California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) sent a cease and desist letter Friday to xAI demanding that it stop producing AI-generated sexualized deepfakes of girls and women online, including on the social platform X. Bonta said in a statement that the "creation, distribution, publication and exhibition" of deepfakes of girls is child sexual abuse material...
The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating allegations against conservative firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). The Ethics Committee did not go into detail about the probe. However, it noted that the matter regarding Mace was transmitted by the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) on Dec. 2, 2025. “The Committee notes that the...
The White House announced Friday the composition of the “Board of Peace” tasked with implementing President Trump’s 20-point peace plan and steering Gaza’s postwar reconstruction. The body, headed by Trump, will also include three of his closest diplomatic advisers — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner...
After the Trump administration and a coalition of bipartisan governors called on the biggest U.S. electric grid operator to enact reforms to cut electricity prices, the operator announced its own plan that does not include key details of the bipartisan proposal. The grid operator, PJM, which serves states on the East Coast and in the Midwest, said Friday...
The committee that awards the Nobel Prize said Friday that the physical symbols of the prize — a medal and diploma — can be given away, but the honor itself is “inseparably linked” to the winner. “The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded...
The Justice Department is seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed in South Florida in 2024. Ryan Routh, 59, was found guilty last year on all five counts he faced following a trial where he mounted his own defense. Federal prosecutors wrote in court filings...
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) urged those demonstrating against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota to not let anger win out in response to reports of protesters throwing projectiles at police. “Do not let your anger get the best of you,” Omar said in an interview with NewsNation's Mills Hayes on Friday. “We are...
President Trump will announce a proposal next week to allow Americans to dip into their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home as part of his housing affordability push, one of his top economic advisers said Friday. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said Trump will unveil the plan at the upcoming...
The Education Department said Friday it would delay plans to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who are in default. The department said it will temporarily delay wage garnishment for those who haven't paid toward their loans in more than nine months as new student loans reforms are implemented this year. It previously...
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday called for warmer diplomatic relations with the U.S. and advocated for opening her country's oil industry to foreign investors in the wake of President Trump's decision to take control of Venezuela's oil. "Let us not be afraid of diplomacy," Rodríguez said in her first state of the union...
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Friday Americans would be hurt by a trade deal between China and Canada as foreign nations seek new trade partners amid the Trump administration’s tariff wars. “We just got absolutely rolled in this Canada - China deal. A stark foreign policy failure with domestic economic consequences,” Schatz wrote in a...
A third offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was allowed to resume construction Friday, dealing yet another blow to the administration’s anti-wind efforts. Federal Judge Jamar Walker, an appointee of former President Biden in Virginia, allowed the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project to temporarily keep building. Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday...
A Liberian national who was arrested by federal immigration officers in Minnesota last weekend after they used a battering ram to break down his door was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody Friday for the second time in less than 24 hours, according to his attorney, who spoke with The Associated Press. A...
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to demand companies turn over information on cellphones online at a location during a specific time window. In a brief order, the justices said they will review a defendant’s appeal that argues such warrants violate his Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches. The case will potentially be...
