A federal appeals court weighed on Tuesday whether to allow U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to move forward with a criminal contempt inquiry into Trump administration officials over last year’s deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador, as Justice Department lawyers allege the judge’s investigation is “unlawful.” Boasberg, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, has […]
A Staten Island judge blocked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s effort to institute a new tax on high-end second homes, telling him to start the effort over. Justice Wayne Ozzi of the state Supreme Court on Staten Island ruled in favor of homeowners who sued the city over the pied-à-terre tax scheme, an annual […]
Eleven House races shifted toward Democrats in Sabato’s Crystal Ball ratings Tuesday, another sign of the difficult political environment the GOP faces with just over a month until the midterm elections. The University of Virginia Center for Politics election forecaster moved all 11 contests in Democrats’ direction as the party continues to lead Republicans in […]
A technology and artificial intelligence safety group has sued OpenAI over a July incident in which the company’s technologies autonomously gained access to the systems of AI developer hub Hugging Face. Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology filed the lawsuit on Thursday in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco, arguing the company’s […]
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem filed for divorce from her husband Bryon Noem after 34 years of marriage. The divorce was filed due to “irreconcilable differences,” according to documents obtained by Dakota News Now. Kristi Noem said she was “devastated” after allegations surfaced that her husband was a secret crossdresser and chatted online […]
Conservative organizations and Republican senators will gather on Wednesday in Washington to organize a response to what they describe as “barfare,” the use of attorney disciplinary proceedings to punish lawyers for representing President Donald Trump and his allies. The all-day summit comes as Trump allies build a legal defense operation ahead of possible Democratic congressional […]
President Donald Trump told reporters in a rare impromptu press conference outside of the White House that he and technology CEOs signed a “morally binding” agreement to self-regulate artificial intelligence as public fears mount about the technology’s development. Although Trump conceded that the “White House Accord on Superintelligence: A Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities” […]
A 57-year-old man was killed after a shopping bag became trapped in the doors of a New York City subway train, dragging him onto the tracks as the train pulled away from a Brooklyn station, police said. Police said Yaw Boahene, of Brooklyn, was exiting the train around 6 p.m. Monday when his bag got […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said she supports federal intervention to ensure that biological males who identify as women can’t compete in women’s sports. “At the federal level, the executive branch does put a thumb on the pulse of this with Title IX enforcement,” Doescher said Monday on CNN’s This Morning. During the […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani released what he calls the nation’s first-ever municipal strategy to combat antisemitism on Tuesday as Jewish leaders accuse him of contributing to the problem with his anti-Israel rhetoric. The 33-page blueprint seeks to address the rapid rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes across New York City, home to the largest Jewish […]
