White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws

White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on artificial intelligence at the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters An executive order that could soon be signed by President Donald Trump would thwart states’ artificial intelligence laws by launching legal challenges and withholding federal funding, according to … Read more

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up

Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around the … Read more

Trump to meet with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at White House on Friday

Trump to meet with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at White House on Friday

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani reacts during a “New York is Not For Sale” rally at Forest Hills Stadium, in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., October 26, 2025. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters President Donald Trump said on Wednesday night that he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani … Read more

House Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick charged with stealing $5M in Covid aid funds

House Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick charged with stealing M in Covid aid funds

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Fla.-20th, hosts a news conference regarding the ongoing crisis in Haiti on March 11, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. South Florida Sun-sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A federal grand jury charged U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., with stealing $5 million in Covid-19 disaster funds — a chunk of which … Read more

Trump says he’d love to fire Powell, urges Bessent to ‘work on’ him to lower rates

Trump says he’d love to fire Powell, urges Bessent to ‘work on’ him to lower rates

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would love to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but suggested that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is holding him back. “[I’ll] be honest, I’d love to fire his ass,” Trump said of Powell at the U.S. Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C. Trump urged Bessent to “work on” … Read more

Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a populist billionaire

Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a populist billionaire

Tom Steyer, co-chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, speaks during the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Monday, March 6, 2023. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer, who once self-financed an unsuccessful White House campaign and spent his own money advocating for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, has launched his bid … Read more

Epstein files bill officially passes in Senate, sending it to Trump

Epstein files bill officially passes in Senate, sending it to Trump

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks with reporters outside his office on day 41 of the federal government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images A bill forcing the Department of Justice to release its files on sex offender … Read more

Watch live: Trump speaks at U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum

Watch live: Trump speaks at U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum

[The stream is slated to start at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump is speaking on Wednesday at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C. Trump’s appearance at the Kennedy Center comes a day after he hosted Crown … Read more

Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

The Texas State Capitol on the day of a new session of the Texas House after Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 11, 2025. Sergio Flores | Reuters A federal court in Texas on Tuesday blocked Texas from using … Read more

House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during a news conference with lawmakers on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images The House on Tuesday voted nearly unanimously to order the Department of Justice to release all of its files on notorious … Read more