There is an old joke about a lost traveler walking along a country road and stopping to ask a yokel the way to the city. The local, leaning on a gate, scratches his head and scrunches his features, then answers, “I wouldn’t start from here, if I were you.”
The White House this week unveiled a freshly upgraded Situation Room in the West Wing following a $50 million facelift to the secure complex. President Biden posted a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, of a tour he received of the new space. "Folks, the newly renovated White House Situation Room is up and...
Two senators released a bipartisan framework for artificial intelligence (AI) legislation Friday as Congress ramps up efforts to regulate the novel technology. The proposal from Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) calls for requiring AI companies to apply for licensing and clarifying that a tech liability shield would not protect those companies from...
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday the number of Russian spies in the U.S. remains “way too big” despite recent efforts to root them out. “The Russian traditional counterintelligence threat continues to loom large,” Wray said at an event at the International Spy Museum. “The Russian intelligence footprint — and by that, I mean Russian...
The IRS is launching an initiative to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and 75 large businesses it says owe hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes, the agency announced Friday. The program takes advantage of additional funding for the agency included in the Inflation Reduction Act, which added funding to hire and replace 87,000...
President Biden on Thursday withdrew his nominee to lead the government’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) pulled his support over the administration's decision to move forward with new stove regulations. Manchin, who chairs the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee canceled a vote to advance the nomination of Jeffrey...