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Sen. Schmitt proposes bill to shield Americans from sham Chinese court rulings

Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt is proposing what appears to be first-of-its-kind legislation to prevent China from enforcing politically motivated court verdicts against Americans, amid an intensifying fight over the Wuhan lab at the center of speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump administration pauses all offshore wind projects, citing national security risks

Offshore wind farms pose national security risks and will be halted while the government reviews ongoing projects, Trump administration officials announced Monday.

DHS triples self-deportation bonus: Migrants who leave by year’s end can get $3,000

Illegal immigrants who register with the government to self-deport and who go by the end of the year will get a $3,000 payment from Uncle Sam -- triple the usual rate -- the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

The AI backlash is getting real

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "slop," a term that has come to define a growing resistance to all things artificial intelligence -- from massive, energy-hungry data centers to simulated actors and television commercials and an endless stream of online fakery.

Emil Bove’s Supreme Court audition

Trump-appointed conservative judges have been lining up for years to audition for the next Republican Supreme Court opening. Lately, their efforts have been escalating, in keeping with Pres. Donald Trump’s well-known expectation of demonstrative fealty. One judge may have come up with a new way to find favor with the president, by openly taking a...

How the Epstein case produces a constitutional crisis for Trump 

What better way to recognize the 250th anniversary of American independence than a bloodless revolt against the current would-be king. 

Sanders to swear in Mamdani as New York City’s mayor

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will swear in Zohran Mamdani (D) as New York City’s next mayor in a public ceremony on Jan. 1, 2026, a person familiar with the plan confirmed. Mamdani could pick any official authorized to notarize a legal document to swear him in as New York City’s next mayor, and he chose...

DHS triples ‘exit bonus’ for migrants who self-deport before new year

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering migrants living in the U.S. illegally a $3,000 stipend to voluntarily self-deport by the end of the year. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that DHS is tripling the so-called exit bonus for migrants who register to self-deport through the CBP Home app before the end...

Trump administration suspends leases for major offshore wind projects

The Trump administration has suspended the authority of five major offshore wind farms to keep building in federal waters, yet another escalation of the administration’s attacks on the wind energy industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a post on the social platform X that five leases, all on the East Coast, were being paused...

Wall Street Journal knocks Romney’s ‘tax the rich’ proposal

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board went after former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) over his “tax the rich” proposal in a New York Times op-ed. “The rich who favor higher taxes pitch this as an act of civic virtue. But paying higher taxes on income or capital gains is no great sacrifice for them because...

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