California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new executive order Friday accelerating state oversight of artificial intelligence and directing officials to explore requiring developers of the most advanced AI systems to build an emergency “kill switch” into their models. The order…
Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar is publicly breaking with President Donald Trump over his administration’s immigration enforcement campaign, arguing that the crackdown has expanded beyond targeting dangerous criminals and is alienating Hispanic voters who supported Trump in 2024. Salazar, who…
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has contributed $1 million to a campaign opposing a California ballot measure that would establish new identification requirements for voters, adding significant financial backing to the effort ahead of the November election. The measure, Proposition 39,…
A Minnesota man who sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with an apple cider vinegar mixture during a Minneapolis town hall earlier this year was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in federal prison. Anthony Kazmierczak, 56, received the sentence nearly eight months…
Starbucks has reached a sweeping settlement with Florida that requires the coffee giant to pay $1 million and prohibits race- or sex-based quotas and preferences in employment decisions across the company’s U.S. operations. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Starbucks…
The White House withdrew President Trump’s nomination of Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday after his confirmation stalled in the Senate, leaving the agency without a permanent Senate-confirmed director. Schroyer, a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer…
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has left open the possibility that the Trump administration’s new mail-ballot regulations could ultimately survive legal challenges, despite joining the majority in blocking the rules from taking effect before the November midterm elections. The Supreme…
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is facing renewed scrutiny over a 2012 essay in which he questioned whether breast cancer receives a disproportionate share of public research funding and suggested that the “social power and privilege” of people affected…
President Trump is expected to meet with leaders from several Gulf nations in New York next week for high-level discussions about the ongoing war with Iran and potential plans for ending the nearly seven-month conflict. The meeting is expected to…
Sen. Mitch McConnell faced an awkward moment during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday when a fellow Republican attempted to tell the 84-year-old Kentucky senator how to vote as the committee considered a major farm bill. The exchange occurred during…
