The Trump administration has dramatically transformed a State Department bureau historically dedicated to refugees and humanitarian assistance into a central component of its immigration enforcement strategy, building a global network of agreements…
President Donald Trump has announced plans to create a new federal “AI Force” and appoint an artificial-intelligence czar, responding to intensifying debate inside the technology industry and his own administration over how…
Americans have begun casting ballots in the 2026 midterm elections, opening the final phase of a campaign that will determine control of Congress and shape the remaining two years of President Donald…
The United States is experiencing its most serious measles crisis in decades, with Pennsylvania reporting four measles-associated deaths in 2026 as outbreaks continue spreading across the country. The deaths represent a striking…
California is establishing the nation’s first standards for determining when homes contaminated by wildfire smoke are safe to occupy, addressing a major problem exposed by the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires: thousands…
A federal judge has again blocked an effort to place President Donald Trump’s name on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the institution’s board cannot alter the…
Anthropic says it has disrupted a series of attempts to use its Claude artificial-intelligence models for potentially dangerous activities, including biological research that could contribute to weapons development, sophisticated cyberattacks, surveillance and…
Georgia is facing renewed concerns about the privacy of its elections after security researchers demonstrated that a known weakness in the state's voting technology could potentially allow individual voters to be matched…
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in developing a plan to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce by roughly half, delivering a significant victory to federal…
Conservative podcaster and former government adviser Katie Miller is facing scrutiny over her extensive criticism of major artificial-intelligence companies after financial disclosures revealed that she owns a substantial stake in Elon Musk’s…
