When Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced last week he would hold his chamber in session past the start of their holiday recess, he seemed optimistic about crafting a last-minute southern border deal that would open up aid to Ukraine. Now, that goal looks far out of reach, and the extra workdays for senators...
Microsoft’s burgeoning relationship with OpenAI is piling scrutiny on the tech giant's market power and ways it is building and yielding that power in the lucrative artificial intelligence (AI) space. Microsoft successfully skirted some of the spotlight on the market power of other technology giants, such as Apple and Google, over the past few years....
President Biden’s problem right now is not simply that his polls are bad. It’s that he is leaking support from key Democratic blocs — and that his nemesis, former President Trump, is doing surprisingly well. The starkest example comes among young voters. A New York Times/Siena College poll released Tuesday showed Trump ahead of Biden...
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is neck and neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for second place in Iowa, while former President Trump continues to hold a wide lead for first place, according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling Iowa survey out on Wednesday found Trump at 50 percent among Republican caucus voters...
Democrats in Washington are publicly rejecting -- but privately worried about -- polls showing Donald Trump with a significant lead over President Biden.
Dean Phillips, the Democratic congressmember challenging Joe Biden, is endorsing "Medicare for All” legislation, aligning himself with the progressive movement in one of its...
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will disperse $600 million in grants aimed at combating pollution in disadvantaged communities through regional “grantmaking” organizations. The funding is part of a larger bucket of $3 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act aimed at improving environmental justice — that is, addressing the disproportionate amounts of...
With Congress unlikely to pass a new Ukraine aid package before the new year, the Ukrainians are bracing for a tough winter as military operations slow down, troops are forced to preserve ammunition and Russian attacks continue to hammer energy infrastructure across the country. The breakdown of U.S. and European support also threatens to derail Ukraine’s economy and give Russian...