Dept. of Homeland Security embraces AI, other agencies to follow

Dept. of Homeland Security embraces AI, other agencies to follow

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the third annual Axios What’s Next Summit at the Planet Word Museum on March 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. With a focus on the future of the workspace and how artificial intelligence will play a role policy, news and other disciplines, the summit heard from members of Congress, … Read more

Biden wants to triple China tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

Biden wants to triple China tariffs on steel, aluminum imports

President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Joe Biden is calling on the U.S. Trade Representative to triple the China tariff rate on steel and aluminum imports … Read more

Republican House panel launches probe into Biden’s FTC-DOJ task force

Republican House panel launches probe into Biden’s FTC-DOJ task force

FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the nomination of Former Senator Bill Nelson to be NASA administrator, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2021.  Graeme Jennings | Reuters The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into President Joe Biden’s newly … Read more

Senator encourages drivers to drag Gaza cease-fire protesters from roads

Senator encourages drivers to drag Gaza cease-fire protesters from roads

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2024. Julia Nikhinson | Reuters Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Tuesday doubled down on earlier comments encouraging people stuck in traffic caused by cease-fire protests to “take matters into … Read more

Treasury Department to impose sanctions on Iran after Israel attack

Treasury Department to impose sanctions on Iran after Israel attack

Janet Yellen, US treasury secretary, during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.  Tierney L. Cross | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. is preparing new sanctions on Iran after the country launched hundreds of drones and missiles at … Read more

Speaker Johnson to advance separate Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan bills

Speaker Johnson to advance separate Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan bills

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., makes his way to the House floor on Friday, March 22, 2024. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate him from the speakership, later in the day.  Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday said he … Read more

World leaders react to Iran’s unprecedented air assault against Israel

World leaders react to Iran’s unprecedented air assault against Israel

A view of anti-Israel banners and posters placed on building walls in the capital city of Tehran after Iran launched drones, missiles on Israel in response to April 1 attack on consulate in Syria on April 14, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images World leaders have called for calm in the aftermath of Iran’s … Read more

White House will ‘wait and see’ on Iran response after Israel attack

White House will ‘wait and see’ on Iran response after Israel attack

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a press conference at the conclusion of the G7 Summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The White House is taking a “wait and see” approach in response to Iran’s attempted strike on Israel, National Security spokesperson John Kirby said Sunday, as President Joe Biden aims … Read more

Iran has launched drone attacks at Israel, U.S. officials say

Iran has launched drone attacks at Israel, U.S. officials say

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks at the coffins of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran April 4, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme  WANA News Agency | Via … Read more

Trump targets two likely witnesses ahead of his criminal trial, despite gag order

Trump targets two likely witnesses ahead of his criminal trial, despite gag order

In this courtroom sketch, Michael Cohen looks toward former U.S. President Donald Trump as he is questioned by a lawyer for the attorney general’s office, during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 24, 2023. Jane Rosenberg | Reuters Donald … Read more