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Trump admin wants to require tax filers to disclose citizenship status to IRS

A Trump administration proposal would require tax filers to certify their immigration status to the IRS, which critics argue could be used as a tool for immigration enforcement.

Adam Hamilton on faith, Trump and the fight for Kansas

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Obama’s warnings on AI are pure hypocrisy — here’s why

President Donald Trump has said that the US has to lead in artificial intelligence...

LA sales tax hike will cost working families — and you won’t believe how much

A typical LA family will have to pay $200 per year, or more, to...

The best response to the terror which nearly crashed that flydubai plane

The world saw such heroism this week in the high drama of FlyDubai Flight...

Tariff challengers take Trump back to court: ‘Rinse and repeat’

President Trump hopes the third time will be the charm as his latest round of tariffs heads to court this week. The Supreme Court already ruled Trump can’t invoke an emergency statute to impose his global trade war. Now, the president is pointing to a different law, and this time, everyone agrees it allows the president to impose...

Council of Europe head revives Biden-backed framework for AI regulation

The Biden administration and a number of countries in Europe have endorsed a framework for AI regulation that respects human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but it is generally unheard of outside of the tiny European organization that drafted it.  Alain Berset is the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, an important but...

Cuba tensions on the rise as Trump pushes for ‘fundamental change’

Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba are rising once again after President Trump told world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly that he was seeking “fundamental change” from the island and asserting that “freedom will be coming to Cuba.” The Trump administration has never walked back threats of a possible military intervention —...

GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad

President Trump's new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not to use taxpayer money to promote himself in such a brazenly political way. While Republicans generally approve of Trump’s political message, they say using taxpayer dollars to fund...

Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend 2026 elections from ‘foreign actors’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the Pentagon last week to prioritize and deploy “advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to track down, disrupt and neutralize “foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections" while “maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize our country.”  “Commander U.S. Cyber Command and the Directors of the Combat Support Agencies will prioritize...

Shaheen presses Senate to cap insulin costs

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Shaheen makes last-minute insulin pitch Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) is pressing Senate leadership to hold a floor vote on bipartisan legislation to cap insulin costs in private insurance before lawmakers leave town until after the midterm election. © Greg Nash...

Vance, RFK Jr., Mike Tyson to speak at MAHA Summit in DC

Vice President Vance, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former boxing heavyweight Mike Tyson are slated to speak Tuesday for the second Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Summit in Washington, D.C. The event will conclude with a "fireside chat" between Vance and Kennedy, the summit's agenda online shows. Organizers told...

NFL to DHS: Take down video featuring Eagles star Brian Dawkins

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing a request from the NFL and former Philadelphia Eagles player Brian Dawkins to take down a video it posted using the Hall of Fame safety to promote President Trump's immigration agenda. The video, which was posted Sunday on a DHS social media account, responded to a headline...

New polls have Democrats thinking big on Senate

Recent polling showing Democrats performing strongly in Senate battlegrounds and more reliably red states is fueling optimism that the party could clinch both chambers in November. An AARP poll released Monday showed Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 11 percentage points in the North Carolina Senate race, while recent polls have shown...

Thune: Ads promoting Trump political message ‘shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday that while he likes President Trump’s new ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists,” they “shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars.” Thune warned Trump about using taxpayer money for ads that resemble the political ads he ran online during the 2024 presidential...

Pennsylvania surpasses 900 measles cases

Pennsylvania on Monday surpassed 900 measles cases, after adding more than 100 additional cases in the past week. The Pennsylvania Department of Health updated its measles dashboard Monday, putting the total number of cases in the state at 903, after 115 new infections were recorded in the past week. Pennsylvania is currently reporting the highest...

Trump loosens vehicle mileage standards

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump rolls back car fuel efficiency rules The Trump administration has rolled back car fuel efficiency standards requiring automakers to ensure their cars and light trucks were using less fuel. © AP Photo/Rick Bowmer While the Biden-era standards would have been expected to get the...

Debate over AI regulation pushed past midterms

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Debate over AI regulation pushed past midterms The debate over how to regulate artificial intelligence is being pushed past the November midterms, much to the dismay of some lawmakers. © Mariam Zuhaib, Associated Press Our colleague Sudiksha Kochi's latest Insider piece breaks down the flurry of last-minute proposals...

Mick Mulvaney: Trump ad ‘flat out’ wrong

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Monday said that a new taxpayer-funded TV advertisement from the White House promoting President Trump is "flat out" wrong. The 30-second ad features Trump saying in a voiceover that the U.S. will "cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists" and "rout the fake news media, and...

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