A global technology outage affecting Microsoft grounded flights, took broadcasters off the air and even had “limited” impacts on the Paris Olympics early Friday. The outage has been attributed to a “defect” in a software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which said shortly before 6 a.m. ET the issue had been “identified, isolated and...

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on Friday awarded law enforcement officials and agencies for their work in disrupting the flow of illicit drugs like fentanyl into the country. The United States Interdiction Coordinator (USIC) Awards recognized work in areas including cyber investigations, domestic investigations, international investigations, emerging threats, highway interdictions...

Biden World is digging its heels in Friday, defiant that President Biden is not dropping out of the 2024 race and touting new endorsements amid speculation that he will end his bid in the coming days. New calls for Biden to drop out from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.),...

It is time for a regulatory reboot that balances innovation with regulation, growth with accountability, and profit with public good.  

The United Auto Workers slammed former President Trump after he called for the union’s president, Shawn Fain, to be fired for letting carmakers build factories abroad, during his Thursday evening speech at the Republican National Convention. Trump accused China of making cars in Mexico to sell in the United States, “no tax, no anything,” during...

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) issued a rare joint statement Friday urging Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear “without delay” for a hearing Monday to discuss the weekend's assassination attempt of former President Trump. The statement from the top Republican and Democrat on the...

Five more House Democrats have joined the growing number of Washington, D.C. lawmakers who are urging President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election.

A new AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds that a majority of Democrats think Vice President Kamala Harris would make a good president herself.