The White House mocked Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) in a social media post Friday, after the lawmaker criticized a federal immigration raid on a large cannabis farm in Southern California. The official White House account on social platform X posted a photograph of Gomez crying and labeled him “cryin’ Jimmy.” “ICE: Raids marijuana farms filled...
Federal disaster assistance will now be available for eight additional Texas counties impacted by deadly flash floods, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Friday. At least 160 people are still missing as a result of the floods, which followed torrential rain over the July 4 weekend. At least 120 people are dead in six counties. Five...
Decisive though the American response on Iran may have appeared, it cannot compare with the bombing needed to wipe out North Korea’s nuclear facilities.
Texas Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett have demanded details and documents from federal agencies tasked with tracking and responding to disasters following the devastating floods in Texas Hill Country, questioning whether recent Department of Government Efficiency cuts to the National Weather Service and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's cost control measures at DHS may have played a role.
A French prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into social platform X and its owner, Elon Musk, on accusations of “creating bias in France’s democratic debate.” The investigation comes after Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAi, deleted multiple posts from its chatbot Grok that included antisemitic comments. Among them, Grok called itself "MechaHitler" and insinuated that the Jewish people were controlling Hollywood. French National...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Friday hit back at a Democratic candidate running for her seat in Congress, who released an artificial intelligence (AI) generated ad taking aim at the congresswoman's widely expected bid for New York governor. Stefanik slammed the deepfake ad as “blatantly sexist” and “deeply offensive to North Country voters,” criticizing New...
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a $500 million defense assistance package for Ukraine amid escalating tensions with Russia. On Wednesday, the committee voted for the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a yearly bill to fund the Department of Defense (DOD). In a 26-1 vote, the committee extended the Ukraine Security Assistance...