Republicans cleared hundreds of millions in funding for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, despite President Donald Trump's order attempting to shutter the broadcasting agency last year.
The U.S. military said Monday it had targeted another alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two “narco-terrorists” as it continued its counternarcotics campaign off the coast of South America. The U.S. forces blew up the vessel, which was operated by a designated terrorist organization, in international waters and no U.S. service members were...
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were in lockstep on Monday during a press conference following their lunch meeting at Mar-a-Lago, ramping up pressure on Hamas to disarm and threatening to renew attacks on Iran if it seeks to build up its ballistic missile program. Trump said Israel had lived up to its...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “conceded literally nothing” in talks to end the war in Ukraine. “The adversary here, Vladimir Putin, has — to best I can tell — conceded literally nothing to date. And while they say there's 90 percent agreement, I doubt that Vladimir Putin...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Virginia's 'data center alley' gives glimpse into America's AI future As data centers hurtle to the forefront of the national debate over AI and energy costs, northern Virginia offers a preview of the political fights that will play out in communities across the country seeking to cash in on...
Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending programs. Loeffler said on the social platform X that the SBA is pausing yearly funding to Minnesota “while we investigate $430 million in suspected [Paycheck Protection Program] fraud...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) claimed in a New York Times profile that President Trump said his “friends will get hurt” by exposing abusers connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to the story told by Greene, she received a call from Trump after she said at a news conference that she would expose...
Democrats plan to hold a fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by reconvening the House select committee that investigated the matter. In a “Dear Colleague” letter, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) asked members of the House if they would like to provide testimony at a hearing that is otherwise slated to...
President Trump told reporters he was considering bringing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for "gross incompetence" as he complained about renovations to the central bank's headquarters. "We're thinking about bringing a suit against Powell for incompetence. Because think of it, these aren't outstanding buildings. These are small buildings," Trump said during a...
President Trump said Monday that Hamas must disarm within a "very short period of time" as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, warning of deadly consequences if the group does not follow through. "They're going to be given a very short period of time to disarm. And we'll see how that works out," Trump...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggested Sunday that AI is the “most consequential technology in the history of humanity,” as he reiterated his call for a moratorium on data center construction. “It will transform our country. It will transform the world,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And we have not had in Congress, in the...
A Utah judge on Monday ruled that the transcript and audio recording of a closed-door hearing in the criminal case against the 22-year-old accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk must be made public with some redactions. Judge Tony Graf said during a remote hearing that he expected the redacted transcript to be available by the end...
Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia, which President Trump said he was “very angry” about, even as Kyiv has denied it happened. The Kremlin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow's negotiating position to end its war in Ukraine was under review after it claimed Kyiv tried...
