Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday aimed at preventing the enormous electricity demands of AI data centers from driving up utility costs for American households, stopping a measure that had previously received overwhelming bipartisan support in the House. The Ratepayer Protection…
Senate Democrats blocked the House-passed Stop Insider Trading Act on Wednesday, preventing legislation restricting members of Congress and their immediate families from trading individual stocks from advancing in the Senate. The procedural vote failed 53-47, falling seven votes short of…
The Justice Department has charged 17 people accused of attempting to steal more than $1.3 million from Social Security benefit programs, including an Illinois woman accused of collecting government benefits while concealing her dead mother’s body in a freezer for…
President Trump called for the artificial intelligence industry to embrace “tremendous self-regulation” Tuesday as he hosted some of the world’s most powerful technology executives for a high-profile lunch at the White House. Trump made the remarks from the East Room…
Former special counsel Jack Smith faced a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday as Republican senators accused him of abusing his authority and politically targeting President Trump and Republican lawmakers during his investigations. Smith rejected those accusations and defended his…
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem, ending a marriage that has lasted more than three decades. Court records show Noem filed the divorce paperwork Monday in Hamlin County, South Dakota. The…
President Trump’s Department of Education has formally scrapped the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX regulations, restoring rules originally adopted during Trump’s first term and removing the Biden-era regulations from the federal rulebook. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced the move Monday,…
FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announced Monday that he is stepping down from the bureau after just over a year in the position, ending a tenure that included a prominent role in the FBI’s investigation of issues surrounding the 2020…
South Korea is demanding an official apology from Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly revealed the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul, setting off a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. Zelensky disclosed the transfer during his…
President Donald Trump is set to announce plans for a massive $15 billion steel plant in Iowa that the White House says will become the largest steelmaking facility in American history, bringing thousands of jobs and a major new manufacturing…
