Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) dodged questions on Friday over whether he would send cluster bombs to Ukraine after the U.S. confirmed this month that it had supplied Ukraine with the controversial munitions. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked Scott during the conservative Christian The Family Leadership Summit where he stood on...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is part of a bipartisan group of senators who have offered an amendment to the annual Defense authorization bill requiring the federal government to collect and make public records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization...
The House Administration Committee on Thursday advanced a divisive election reform bill that would encourage states to adopt stricter voter ID requirements, force Washington, D.C., to change some election processes and make changes to federal campaign finance rules. The bill, which is more than 200 pages long, advanced to the House floor by an 8-4...
The CEO of the company behind artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT has pledged to work with the agency, even as he criticized how news of its probe of the company became public. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s tweeted response came after the agency's request for documents from the company about the AI chatbot was first reported...
“Our neck is stretched over the fence and OPEC has a knife.” This was President Jimmy Carter quoting an American he met as part of a speech during the energy crisis in 1979. Carter’s statements were dubbed the “Crisis of Confidence” speech, and were delivered in July, when oil prices were $13 per barrel, (49...
Several former White House officials have appeared before a Washington grand jury as special counsel Jack Smith’s team probes whether former President Trump knew he lost the 2020 election. According to multiple reports, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and former communications aide Hope Hicks were among those who gave testimony to the grand jury. The group...
Language blocking a ban on gas stoves has been incorporated into a bipartisan Senate appropriations bill, giving it a significant chance to ultimately become law. A bill that would prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning the products was incorporated into a funding bill for “Financial Services and General Government” Thursday. The head of...
The House on Friday approved the annual defense policy bill in a 219-210 vote after it was loaded up with conservative amendments in a big win for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his Republican conference. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was widely opposed by Democrats, an unusual outcome for the annual legislation which routinely...
Former Secret Service agent Evy Poumpouras said Thursday she’s not surprised cocaine was able to get into the White House, a day after the Secret Service ended its investigation into the situation with no suspect. “I’m not surprised because when we did the White House tours — and I was especially on the East Wing...