that puts South Carolina first in a memo exclusively obtained by The Hill on Tuesday. The New York state senator argued that the calendar with South Carolina first in the primary fight followed by Nevada and New...
WE HEAR: The Mouse is coming to the House. Mickey Mouse is getting in the holiday and giving spirit as he heads to Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The famed begloved rodent will be joining a toy drive hosted by the Walt Disney Company on Wednesday in the Rayburn House Office Building foyer. The effort, dubbed...
ChatGPT producer OpenAI rolled out a video creation tool this week that lets paying customers create short-length video clips through text prompts. OpenAI introduced Sora, a video generation model, on Monday. It can generate realistic videos in a resolution up to 1080p and up to 20 seconds long. The beta version of Sora was initially...
The Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided the Middle East between the British and French, has led to an uneasy rumbling in the region, as various groups vie for control of the countries created by the agreement.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) late Monday said President-elect Trump’s threats to deport millions and to end birthright citizenship will spark “outright fear” across the country. She warned that in the Trump administration, teenagers could be sent “to a country they know nothing about and have not been.” “That is what he is planning to do...
Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) announced Monday he was introducing a bill to limit college tuition aid to undocumented immigrants. Fine is looking to repeal a 2014 state law “offering illegal immigrants heavily subsidized in-state tuition rates” at Florida’s public universities. “President Trump has made clear it is time to close the border and...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) compared President-elect Trump to a “mythic figure" Monday, saying his rise to power and his resilience cannot be explained in the "normal" political world. "Look, if you're a relatively sophisticated leader around the world, and you watch nine years of the rise of Donald Trump, and you watch two impeachments,...
Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on targets in Syria as Israel continues to take more aggressive action in the country following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime over the weekend. Israel targeted airbases, weapons and ammunition warehouses, aircraft and signal stations in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights, a monitoring and rights...
The New York attorney general's office said Tuesday it will not drop its multimillion-dollar civil fraud case against President-elect Trump, despite his request. Deputy Solicitor General Judith Vale wrote in a letter to Trump attorney D. John Sauer that his call for New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) to toss the case presented "no basis" for...
Advocates for the LGBTQ community asked Democratic congressional leaders to reject the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), arguing Monday that it could stifle access to important information online. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), nearly 30 organizations, including LGBT Tech and the American Civil...
Three former chairs and ranking members of the House Natural Resources Committee endorsed Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) to serve as the panel’s next Democratic leader, days after outgoing ranking member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) endorsed Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) for the post. The letter is signed by former Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), who served as ranking...
