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,...
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.
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...
Congress is offering parents a deal: Commit your family’s most sensitive data (such as IDs and biometrics) to app stores, and in exchange, we’ll make it slightly harder for your children to use TikTok. This sounds like a ridiculous deal that nobody would take — though it’s precisely what Congress is proposing with the App […]
The AI-sentience conversation was recently elevated in the Anthropic-War Department controversy. Much of it centered on technology advancing faster than legislation can keep up, and when something can mirror human consciousness this well, there is a temptation to rely on it as if it were human. Yet one key element is missing: sentience. The deeper […]
Long before she became President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means was sounding the alarm about glyphosate, the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup. Means wrote about the toxicity of glyphosate and reiterated her worries during her recent Senate confirmation hearing, telling senators that she is “gravely concerned about the health impacts of […]
For years, homeowners and builders have been trapped in a cycle of waiting — waiting for permits, waiting for inspections, and waiting for approvals that can take months or even years to arrive. Now, policymakers across the country are taking a fresh look at outdated permitting processes, and they’re beginning to cut the red tape […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has launched a blistering offensive against President Donald Trump, squarely blaming the administration’s federal overreach for California’s skyrocketing gas prices, all while refusing to take responsibility for the fact that Californians pay the highest gas prices in the nation on average. California’s energy exodus began long before Trump returned to office. […]
The Democratic Party's growing antisemitic wing is out to blacklist support for Israel, or at least the nation's main pro-Israel lobbying and political action...
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. On Nov. 4, 2024, a free and fair election was […]
Since its creation some 47 years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran has demonstrated resourcefulness and dedication to its goals of regional hegemony and proliferation of Islamic radicalism. As a result, the extent of Iranian military recovery from the attacks in June 2025 should not have been surprising. Clearly, if the regime remains in control […]
