Politics

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s decided how the U.S. is going to respond to the drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan by Iran-backed militants that killed three American soldiers. “Have you made a decision how you’ll respond to the attack,” Biden was asked leaving the White House as headed for fundraisers […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon on Monday announced the names of the three Army reservists killed in the drone attack over the weekend on a U.S. base in Jordan near the border with Syria. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh announced the names at a briefing Monday afternoon: Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia.; […]

(WASHINGTON) — After the United Auto Workers union officially endorsed President Joe Biden last week, former President Donald Trump lashed out at the union’s president on Sunday, prompting the Biden campaign to bite back — as the two campaigns vie for support with union voters, who have been influential in some past elections. The heated […]

(WASHINGTON) — Taylor Swift’s likeness was used for nonconsensual, seemingly AI-generated, deepfake pornography, which spread across the Internet like wildfire last week. The mass circulation of the photos commanded headlines and re-confronted lawmakers with a question: Should U.S. citizens be federally protected against AI abuse? The potential obscene ramifications of the Artificial Intelligence technology boom […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday faced increasing pressure to forcefully respond to Sunday’s drone attack by Iran-backed militants that killed three American service members and wounded at least 40 others, without deepening the conflict in the Middle East. “We are not looking for a war with Iran,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is investigating a Democrat in the House of Representatives for allegedly misusing government funds for personal security, according to sources familiar with the matter. DOJ issued a grand jury subpoena to the House Sergeant at Arms for documents. “This is to notify you formally pursuant to rule […]

(WASHINGTON) — Senate negotiators are racing to put the finishing touches on a national security spending bill they hope can simultaneously fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and offer legislative solutions to slow the surge of migrants at the southern border. Yet fresh criticism Monday from former President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders threatened to […]

(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas called the impeachment proceedings against him “baseless” and the accusations made against him by the Homeland Security Committee “false.” “I will defer a discussion of Constitutionality of your current effort to the many respected scholars and experts across the political spectrum who already have opined it is […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday indicted an Iranian man and two Canadian nationals in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme that targeted dissidents and critics of the Iranian regime. According to a newly-unsealed indictment, prosecutors say Naji Zindashti conspired with two Canadian men between December 2020 and March 2021 in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate […]

(WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders on Sunday mourned three American service members killed in a drone strike in Jordan and called for retaliation against the Iran-backed militants whom the U.S. says is responsible. The deadly drone strike marks the first deaths of U.S. troops in the line of fire since the Israel-Hamas war broke out after […]