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Iowa’s Senate rivals pitch independence from their parties

Republican Ashley Hinson wants Iowans to know she’ll pick a fight with President Donald Trump. Democrat Josh Turek wants them to know he’ll work with him.The rivals in Iowa’s...

Le Pen vows to revive oil prospecting in France, calling 2017 ban ‘stupid’

Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen vowed Sunday to allow France to prospect for oil again on its territory if she is elected in May, a proposal reminiscent of U.S. President Donald Trump's "drill, baby, drill " policy to speed up fossil fuel development.

James Talarico’s extremism and the Texas race that should not be close

The campaign bus rolls through North Texas under a cloudless sky. Inside, James Talarico, the 37-year-old Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, speaks in the measured cadence of a man who once taught middle-school English and now studies to become a Presbyterian minister. He quotes Scripture. He talks about working families and the cost […]

AI has a language gap. That could be a problem for some voters.

AI chatbots are feeding non-native English speakers inaccurate information about the election, community activists...

Australian defense land selloff runs into multiparty opposition

SYDNEY — Former Prime Minister John Howard urged the Australian government to reverse its...

Trump administration launches national kidney care plan

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Trump launches national kidney care plan The Trump administration launched the Kidney Care National Plan Tuesday, aiming to improve structural kidney care deficiencies the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department says lead to higher costs and lower quality. © Rich Pedroncelli,...

White House relies on existing laws to regulate AI

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Can existing laws take on AI? Trump is betting on it. The Trump administration is relying on existing criminal and civil laws to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents. But legal experts are uncertain whether this will be enough. © UPI Photo...

Americans likely to associate tech CEOs, even fake ones, with GOP: Poll

Americans are more likely to assume the executives heading up the largest technology firms are Republican, marking a drastic shift in perception of what was once known as a liberal Silicon Valley, according to a new poll.  In a new poll published by Politico on Monday, American respondents were asked about eight current or former...

Spanberger pushes for 6-year rate-hike freeze if Dominion-Next Era merger approved

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is pushing for a six-year pause on electricity rate hikes in the commonwealth as part of a merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. Spanberger on Monday filed expert testimony with the State Corporation Commission (SCC), urging it to reject the proposed merger if the two companies do not agree...

Ohio governor’s race takes ugly turn with viral video featuring Acton’s mother

A new viral video targeting Amy Acton is roiling the increasingly ugly Ohio governor’s race, where the Democrat is running against GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. The clip features Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling the Democrat “a liar” and urging Ohioans to vote against her. It’s unclear who is behind the 60-second spot, which did...

Ocasio-Cortez, Garcia latest Democrats to report receiving suspicious letter

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are the latest among several officials across the country who have reported receiving suspicious packages at their offices ahead of the midterm elections. Ocasio-Cortez released a statement Tuesday evening saying a suspicious letter was delivered to her district office in Hunts Point, N.Y. The letter is being...

North Carolina mail-in ballot restrictions to remain through midterms, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Monday that North Carolina is permitted to keep its strict mail-in ballot rules in place for November’s election, which were changed just before ballots were mailed in September. In the ruling, Judge Thomas D. Shroeder wrote that it was too close to the election to change the rules again, and that...

How bond yields are slowing AI-fueled stock rally

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story How bond yields are slowing AI-fueled stock rally Bond yields in the U.S. have risen this year, slowing down a stock market that has risen for years on the back of the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout. ...

Trump bets existing laws can police AI. Will they be enough?

The Trump administration is taking the position that existing criminal and civil laws will be enough to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents, even as legal experts question whether this will suffice.  President Trump’s so-called “Super Intelligence (SI) Force” argues it can create standards for AI firms with laws...

Trump approval at record low 31 percent ahead of midterms: Survey

President Trump's approval rating on Monday reached a new record low with two weeks left until the November midterm elections, when Republicans could lose the House and Senate to Democrats. The latest polling from Reuters/Ipsos shows the president with a 31 percent approval rating, down 1 point since the previous poll two weeks ago and...

How did being a good teammate become so controversial?

Athletes cannot be celebrated for speaking out when their views fit comfortably within worldviews compatible with the establishment, but then become professionally expendable when they say something that makes others uncomfortable.

Inside the monthslong federal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar

Scott Johnson, a retired Minnesota attorney and co-founder of Powerline Blog, first began looking into Omar in 2016.

5 hottest midterm battlegrounds two weeks out from Election Day

In today’s issue: Election Day is fast approaching with voters now able to cast early ballots in many states throughout the country. Polls are continuing to show Democrats poised for a strong performance two weeks from today, but how much they can gain is still up in the air. All eyes are on a handful...

Why can’t I afford life? Boomer prosperity is masking a weak economy.

So which party has a better plan for addressing this problem and getting you a fair shot at the American Dream? The bad news is, the answer is "neither."

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