The House approved its version of the annual defense policy bill that includes a number of controversial culture-war amendments Friday, setting the stage for a showdown with the Democratic-controlled Senate over legislation that typically enjoys bipartisan support. The chamber cleared the $883.7 billion measure — known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — in a...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a fiery dissent harshly denounced a Supreme Court ruling Friday that rejected a ban on bump stocks, saying it “eviscerates” the congressional regulation of machine guns. “Today, the Court puts bump stocks back in civilian hands,” Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown...
As China conducts military exercises around Taiwan, it is important not to forget about less visible methods of attack. In addition to military threats, Taiwan must prepare for the risk of electronic and financial attacks. Indeed, the weaponization of cyber and finance has already occurred. Russia used cyberattacks to gain an advantage during its invasion of Georgia in...
Former President Trump, who has been a vocal skeptic of artificial intelligence, divulged this week that he's actually used AI to rewrite one of his speeches but he still finds the technology "alarming." "What it does is so crazy. Now, it can also be really used for good. I mean, things can happen. I had...
Nineteen Democrats and one independent are calling on U.S. financial regulators to do more to address financial risks posed by the changing climate. The lawmakers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), wrote to leaders of the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance...
Lanon Baccam, Democratic nominee for Iowa's 3rd House district, deleted anti-Trump tweets from his X account to position himself as a centrist, Republican critics claim.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday that will block the implementation of President Biden's Title IX changes in Louisiana, Montana, Idaho and Mississippi.