A group consisting of University of California (UC) students, faculty, staff and labor unions is suing the Trump administration, alleging violations of their academic freedom and free speech rights. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the Trump administration of attempting to “commandeer this public university...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) got into a heated exchange about vaccines with former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Susan Monarez.  During a Wednesday hearing about Monarez’s ouster from the agency, Paul grilled her about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and the need for newborns to get a hepatitis B shot.  When Paul...

Whatever its faults, the Trump administration has made one thing clear: America will no longer leave its security, economy, or technological future in the hands of China. Days ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is shutting down a Microsoft program that had relied on Chinese nationals to help manage sensitive defense cloud environments —...

Attorney General Bill Barr recalled his conversations with President Trump when late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell during his testimony before a House investigative panel last month, according to a transcript released Tuesday. Barr told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he had at least two...

Since the 1970s, searchers have tried to locate the F.J. King, but conflicting accounts of its whereabouts when it sank hindered their efforts.

The Justice Department quietly removed from its website a study showing far-right extremists were responsible for the bulk of ideologically motivated deaths — a move that comes as the GOP seeks to back claims from President Trump that the “radical left” poses a greater danger than the right wing. The 2024 study, in which several criminal...

All in-person and online classes will resume Wednesday, and the university is offering counseling and heightened security.

Top U.S. tech firms, including Microsoft, Nvidia and Google, have unveiled billions of dollars’ worth of new AI investments in the United Kingdom amid President Trump’s state visit.   Microsoft announced Tuesday that it plans to invest $30 billion in AI infrastructure and operations in Britain over the next four years, part of which will go...

Political temperatures on Capitol Hill follow predictable patterns of temporary cooling after violence, only to heat up again due to member turnover and mistrust.

Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi is urging unity after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, warning partisan attacks are fueling division on Capitol Hill.