The Los Angeles City council on Tuesday approved a “robot dog” for use by the LA Police Department. The council voted 8-4 to approve the donation of a “Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle” despite criticism from the public ahead of the vote. The council’s site says the tech, valued at $277,917, comes from the Los Angeles...
President Biden on Wednesday will mark the anniversary of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed, by calling for congressional action to address gun violence. The president will deliver remarks by the grand staircase of the White House to remember the victims of the shooting, a White House...
Republican negotiators are warning that a “significant gap” remains between the White House and GOP lawmakers on a deal to raise the debt ceiling with nine days to go until June 1 — the day the Treasury Department has said the U.S. could default. The fundamental issue is topline discretionary spending levels, GOP negotiators Reps....
The House Ethics Committee concluded a two-year investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) interactions with a suspected Chinese spy and determined that it will take no further action. The committee informed Swalwell of the decision in a private letter dated Monday and said it did not plan on releasing the letter publicly. “As you are...
When you live with an incurable neurological disease that will shorten your life or have a genetic predisposition to becoming afflicted with that disease, the emotional roller coaster looping between hope and despair is inevitable. May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month and an opportunity to observe that hope is currently trending well, particularly if Congress takes action...
Republican lawmakers denounced a senior FBI official during a hearing Tuesday after she said she hadn’t read special counsel John Durham’s report on the agency’s investigation into former President Trump’s alleged Russia ties. “I’m honestly speechless at this point in time,” Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement,...
Casey DeSantis, the wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), shared a video Tuesday evening teasing her husband's 2024 presidential bid, which he's expected to launch Wednesday. "They call it faith because, in the face of darkness, you can see that brighter future. A faith that our best days lay ahead of us. But is...
A bill proposed in the Alabama state legislature would require illegal immigrants detained by law enforcement to provide their fingerprints and a DNA sample.