Alarm bells are ringing over the rapid development of artificial intelligence as Congress weighs the technology’s national security potential against risks posed by unregulated growth. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters that a meeting with top AI executives and the White House is in the works sometime soon. But the clock is ticking for […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) cast his first Senate vote since a June fall, releasing a Monday evening statement promising to “do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.” His return to the Senate follows immense speculation, and conspiracy theories, about his health. Little was disclosed about his condition after […]
Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D-KY) political action committee is making a play in Kentucky’s open 6th Congressional District, investing a quarter of a million dollars in attack ad money against GOP candidate Ralph Alvarado. In Kentucky’s 6th District, which circles Lexington and its surrounding area, former state Sen. Alvarado and Democratic former federal prosecutor Zach Dembo […]
Former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawyers told a federal judge on Monday that charges are looming in two investigations being handled by federal prosecutors in Florida, urging her to take the highly unusual step of ordering the government to preserve records before any indictment is made. Kenneth Wainstein, an attorney for Brennan, said his client […]
President Donald Trump’s push to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections is running into an increasingly unforgiving deadline as ballots begin moving through the mail and the Supreme Court weighs whether to allow the administration to proceed. A second federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing its new […]
Top Democratic strategists huddled in Washington, D.C. over the weekend to try to chart a path forward on one of the hottest political topics in the country: artificial intelligence. While President Donald Trump and, to a lesser extent, vice president and likely 2028 Republican presidential nominee JD Vance have leaned into building America into a […]
President Donald Trump endorsed law enforcement’s use of Flock cameras despite the intense bipartisan backlash they are facing in the court of public opinion. Asked by a reporter aboard Air Force One on Sunday if he backs Flock cameras, Trump responded, “I sort of like them because of that, because of law enforcement. But some […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he would not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race. Newsom has been eyed as a possible 2028 front-runner as early as 2024, and much of his posturing since President Donald Trump took office has been interpreted as a not-so-subtle attempt to prepare […]
A United Nations watchdog group is accusing the supranational body of conducting a willfully ineffective and handicapped reform of its Palestinian relief agency. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has issued periodic updates since 2024 on reforms suggested by an independent investigative body following accusations from Israeli […]
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) was tapped by the Trump administration Monday to be the next ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a post that has been open for the entirety of President Donald Trump’s second term. The Texas Republican previously served as a diplomatic liaison officer in Saudi Arabia and has been a close Trump ally in […]
