FBI Director Christopher Wray said the U.S. is seeing “historic” levels of antisemitism, with actions targeting the Jewish community after the Hamas-Israel war adding to a threat level for Jews that has spiked in recent years. “The reality is that the Jewish community is uniquely targeted by pretty much every terrorist organization across the spectrum....
The Biden administration has approved what is expected to be the nation’s largest offshore wind farm yet, it announced on Tuesday. The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project — 23.5 nautical miles off the coast of Virginia Beach — marks the fifth commercial-scale, offshore wind project approved in the U.S. All five projects were OK’d under...
A supply shortage means a drug that can prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants won't have a major immediate impact, children's hospitals said, and they are preparing for a surge in admissions this respiratory disease season. "Widespread access [to the new antibody drug] will take time across many sectors of the pediatric population and...
A GOP senator’s focus on antisemitic comments from one Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee spurred forceful pushback from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who said it was “despicable” to suggest the views are representative of his agency. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) zeroed in on social media comments from a DHS employee made in the wake...
A trio of U.S. officials Tuesday warned of spillover effects from the war between Israel and Hamas, noting a jump in hate crimes and the potential for U.S.-based terror attacks. The conflict has inspired both antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks, the officials said, with FBI Director Christopher Wray saying that American Jews face an “outrageous distinction of...
The attorneys attempting to paint former President Trump as an insurrectionist in order to get him banned from the ballot in Colorado in 2024 focused their case Tuesday on signals he sent to extremist groups who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Attorney Eric Olson, representing the plaintiffs, relied on expert testimony from an extremism...
Witnesses advised lawmakers Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) should be viewed and used as a tool to enhance human labor rather than replace human workers. “Jobs will not be done either by humans or robots, but humans enhanced by AI,” Mary Kate Morley Ryan, managing director of talent and organization at Accenture, told the Senate...
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers sued the state's Republican-run Legislature on Tuesday, accusing the body of obstructing essential governmental functions.