European nations continue to jockey for leadership on artificial intelligence (AI), with Paris announcing it will host the next safety summit shortly after Britain hosted the first one. ‘The first…
Economy
Speaker Johnson rolls out plan to avoid government shutdown, prevent ‘spending monstrosity’
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a short-term spending plan on Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown when federal funding runs out on Nov. 17. The two-step proposal would fund…
More 2024 headaches for Biden as list of potential presidential challengers grows
President Biden already faces increasing doubts about his ability to win re-election next year, but now Democrats must confront the prospect of a growing list of potential 2024 challengers running…
Republicans are all but sure to pick up a new Senate seat in ruby-red West Virginia next year with Sen. Joe Manchin’s retirement ringing like a death knell for Democrats’…
Congress is rapidly running out of time to hash out a spending deal to keep the government open past Nov. 17. House GOP leaders are expected to put a short-term…
Squad and Marjorie Taylor Greene join 16 lawmakers calling on Biden to free Julian Assange
A group of lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have written to President Biden, calling for him to drop the U.S. prosecution against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder…
More than half of world’s countries pose heightened risks for American travelers: State Department
More than half of the countries across the globe now pose heightened risks for Americans, the State Department says, as it issued another ‘worldwide caution’ this week for travelers as…
GOP senators demand DOJ give answers after it allegedly spied on House, Senate staffers during Russia probe
Senate Republicans are demanding answers from the Justice Department amid revelations that the agency ‘engaged in a campaign of covert surveillance’ of congressional staffers, calling the move ‘a true attack…
Israel strikes Iran-backed terrorists in ongoing effort to stop new war front in West Bank
JERUSALEM – Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday launched a raid on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp – two strongholds of Palestinian terrorist activity – in the…
Jill Stein, a physician and climate change advocate, announced Thursday her bid to seek the Green Party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential election. Stein announced her intention to run on…