Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) signaled the White House has not made enough progress on an AI moratorium for it to be included in the defense policy bill the Senate will consider later this month. “That’s controversial, as you know,” Thune said of the moratorium, which would temporarily prevent states from passing new laws on […]
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) encouraged Tennessee voters to turn out for who he calls “one of the best candidates,” Matt Van Epps, instead of “homegrown Marxist” Aftyn Behn. “Look, this lady was educated in Knoxville, Tennessee, my hometown,” Burchett said of Behn on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom on Tuesday. “We need to wake up to […]
EXCLUSIVE — Employees across the Department of Commerce and its major bureaus, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Census Bureau, are still required to submit monthly “five things” accomplishment emails, even though the rest of the federal workforce no longer has to. According to a copy of an […]
As the Trump administration faces congressional scrutiny over its military strikes in the Caribbean, the White House says Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley ordered a second lethal strike on an alleged drug boat in early September after War Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the operation. A lesser-known official at the Department of War, Bradley’s oversight of […]
Pope Leo XIV claims to be in talks with the United States and Israel regarding a peace plan for the Middle East. Speaking to reporters aboard the papal jet on Tuesday as he wrapped up his apostolic journey to Lebanon, the pontiff was asked how the Vatican is using its contacts with the U.S. and […]
A consumer watchdog group said leadership at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is living lavishly off millions of dollars raised in donations while spending relatively little to support local animal shelters. The ASPCA, a national nonprofit organization known for its commercials featuring abused and malnourished dogs, allocates just a small […]
Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia effectively chose to walk away from a high-profile lawsuit over its transgender pronoun and bathroom policies, agreeing to allow judgment to be entered against the district rather than continue defending its rules in federal court. Jane Doe, the former Fairfax County student represented by America First Legal, accepted the […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pushed back on House Republicans‘ criticism over getting “rolled” by House Democrats over a provision of the annual defense authorization bill, saying that “all of that is false.” Johnson’s remarks follow Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), chairwoman of House Republican leadership, blasting him for allowing Democrats to remove an amendment to […]
Retailer Costco is suing the Trump administration over tariffs, anticipating that the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump’s emergency powers. While Trump is promising $2,000 tariff dividend checks to Americans, Costco is seeking a full refund of the tariffs it has paid to the Trump administration for its foreign products, with interest, before […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold federal funding from Minnesota and decertify the state’s commercial driver license program on Monday after a September audit found that the state vaguely complied with federal laws. The audit alleged that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Driver and Vehicle Services issued nondomiciled CDLs that extend beyond the […]
