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Tammy Haddad on Barbra Streisand, Trump and DC’s A-List weekend

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Man accused of spraying Omar with apple cider vinegar plans to plead guilty

The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with apple cider vinegar during a January town hall in her Minnesota district has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, according to court filings.   Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is expected to change his plea to guilty during a May 7 hearing in U.S. District Court in St. Paul,...

DHS earmarks millions for ‘smart glasses’ for immigration agents

ACLU attorneys fear the use of facial recognition technology could be invasive to Americans and migrants alike.

Heated socks sold at Costco recalled after wearers report second-degree burns

The recall covers roughly 207,800 pairs of 32 Degrees-branded socks which the CPSC says are tied to at least 14 "heat-related incidents." Thirteen of those incidents involved burns.

Warren draws ‘parallels’ between AI ‘bubble’ and financial crisis

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned on Thursday that investments in artificial intelligence could trigger a potential economic crash, drawing parallels to the 2008 financial crisis caused by a collapse in the housing bubble. “The parallels to the 2008 financial crisis are striking: the reckless behavior of a few billionaires and Big Tech CEOs has turned...

5 takeaways from Trump’s news conference on Iran

President Trump came to the lectern of the White House briefing room Monday for a lengthy news conference about the war on Iran. Trump, flanked by key allies including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, spent much of the first part of the event outlining how an airman who had been forced to eject from a fighter...

Trump to Iran: ‘Open the F‑‑‑in’ Strait’

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump threatens Iran over Hormuz President Trump over the weekend threatened Iran's infrastructure, calling on Tehran to "Open the F‑‑‑in’ Strait" of Hormuz. © Greg Nash "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will...

EPA takes early step in methane rule rollback

The Trump administration undertook an early step Monday in what is expected to be a significant rollback of a Biden-era rule restricting methane emissions from oil and gas production. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would revisit the methane rule, arguing that it was “throttling the oil and gas industry.” On Monday, the EPA...

Trump rips Supreme Court over birthright citizenship, tariffs

President Trump on Monday said the Supreme Court just “doesn’t seem to care” about the country after its ruling against his tariffs, and the considerable doubts many of the justices showed toward striking down birthright citizenship. "It’s too bad that the Supreme Court can’t watch and study the Mark Levin Show tonight on the Birthright...

Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence

{beacon} Technology   The Big Story Sam Altman's 'New Deal' for superintelligence OpenAI unveiled a series of policy proposals Monday, with hopes the conversation will lead to a new "social contract" in a world with artificial intelligence. © AP Photo The policy blueprint, published Monday, suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans,...

Trump’s looming deadline for Iran 

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump's looming deadline for Iran President Trump on Monday doubled down on his Tuesday evening deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States or else face destroyed infrastructure. © Greg Nash...

OPEC+ agrees to boost output when Strait of Hormuz reopens

A group of OPEC+ members met on Sunday and agreed to increase their oil output once the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.  The plan is set to be implemented in May and the countries said they would plan to produce 206 thousand barrels per day, upon the waterway reopening, according to a press release.  Eight...

GOP super PAC announces $342M investment in midterm Senate races

The Senate Leadership Fund, a big-dollar fundraising group affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), announced Monday a whopping $342 million investment across eight high-stakes midterm Senate races.  In its largest-ever ad buy, the Republican-led group is making an aggressive push to take the Democratic-held Senate seats in Michigan, Georgia and New Hampshire, according to...

Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said Monday it would rescind Title IX agreements that six schools made with the federal government under past administrations over gender identity. The department said the previous administrations' enforcement of Title IX was “illegal and burdensome" over “improper use of preferred pronouns” and “asking questions about a student’s preferred ‘gender.’”    Title IX is...

Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage 

President Trump suggested Monday that the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz — a strategy employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping choke point. During a White House press conference, a reporter asked Trump whether he would end the war...

Trump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran

President Trump on Monday brushed off questions from reporters about whether strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran would constitute war crimes. When asked by a New York Times reporter at the White House press briefing if he was concerned that bombing power plants and bridges, as he had threatened to do, constituted war crimes, Trump...

Trump doubles down on Tuesday night deadline for Iran to meet US demands

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States by Tuesday evening, or else face destroyed infrastructure. "We're giving them until tomorrow at 8 o'clock. And after that, they're going to have no bridges, no power plants,” Trump told reporters at a White House news...

Trump details rescue operation of missing F-15 airman in Iran: How it unfolded

President Trump and his top national security officials on Monday offered details on the harrowing rescue of a U.S. service member from Iran after a fighter jet was downed inside the country on Friday. Trump authorized the U.S. forces to start the search-and-rescue operation and within hours, the U.S. military deployed 21 aircraft into Iranian airspace. “You...

Loomer takes credit for arrest of former Iranian commander’s niece in California

Far-right media figure Laura Loomer took credit on Saturday for the arrests of the niece and grandniece of former Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike on Iraq during President Trump’s first term in 2020. Loomer said in a social media post that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Soleimani’s...

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