Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier went to court Monday seeking an injunction to pause OpenAI's artificial intelligence developments, asserting that its harm is immediate and irreparable unless judicial involvement puts a stop to it.
Democrats are warning against a full-blown meltdown over polls showing President Biden behind former President Trump and the party in danger of losing its Senate majority. Anxiety among Democrats is at a high-water mark, but leaders are used to it. Every cycle comes with severe bouts of tortured hand-wringing, including the 2022 midterms, when the...
President Biden and his rival former President Donald Trump are in the midst of a heated general election, taking shots at each other over issues including inflation, immigration and a rash of foreign policy conflicts. But recently, another topic has been teed up in the race: golf. Trump earlier this month used the upcoming debate with...
Former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that former President Trump is preparing himself mentally for a guilty plea in his New York hush-money case. In reaction on Wednesday to Trump fuming outside the courtroom that "Mother Teresa could not beat these charges, these charges are rigged, the whole thing is rigged," Scaramucci...
A coalition of attorneys general from various states urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the murder of a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester in 2020 after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pardoned his killer two weeks ago. The group of attorneys general, all Democrats, said that Garrett Foster,...
Boeing’s Starliner program is set to launch its first crewed mission into space this upcoming weekend after previous technical problems delayed the takeoff. Both NASA and Boeing approved the key test flight, which will take place on Saturday, 12:25 p.m. local time, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The first test flight, which will...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) argued that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could force the recusals of Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in cases it is facing related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. “Everyone assumes that nothing can be done about the recusal situation because the highest court in the land...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Biden administration stays mum on reports Israel used US weapons in Rafah The Biden administration on Wednesday refused to confirm Israel used U.S. weapons in the deadly strike over the weekend that killed dozens of displaced...
Manhattanhenge, a phenomenon captivating many people in New York City, returns on Wednesday. This year’s first Manhattanhenge happened on Tuesday. It is also projected to happen twice more in July. The spectacle occurs when the sunset in the city lines up with the street grid, making it appear as though the sun sits perfectly between...
Elon Musk could get an advisory role in the White House if former President Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, wins the November general election, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Tesla CEO and the former president have discussed ways Musk could have “formal input” over policies related to economy and border security, the Journal...
Pop star Dua Lipa called for an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza again Tuesday, according to multiple reports. “Burning children alive can never be justified,” Lipa said in an Instagram post Tuesday that came alongside a graphic from the group Artists4Ceasefire, according to multiple outlets. “The whole world is mobilising to stop the...
The jury in former President Trump’s New York trial completed its first day of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict. If that indecision continues for several days, it will open up one of the more politically intriguing scenarios. A hung jury, and a declaration of a mistrial, would become a real possibility. The political contours...
A notorious hacker group claims it has breached the data of about 560 million Ticketmaster users globally in a recent cyberattack, according to multiple reports.
Millions of social media users, including some celebrities, are taking to Instagram to share an image with the slogan "All eyes on Rafah" to raise awareness for the ongoing conflict as Israeli troops continue to progress through the heavily populated city in the Gaza Strip. The image, which many experts are confident is generated by...
Samantha Power, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said Wednesday that the “catastrophic consequences” the U.S. has warned about are becoming a reality as Israel expands its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. “For months now, President Biden and officials across our Administration, myself included, have made clear...
