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White House Highlights Private-Sector Pledges to Cut Consumer Prices Ahead of Midterms

The Trump administration is promoting commitments from major private companies to reduce prices for American consumers as the White House seeks to address persistent voter concerns over inflation ahead of the midterm elections.

California Advances Bill to Penalize Influencers for Undisclosed Paid Political Posts

California lawmakers are advancing legislation that would penalize social media creators who fail to disclose compensation for political content, raising new First Amendment questions for digital campaigning.

Mike Lindell Faces Legal Complaint Over Product Giveaway During Minnesota Governor Bid

Election denier and businessman Mike Lindell is facing a legal challenge over a large product giveaway campaign as he pursues the Republican nomination for governor of Minnesota.

White House Science Office Unveils Plan to Link Research Funding to National Security

The Office of Science and Technology Policy released a broad framework for rebuilding the U.S. scientific enterprise by tying federal research funding more closely to national security priorities, including biotechnology and quantum comp...

Conservative Groups Push Constitutional Amendment to Limit Supreme Court Size

Conservative legal organizations are campaigning for a constitutional amendment that would permanently cap the number of Supreme Court justices amid escalating political disputes over the judiciary and executive power.

Senate Panel Examines Permitting Reform to Speed AI Telecommunications Infrastructure

Technology executives told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that the United States risks losing its artificial intelligence advantage unless Congress streamlines federal permitting for high-capacity fiber networks needed to support expandi...

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Faces Pressure as Energy Costs Revive Inflation

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is facing increased scrutiny from the White House and Congress as inflationary pressures return following higher energy costs and supply disruptions linked to the ongoing U.S. military engagement with Iran.

Bipartisan Federal AI Framework Stalls Over Dispute With State Regulations

Congress has failed to advance a proposed bipartisan framework for artificial intelligence regulation as lawmakers remain divided over whether federal rules should override a growing patchwork of state-level requirements.

ICE Says It Will Withhold Body-Camera Footage Unless Public Release Serves Agency Interests

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said it will not release operational body-camera footage from interior enforcement actions unless the agency determines that disclosure is in its best interests, escalating a transparency dispute w...

White House and Health Department Launch One-Month Review of Clinical AI Standards

The administration is bringing together medical and technology experts for an urgent policy sprint to develop common standards for evaluating and deploying artificial intelligence tools across federal healthcare systems.

Senator Bill Cassidy Provides Decisive Vote for Todd Blanche as Attorney General

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana supplied the crucial vote needed to confirm Todd Blanche, citing the need for executive branch stability while expressing concerns about the politicization of the Justice Department.

Washington Wildfire Forces Evacuations as State Mobilizes National Guard

Governor Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency after the Old Trails fire crossed the Spokane River into city limits, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and prompting Washington National Guard and federal emergency responses...

Democrats Demand Windfall Tax on Oil Companies as Iran Conflict Pushes Up Energy Prices

Progressive lawmakers are calling for a windfall profits tax on major fossil fuel companies after international crude prices rose following U.S. military strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, seeking to offset higher costs for American consum...

Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona Law Allowing Cancellation of Certain Voter Registrations

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge an Arizona election provision requiring the cancellation of certain voter registrations, handing a victory to Republican election off...

FTC Signals Crackdown on AI Chatbots That Steer Users Toward Commercial Partners

The Federal Trade Commission says it will use its authority over deceptive practices to pursue technology companies that manipulate artificial intelligence chatbot responses to favor commercial partners, increasing regulatory pressure on...

Trump Imposes New Tariffs on Polysilicon to Protect U.S. Semiconductor and Solar Supply Chains

President Donald Trump has ordered new tariffs on imported polysilicon and related products, targeting foreign dumping while seeking to strengthen domestic supplies of materials used in semiconductors and advanced energy technologies.

Washington Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro Faces White House Backlash Over Monument Vandalism Cases

Jeanine Pirro, the chief federal prosecutor in Washington and a longtime Trump ally, is facing White House criticism over her handling of high-profile vandalism and protest cases involving national monuments.

DHS Buys Two Major California Immigration Detention Centers for $1.5 Billion

The Department of Homeland Security has finalized a one point five billion dollar purchase of two major immigration detention centers in California from private prison operator CoreCivic, transferring control of the facilities to the fed...

Senate Delays National Ban on Intoxicating Hemp Products for One Month

A bipartisan Senate coalition included a one-month delay in a national ban on intoxicating hemp products in the stopgap funding bill after Republican lawmakers opposed an immediate prohibition, prompting President Donald Trump to lobby s...

