Americans are worried about artificial intelligence (AI), and who can blame them? We are entering a new era of human history. Where is this technology taking us? What can we do about it? What should we do about it? I hear these questions every day in the halls of Congress and coffee shops in Miami. ...

Former President Obama on Monday praised the nation’s librarians for standing “on the front lines” as book bans spread around the nation. In a letter to the "hardworking librarians of America," Obama denounced recent attempts to ban books that touch on topics like gender, sexuality and race. Many of these books and their authors shaped...

Taiwan’s vice president will transit through the U.S. next month, travel likely to draw intense pushback from China and further strain relations with Washington. Vice President Lai Ching-te, who is also a presidential candidate, will stop in the U.S. on his way to attend the inauguration of Paraguay’s president on August 14, the island’s presidential...

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Monday announced a list of candidates he would nominate to the Supreme Court if he were elected. The nine candidates include Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), as well as several federal judges who have delivered considerable conservative legal victories. Ramaswamy's decision to release a shortlist...

The National Weather Service is warning that an “extremely dangerous heat wave” is expected to continue over the Southwest this week and is expected to start spreading eastward on Monday. “Beginning Monday, dangerous heat will build in the Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. again, with widespread heat index readings over 110 degrees through Friday, before...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he supports ending the Senate's longstanding "blue slip" policy, which gives senators a say in judicial nominations in their states. Asked Friday during a press conference whether Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, should abolish the blue slip process, Jeffries said that the Senate as a...

The court’s defenders need to go back to public relations basics before the critics’ narrative drives panicked voters to the polls.

The operator of an under-construction natural gas pipeline has submitted an emergency request asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court’s stay on its construction. The Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would run through parts of eastern West Virginia and southern Virginia, was a pet project of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and its approval was...

The use of the word “lessons” can be very misleading. 

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (Conn.) on Monday warned about "the stakes" of the 2024 election, arguing Republicans will push to approve a national abortion ban if they win Congress next year. “If you didn’t know already, if Republicans win control of the House and Senate in 2024, they are going to pass a national abortion...