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Alito says he knows who leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. says he has a pretty good idea who was behind the unprecedented leak of his draft of a Supreme Court opinion.
Jack Smith spotted in ‘No Kings’ T-shirt at ‘Power to the People’ music festival
Former special prosecutor Jack Smith was spotted Saturday at an "equity and justice" music festival wearing a "No Kings" T-shirt.
Harvard faces backlash against push to hire conservative faculty
Harvard University is facing backlash from academics and racial activists for soliciting $10 million gifts to hire conservative faculty for "viewpoint diversity," according to recent reports.
Botched Tennessee execution renews debate over lethal injection
Tennessee failed in its attempt Wednesday night to execute convicted killer Christa Pike, leaving the woman in critical condition in a hospital and reigniting a debate over the future of lethal injection as a way to carry out the death penalty.
Every credit card swipe adds a hidden fee to your bill. Congress wants to change that
Every time a credit card is tapped or swiped, the issuing bank assesses the merchant a 2% to 3.5% fee that eventually is passed to the consumer.
No more faxes: Trump unveils America.gov, a one-stop shop for government info
President Trump unveiled America.gov on Tuesday, calling it a front door to let citizens find federal services and information with a simple query instead of wandering through the Byzantine federal bureaucracy.
A new ‘Last Supper’? Why America’s defense tech boom may be slowing
The bullet train of growth in the advanced defense tech sector may be slowing down, as a perfect storm in Washington, Silicon Valley and Wall Street could spark a wave of consolidation in an industry that until recently seemed poised for endless expansion.
Russian Secret Service tech vendor posed as American to sell to U.S. security agencies
A Northern Virginia software CEO duped U.S. front-line defense agencies, including the president's personal security team, by boasting American ownership when Russians actually owned and operated the tech company and built the codes, new court files show.
College sports act overcomes filibuster in Senate, heading toward passage
A bill to create nationwide rules for compensating college athletes and limiting athletic conference consolidation is on a glide path to passage in the Senate after it cleared a filibuster Thursday.
ICE rushed to buy 11 warehouses for detention. Now it’s trying to sell 7 of them
ICE's effort to rapidly build its detention capacity has wasted millions of dollars as the Trump administration took a spend-first, ask-questions-later approach, the Government Accountability Office said in a withering audit Thursday.
Woman spent 86 hours in solitary confinement over misused Flock camera report
Flock's CEO was a no-show at a Senate hearing Wednesday, where a Florida woman described being sent to jail after police, using a Flock license plate reader camera, erroneously accused her of being the driver in a fatal car crash.
Trump administration inked $200,000-per-year contract for Flock cameras in D.C. area
It turns out Uncle Sam is part of the Flock family. A Trump administration agency is paying Flock Group $231,600 a year to host license plate reader cameras on roads around the Washington area, according to government contracting data.
Foxes guarding the server room? Senators smell a rat as Big Tech begs Washington to regulate AI
Call them skeptical. Senators who have spent years fighting Big Tech find it odd that leading artificial intelligence companies are banding together to pursue government regulation.
Republicans back Trump’s ban of liberal news outlets from White House
Republicans are supporting President Trump's ban on three left-leaning news outlets from the White House, arguing that Mr. Trump has been more accessible to the press than any other president and that President Biden did more to restrict press access.
AI to help hunt for missing Americans from conflicts
New artificial intelligence technology is being used in the search for missing Americans in past wars, an investigative group announced Friday on National MIA/POW Recognition Day.
Florida woman admits to scamming $750,000 from Epstein victims fund
An autism scholar from Boca Raton, Florida, faces up to 20 years in prison for fraudulently claiming $750,000 from a fund to compensate victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.
Judge bans Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without permission
A federal judge issued an order Thursday forbidding the demolition of the Kennedy Center's main building, moving to prevent a repeat of what President Trump did to the White House's East Wing last year.
Fed raises rates by quarter-point to tame inflation, risking Trump’s ire before November election
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years, attempting to control inflation with a move that defied President Trump's wishes and clashed with his upbeat economic message to midterm voters.
Patel touts record crime drop, stands by Flock cameras before Senate panel
The FBI over the last 18 months has helped usher in the largest drop in homicides in history, increased arrests of violent criminals and rescues of child victims, and captured all 10 of its most wanted fugitives, Director Kash Patel told senators on Tuesday.
Kill switch, monitors, moratoriums: Many plans but no consensus as Congress debates regulating AI
Congress has no shortage of ideas for regulating the artificial intelligence industry but lacks consensus on how to protect humanity from the risks of AI systems operating beyond human control.
