The rapid development of so-called “AI agents,” which promise to transform the way consumers travel, shop and even receive medical care, is going to demand cooperative industry action to ensure open and competitive markets.
Republican budget hawks got steamrolled this week as the House passed a bill to advance President Trump's agenda, sending concerns though financial markets about permanently higher U.S. deficit levels. Following the pandemic, the U.S. national debt ratcheted up to a new plateau of around 120 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) after the government sent...
House Republicans are sending a clear and early warning to their Senate allies as the bill encompassing President Trump’s domestic priorities heads to the upper chamber: Don’t water it down. House GOP leaders spent weeks in delicate talks with Republican holdouts before cobbling together a fragile agreement that could thread the needle between conservatives’ demands...
Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night outside a Jewish museum in Washington, made his first court appearance this week, where a picture of the criminal case against him so far began to come into focus. The killings of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a young...
Trump's legislative success contrasts with low approval ratings on economic issues like tariffs and inflation overshadowing his presidency's achievements.
The demonizing of Israeli actions is sustained by a wide range of individuals and organizations, all purporting to be concerned about the welfare of Palestinians. However, they ignore the anti-Hamas actions by Gazans. When ceasefire talks broke down at the end of March, there were two days of widespread demonstrations against Hamas. The New York Times […]
The late Democratic Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly was, by all accounts, one of the kindest members of Congress, and he will be missed personally by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Normally, the death of a congress member would not be noteworthy other than on a personal level. But Connolly was the third […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem crowed Friday after the American Civil Liberties Union dropped one of its myriad lawsuits trying to hinder the government's deportation efforts.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a Friday letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to drop its prosecution against Boeing, which the Trump administration did later in the day. Initial charges alleged that the aircraft company mislead regulators before two 737 planes crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing 346 people,...
Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm, said Friday it is planning to cut 2,500 jobs as the Trump administration seeks to reduce government spending levels by discontinuing federal contracts. The federal shift is projected to decrease Booz Allen’s fiscal 2026 revenue by 3 percent, as most of the company’s earnings are rooted in government contracts. ...