$1.15 Trillion Defense Bill Stalls as Pentagon Warns of Munitions Shortages

A one point one five trillion dollar defense spending package remains stalled in Congress despite Pentagon demands for faster weapons production, threatening to delay replenishment of Patriot missiles being used in the ongoing Iran confl...

Senate Democrats and Republicans Block White House Rule Requiring Political Review of Federal Grants

The stopgap funding bill removes a Trump administration rule that would have required a senior political appointee to review federal grants before they were awarded, ending a policy critics said could have allowed political consideration...

White House Commits More Than $5 Billion to Expand AI Across Federal Research Agencies

The administration launched the Genesis Mission with more than five billion dollars in funding across fifteen federal agencies, including the Energy and Defense departments, to combine genomic data, supercomputing and predictive modeling...

Twenty-Five States Sue Trump Administration Over Latest Tariff Plan

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the administration’s latest unilateral tariffs, arguing that national security justifications are being misused and warning that the measures coul...

Trump Administration Launches AI Initiative to Protect U.S. Power and Telecommunications Networks

The White House unveiled the GOLD EAGLE Initiative, a public-private program using artificial intelligence to identify and patch vulnerabilities across the national power grid and telecommunications networks while giving major technology...

New Attorney General Todd Blanche Appoints Prosecutor to Investigate Former Intelligence Officials

Attorney General Todd Blanche appointed former Reagan-era prosecutor Joseph diGenova to lead a Florida-based criminal investigation into allegations that former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired to undermine President ...

Trump Administration Again Considers Removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook

The White House has formally notified Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook that it is again considering her removal despite a Supreme Court ruling in June that rejected the administration’s initial attempt, intensifying a confrontation ove...

Trump Renews Push to Restrict Birthright Citizenship After Supreme Court Defeat

The Trump administration has issued new executive orders targeting automatic citizenship and birth tourism, reopening a constitutional fight after the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s earlier restrictions and setting up furthe...

Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan for $400 Billion White House Ballroom

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled two to one that the administration cannot unilaterally demolish and rebuild parts of the White House for a four hundred million dollar, ninety thousand-square-foot ball...

Pentagon Orders Urgent Weapons Production Plans as Iran Conflict Drains U.S. Missile Stocks

Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg gave defense contractors twenty-one days to submit plans for sharply expanding production of Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors as the Pentagon faces a growing shortage of...

Senate Approves Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown Into December

Lawmakers voted ninety to six to extend federal funding into early December, while blocking the transfer of funds to Border Patrol and rejecting a White House request for one billion dollars to begin construction of a new Trump-class bat...

Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General After Overnight Vote and Concessions on January 6 Fund

The Senate voted fifty to forty-nine to confirm President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Todd Blanche as attorney general after Blanche pledged in writing to abandon a proposed one point eight billion dollar compensation fund fo...

Australian Crew Evacuates Seriously Ill American From Antarctica in Midwinter Darkness

A Skytraders Airbus A319 flew to the U.S. McMurdo Station in minus 43-degree Celsius conditions before taking the patient to Christchurch, New Zealand, for treatment.

Trump’s Top General Seeks an Exit Strategy From Iran War, Report Says

General Dan Caine has reportedly warned senior officials that further escalation could backfire and that air power alone is unlikely to deliver the administration’s aims.

Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes to Federal Head Start Program

The administration has proposed a broad overhaul of the federal Head Start early childhood education program, prompting concern among advocacy groups and setting up a major policy dispute over the multibillion-dollar initiative.

Trump Administration Imposes Tariffs on Polysilicon to Support Domestic Semiconductor Supply Chains

The White House has imposed targeted tariffs on imported polysilicon and related products, citing national security concerns and a need to strengthen US manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers for renewable energy and tech...

Bipartisan Senators Seek to Restore Full Pentagon Press Access by Law

Senator Brian Schatz and bipartisan colleagues have introduced legislation requiring the Defense Department to restore media access to the Pentagon after restrictions imposed on journalists covering the military and national security.

Lisa Murkowski Opposes Todd Blanche Nomination for Attorney General

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she will vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department, reducing the administration’s margin for error in the closely divided Senate.

Trump Signs Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and Foreign Birth Tourism

President Donald Trump has signed directives seeking to restrict automatic citizenship for children of foreign government employees and designated terrorist organization members while ordering tighter visa enforcement against people susp...

Senate Leaves for August Recess Without Advancing Trump-Backed Citizenship Voting Bill

The Senate adjourned without passing the SAVE America Act, which would impose stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting, after Republican negotiators proposed attaching voting provisions to a broader September spending package.

Pentagon Revokes Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s Security Clearance Over Alleged Classified Disclosure

The Defense Department has stripped former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall of his security clearance, alleging that he disclosed classified information about missile-defense weaknesses involving a new Qatari-donated Air Force One.