Bannon and Sanders Just Agreed on Something: AI Needs Limits
Bannon and Sanders united at a Washington summit to demand AI limits. We verified the weapons and safety claims fueling their warning.
WATCH: Blumenthal grills FBI Director Kash Patel on firing Iran specialists days before U.S. launched war
This post was originally published on here Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asked FBI Director Kash Patel why he fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit “specifically tasked with monitoring threats with Iran,” days before the U.S. launched an attack against the country. Watch the clip in the video player above. “I…
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
House Kills Bid to Impeach Trump as Democrats Split
Dozens of Democrats declined to register a position on articles of impeachment by one of their own members, Representative Al Green, that cited President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Video: Treasury Secretary Echoes Trump’s $5,000 Check Promise
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was “examining” ways to cut $5,000 checks without Congressional approval after President Trump suggested giving Americans the money if Republicans won the midterms.
What climate change politics can teach us about the AI apocalypse debate: Philip Bump
Philip Bump argues that the politics around AI risk, China and corporate power carry familiar echoes from the climate change fight.
Iran war has cost the US at least $38 billion, government report says
Congressional Budget Office says monthly costs could reach up to $3 billion
Families of victims killed in midair collision over Potomac make emotional appeal to Congress
Families of victims of the deadly 2025 midair collision over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport gathered with lawmakers outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, making an impassioned appeal for Congress to pass air safety legislation.
Thomas Massie pushes surprise impeachment vote of Pete Hegseth
CNN By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats were privately dreading a politically charged — but purely symbolic — vote on impeaching President Donald Trump triggered by one of their own members. Then came something unexpected. Just hours before that vote, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie surprised his colleagues with a push to impeach Defense
Staunch Israel supporter Coons expected to win Delaware Democratic Senate primary handily
Coons has served nearly three terms in the Senate. He won a special election in 2010 and then went on to secure two full terms in 2014 and 2020.