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Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted again, in a probe over an online post officials call a Trump threat

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again on Tuesday, this time in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Trump slams Germany’s Merz over his Iran comments

President Trump swiped back at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday after the European leader said Iranian negotiators were humiliating the U.S.

Ben Sasse wants you to love your neighbor not your political party

Former Sen. Ben Sasse has long been saying that Washington politics are broken. That’s not a unique message, but he has a subtle angle to his critique that deserves more attention. Aristotle tells us we are political animals, and Sasse agrees. But today our politics are too national and partisan and insufficiently local and cooperative. […]

Why you should be rooting for Monsanto at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court case involving Monsanto’s parent company, Bayer, and its weedkiller, Roundup, may not seem it, but it is a question of the globalization of American law at the expense of American sovereignty. The case at hand is about whether lawsuits against Monsanto should be allowed to continue. The lawsuits in question are over […]

Democrats ride the affordability wave

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Polls, gas prices have Democrats up, GOP down A few months ago, Republicans were highly confident they’d retain the Senate, where the GOP would have to lose a net of four seats to see its majority...

King Charles calls for international cooperation in historic address to Congress

British monarch King Charles III made an appeal to the shared values between the U.S. and the U.K. while stressing the importance of international cooperation and service in a historic address to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday. “The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone,” Charles said....

Trump opens up Minnesota wilderness for mining 

President Trump on Monday signed a measure stripping protections from a Minnesota wilderness area and instead opening it up to mining. The White House announced that Trump signed a resolution passed by the House and Senate to undo Biden-era protections for an area around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Boundary Waters is a wilderness area that includes a...

Senate Republican: Powell should leave Fed, ‘cash in’

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Tuesday said he hopes that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will depart the central bank at the conclusion of his term next month.  Powell’s term as chair is set to end on May 15, but he has previously said he would continue as a board member until the resolution of...

BP doubles its profits as Iran war elevates oil prices

BP earned $3.2 billion in the first quarter, the energy giant reported Tuesday — an exponential increase in its profits that beat market projects amid the rising cost of oil due to the Iran war. It’s the company’s highest profit in three years and first reported sign of growth under CEO Meg O'Neill, who was...

Google to provide AI models to Pentagon for classified work

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Google to provide AI models to Pentagon for classified work Google has signed a deal with the Pentagon to provide its artificial intelligence (AI) models for classified work, despite concerns raised by hundreds of employees this week over the terms of the agreement. © AP The Pentagon reached...

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