The Trump administration on Thursday accused Chinese entities of waging “industrial-scale campaigns” to rip off U.S. artificial intelligence systems, and said it will explore ways to hold the foreign actors accountable. “There is nothing innovative about systematically extracting and copying the innovations of American industry,” Michael Kratsios, the top science and technology advisor to President…
A tablet screen displays a portrait of Jeffrey Epstein beside the U.S. Department of Justice website page titled Epstein Library, Feb. 11, 2026. Veronique Tournier | Afp | Getty Images The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog said on Thursday that it is investigating the DOJ’s compliance with a law requiring that it fully disclose department…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to a Doordash delivery worker outside the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC, April 13, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Over the span of four days earlier this month, President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social account about his proposed…
A Kalshi advertisement at a bus stop in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market platform Kalshi said Wednesday it had suspended and fined three candidates for Congress from Minnesota, Texas and Virginia for “political insider trading” activity on their own campaigns. Kalshi said in a statement that…
Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Chilean man who admitted stealing then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci handbag as part of…
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks with reporters as he walks to his office following a press conference at the U.S. Capitol building on March 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries struck a defiant tone Wednesday morning on the heels of Democrats’ win in…
Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., questions HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Building Back A Better, More Equitable Housing Infrastructure for America: Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat…
Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club, Sept. 9, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. David Kustoff, a Republican member of the House committee that writes tax policy, introduced a bill Tuesday to lower taxes on small businesses in a…
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for chair of the Federal Reserve, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, on April 21, 2026. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers…
Wind turbines operate at a wind farm near solar panels near Palm Springs, California, on March 6, 2024. Mario Tama | Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy industry groups say have stymied the development of new energy…
