A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss and illegally block the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden. The ruling, …
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President Biden signed what he called a “landmark” executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence, drawing mixed reviews from experts in the rapidly developing technology. “One key area the Biden AI [executive order] is focused on includes the provision of ‘testing data’ for review by the federal government. If this provision …
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A former “Saturday Night Live” cast member reportedly took issue with the show’s cold opening mocking Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., instead of the college presidents whose testimony on antisemitism on campuses caused an uproar last week. Sources told the New York Post on Monday that Cecily Strong was originally set …
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Critics of embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay celebrated Tuesday after she announced her decision to resign from her post after facing intense backlash in recent weeks following controversial comments about antisemitism on the university’s campus and accusations of plagiarism. In a letter to members of the Harvard community, Gay said …
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The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to end his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., joining members of a coalition of lawyers and other grassroots organizers to reject his declaration of a crime-based “national emergency” in the nation’s capital, as well as Trump’s …
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FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying before House lawmakers on Wednesday in a hearing focused on the bureau’s dramatic reforms in the second Trump administration and the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. Patel is facing questions in five-minute rounds from Republicans and Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee as part …
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It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics. The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending. The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the squelch knob, you may detect the signal. We …
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Former President Barack Obama is urging Californians to vote in favor of Proposition 50, which would reshape congressional districts. Voting opened last week to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress, which could possibly offset President Donald Trump’s moves in Texas and elsewhere to help Republicans in the …
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The 2025 government shutdown is about to enter its second week, with Democrats and Republicans still unable to agree on a federal funding deal. It’s the first government shutdown since 2019, when federal agencies were shuttered for 35 days. Both sides have been blaming the other for the dysfunction in …
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Former Politico reporter Rachel Bade said Thursday that the mounting pressure from the partial government shutdown will “skyrocket” on the Democratic Party. Bade made the point during an interview on journalist Mark Halperin’s “2Way” podcast, stating that Republican lawmakers will be able to leverage the frustration of furloughed government workers …
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