Michael Leach, the first-ever White House diversity and inclusion officer, will leave his post by the end of the month, a White House official told The Hill. Leach is special assistant to the president and chief diversity and inclusion officer at the White House. He was the first person to take on that role and...
PayPal announced Thursday it would be launching products powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline and expedite transactions for its customers. In its Thursday announcement, PayPal revealed that it will be launching six additional features on its platforms that will utilize AI to help merchants increase sales, make the checkout process more efficient and give...
California could become the first state to require certain new cars to be equipped with a device capable of limiting speed, if legislation proposed this week ultimately becomes law. San Francisco-based state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) introduced a bill mandating many new vehicles — beginning with the 2027 model year — contain a so-called “intelligent speed...
The three white men convicted of a federal hate crime for killing Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 will have their appeals heard by a federal court in March. On Feb. 23, 2020, in Brunswick, Ga., father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan chased Arbery, 25, in their pickup trucks before...
The Biden administration is looking to appease progressives who want it to block proposed expansions of the nation’s natural gas exports. With the 2024 election looming and some left-wing voters souring on President Biden, the administration appears poised to deliver at least a partial win to the Democratic Party's progressive wing by taking steps to elevate climate...
Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and August Pfluger (R-Texas) on Thursday announced bipartisan legislation that aims to crack down on the abuse and distribution of tianeptine, commonly referred to as “gas station heroin,” amid heightened concerns about the abuse of the unregulated drug. The bill — Scheduling Tianeptine and Analogues Now to Defend (STAND) Against...
NEW YORK — Former President Trump took the stand in his defamation case brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll on Thursday for about two minutes in a brief, fiery moment that marked the final testimony before closing arguments. Trump in the courtroom said nearly as much off the stand as he did while testifying....
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she supports Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in his border dispute with the Biden administration that she calls 'absolutely ridiculous.'
Former President Trump took the stand on Thursday in his defense in the civil defamation damages trial stemming from E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit claiming he sexually attacked her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
U.S. Reps Mario Díaz Balart and Ami Bera, the co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan Caucus, paid a visit to Taiwan to express America's bipartisan support.