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Inflation held at a 3.4% rate for the year ending in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, adding to signs …

Saddled with abysmal approval ratings and the growing likelihood of an electoral wipeout in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump staged a …

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is about to testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to examine winning the AI race …

The Second Amendment does not cover “military-grade weapons,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit averred last year, when it …

In 2012, Southern California was besotted with an unlikely celebrity: a telegenic mountain lion who had crossed one of the state’s most …

United States military forces “executed a kinetic strike” on a suspected drug-trafficking boat operating in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday. Three “narco-terrorists” …

Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro said Tuesday he broke Maria Bartiromo’s trust out of “duty” after forwarding her screenshot of a Fox …

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) is entitled to his political conclusions. He isn’t entitled to his own version of history. When history complicates …

Sven Hüber, the deputy chairman of Germany’s largest police union and a high-ranking government official with the Federal Police, has resigned after …

Can a love-thy-neighbor, stop-the-division campaign win over masses of rural voters? Rob Sand, the Democratic candidate for governor in Iowa, has his …

A former top law enforcement official under Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was later fired after reporting the GOP Senate nominee …

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. …

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NA Last week, the Trump administration lost two more sanctuary city cases, adding to a long list of similar defeats. They did …

The data center backlash has entered the midterms conversation. Politicians from across the spectrum have changed their minds — or at least …

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) blamed artificial intelligence executives for the recent growing backlash against the industry in an interview on Sunday. “The …

Fox News contributor Joe Concha on Saturday demanded that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) either get back to work or resign, as speculation …

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So far there are only six episodes of What To Burn, What To Carry, the newly launched podcast from adventurer, dogsledder, and prestige …

Democrats are seeking to seize on the Republican National Committee’s first-of-its-kind midterm convention with plans for counterprogramming around the two-day Dallas bash …

A horror story of sorts is unfolding in the United States. It goes like this: AI has made it so effortless to …

Abdul El-Sayed is trying to win over undecided Jewish voters in Michigan — without compromising his substantive positions on Israel or disavowing …

Less than a week until party faithful gather in Dallas for the 2026 Republican midterm convention, the event’s organizers are still trying …

President Donald Trump is facing heat after admitting on Wednesday that he had insulted an overweight friend while discussing what he called …

Shaker Heights Public Library, the public library in the town Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) grew up.Sam Van Pykeren/Mother Jones Get your news …

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) bucked this cycle’s recent trend of old guard Democrats losing primaries to younger challengers, easily routing his rival in Tuesday’s primary for …

In New Mexico, Facebook and Instagram are considered a “public nuisance,” but letting artificial intelligence systems record and store young kids’ voices …