Secretary of State Antony Blinken famously declared, “Diplomacy is back,” he but confuses diplomacy with affability. Guitar jamming in Ukraine is already Blinken’s Michael-Dukakis-in-a-tank moment. Dictators see in Blinken a man around whom they can run circles. During the Trump years, NATO allies paid up; today, they again stick America with the bill. Two-bit dictators such […]

New York has sentenced a 53-year-old black man with no criminal history to 10 years behind bars for the crime of exercising his constitutionally protected Second Amendment rights. Dexter Taylor, a software engineer from Brooklyn, was raided by police and arrested in 2022 after Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzales, the man who pledged to lead “the most progressive D.A.’s office […]

An unsuccessful candidate for West Virginia secretary of state was hospitalized on Wednesday after being bitten by a copperhead snake while removing campaign signs. Doug Skaff, who placed second in the GOP primary for secretary of state in Tuesday’s election, said he was bitten in the leg twice by a copperhead while removing signs near...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) accused Kansas City of doxxing the Chiefs’ kicker, Harrison Butker, and pledged to hold the city accountable in a statement Thursday. “My office is demanding accountability after @KansasCity doxxed @buttkicker7 last night for daring to express his religious beliefs,” Bailey wrote on the social media platform X, linking to...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  How advocates reacted to Schumer's AI 'roadmap' Civil rights, technology and labor advocates are warning that the bipartisan artificial intelligence (AI) guidance Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released Wednesday is not adequate to address the risks posed by the advancing technology.   ©...

The U.S. government's case in its corruption trial for Sen. Menendez amounts to guilt by association, co-defendants' attorneys in the New Jersey Democrat's corruption trial said.

Former President Trump on Thursday filed a notice of appeal to the Georgia Court of Appeals formalizing his bid to have Fulton Count DA Fani Willis disqualified.

Customs and Border Protection rejected a Fox News FOIA request to reveal nationalities of people arrested by Border Patrol in recent years, citing "privacy interests."

The Justice Department announced that the attorney general under the Biden administration filed to have the process started of downgrading marijuana to a less dangerous drug.