The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking carmakers and wireless service providers to give more information on car applications that have reportedly been used by domestic abusers to track victims. The FCC sent letters to nine different car companies and three voice service providers to ask for more details on the connected car tools and how they...
A Georgia judge granted one of former President Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case a three-month delay in his proceedings Thursday. “As a current member of the General Assembly, the Defendant is automatically entitled to a continuance and stay from ‘all aspects of the case,’” the latest filing in Georgia state Sen. Shawn...
The U.S. and the U.K. conducted a spate of retaliatory strikes Thursday against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, President Biden announced Thursday evening. “Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces—together with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands—successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen used by...
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a warning that a bitter cold arctic blast will move in across the United States over the weekend, adding to an already stormy January across the country. Arctic temperatures will move in from the West, affecting the northern Rocky Mountains and northern Plains beginning Thursday evening into Friday. The...
A late push from hard-line conservatives in the House to get Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to back out of a top-line spending deal with Democrats is frustrating Republicans on both sides of the Capitol. “That’s pretty nasty. It’s ridiculous,” Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) said, noting that the same members have continuously complained about spending deals...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) seized a record number of firearms at airports across the country in 2023, the agency announced Wednesday. TSA agents intercepted 6,737 firearms over the last year, surpassing the previous year’s record of 6,542 firearms stopped at TSA checkpoints. The agency also noted nearly 93 percent of the confiscated firearms were...
Aid to Ukraine is expensive. No doubt. But the Cold War exacted multiples of the estimated $70 billion that the United States has so far provided Ukraine.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced Thursday that they would be creating a “Working Group” on artificial intelligence (AI). Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, along with Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), announced the creation of the group. The AI Working Group will explore how AI “is...