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President Donald Trump is set to hold rallies in Montana and Arizona as part of an ongoing campaign push through traditionally Republican states ahead of November midterm elections. The Arizona rally is tentatively planned for Laughlin Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, a town situated near the Nevada border, with Trump scheduled to take the…
The two political controversies dominating Washington consumed Sunday morning talk shows this weekend, drawing sharp bipartisan criticism from lawmakers across the country. President Trump’s decision to broker a deal allowing Russia to supply millions of tons of diesel to U.S. and global markets has triggered an intense political firestorm heading into the midterm cycle. The…
Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model submitted a fabricated homicide tip to the Philadelphia Police Department, the company publicly disclosed on Friday. The firm confirmed its Claude Haiku 4.5 model filled out a form on PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website soliciting public tips about unsolved homicides, on July 18. The AI submitted a tip falsely claiming it had knowledge…
Sen. Chris Murphy is making an aggressive play for Democrats in the final stretch before Election Day, with a sweeping multistate campaign tour. The Connecticut Democrat told reporters he plans to travel extensively over the coming weeks, hitting key battleground states across the country. Murphy’s first stop will take him to North Carolina and Florida…
Some American households will pay dramatically more to heat their homes this winter, while others may see modest savings, according to a new federal government report. The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Winter Fuels Outlook this week, projecting heating costs across four major fuel types and accounting for anticipated temperatures nationwide. The report finds…
The DEA is moving to temporarily classify four synthetic kratom-derived compounds as Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act. The targeted compounds are 7-hydroxymitragynine, known as 7-OH, mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, known as MGPI, along with MGM-15 and MGM-16, all derived from the kratom plant. Kratom itself is an herbal product sold legally over the counter…
President Donald Trump traveled to Syracuse, New York, on Friday to stump for Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman in a race that highlights broader tensions within the GOP. Trump called on New Yorkers to remove Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and took direct aim at the state attorney general, calling her “totally corrupt sidekick, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’…
A federal judge on Friday struck down the Justice Department’s nationwide program to collect voter registration records and identify suspected non-U.S. citizens. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington ruled the department exceeded its legal authority and violated federal privacy laws by requesting sensitive voter data. The ruling also found the DOJ improperly shared voter information…
President Donald Trump took his midterm campaign push into upstate New York, stumping for a Republican gubernatorial candidate given little chance of winning. The rally in Syracuse marks a notable shift for Trump, who has largely concentrated his campaign appearances in reliably red states during the final stretch before Election Day. Trump has made stops…
Senate Democrats’ top super PAC has committed $5 million to the Kansas Senate race, a state that hasn’t sent a Democrat to Washington’s upper chamber in nearly a century. The investment signals a striking expansion of the Democratic battlefield just four weeks before Election Day, surprising even some members within the party. Kansas joins Texas,…