A GOP senator’s focus on antisemitic comments from one Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee spurred forceful pushback from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who said it was “despicable” to suggest the views are representative of his agency. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) zeroed in on social media comments from a DHS employee made in the wake...
A trio of U.S. officials Tuesday warned of spillover effects from the war between Israel and Hamas, noting a jump in hate crimes and the potential for U.S.-based terror attacks. The conflict has inspired both antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks, the officials said, with FBI Director Christopher Wray saying that American Jews face an “outrageous distinction of...
The attorneys attempting to paint former President Trump as an insurrectionist in order to get him banned from the ballot in Colorado in 2024 focused their case Tuesday on signals he sent to extremist groups who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Attorney Eric Olson, representing the plaintiffs, relied on expert testimony from an extremism...
Witnesses advised lawmakers Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) should be viewed and used as a tool to enhance human labor rather than replace human workers. “Jobs will not be done either by humans or robots, but humans enhanced by AI,” Mary Kate Morley Ryan, managing director of talent and organization at Accenture, told the Senate...
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers sued the state's Republican-run Legislature on Tuesday, accusing the body of obstructing essential governmental functions.
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday issued an executive directive aimed at combatting anti-religious hate crimes as tensions flair over the Israel-Hamas war.
EXCLUSIVE: The White House is blasting House Republicans for setting an "unprecedented bar" in their proposed bill to aid Israel in country's fight against Hamas.
A White House spokesperson said they "couldn't possibly answer" whether any terrorists had already taken advantage of the border crisis and entered the U.S.