Lawmaker addresses “mystery” disappearance… Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) has broken his silence after weeks of unexplained absence from Capitol Hill, revealing he has been dealing with a “personal medical issue.” Kean has not voted since early March, missing dozens of roll call votes, which fueled speculation about his whereabouts and condition. Promises Return, Few […]
Sen. Mike Lee has introduced new legislation to reshape how the federal government awards contracts, arguing that current diversity-focused policies should be replaced with a merit-based system. The proposal, titled the “Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act,” would prohibit federal agencies from considering race or sex when awarding contracts. The bill targets a range of […]
Good morning. From redistricting battles to campaign controversies and a stark look at life on the margins in Los Angeles, today’s stories highlight the tension between power, accountability, and the realities often overlooked policy debates. Florida’s Map Fight Could Reshape the House Florida is once again at the center of the national redistricting battle. Governor […]
Jury selection is set to begin in Oakland for a high-profile federal civil trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the artificial intelligence industry. The dispute revolves around OpenAI and its evolution from a nonprofit research lab into a hybrid structure that includes a for-profit entity. […]
A coalition of pro-life groups have asked the Trump administration to stop mass mailing abortion pills into pro-life states. “Led by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, 78 pro-life groups sent a letter to acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche urging the Department of Justice to stop siding with the abortion drug industry against pro-life states,” […]
Emily Hart, an attractive, often bikini-clad “MAGA influencer,” has turned out to be the AI-built creation of a 23-year old (male) medical student from India. The story was first published on WIRED, a left-leaning site with a pretty good track record of garnering views and approbation through carefully crafted verbiage that one might charitably call […]
Key Takeaways By LukeMcCoy for USACarry ST. LOUIS, MO – A 15-year-old was shot and wounded after he allegedly pointed a gun at a man and opened fire at a south St. Louis gas station, according to police. The man returned fire, striking the teen, and remained at the scene to cooperate with investigators. As […]
A would-be Trump assassin at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in a Washington, D.C., hotel forced the Trump team’s evacuation. Now, the big questions are coming fast: Did the crazed left-wing shooter get too close? Who’s to blame for all this? This incident, the third one in three years, also shows that the incendiary Democrat […]
Justice Department prosecutors officially charged the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with attempting to assassinate President Trump, at an initial court appearance on Monday. Cole Allen, 31, is facing three federal charges over his alleged efforts to violently disrupt the annual black-tie dinner for journalists and public officials and could face life in prison if convicted. Authorities say […]
A North Dakota state lawmaker was killed in a small plane crash shortly after takeoff Saturday in a Minneapolis suburb, authorities said. Rep. Liz Conmy, a Democrat from Fargo, was identified as one of two people aboard a Beech F33A aircraft that went down in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and caught fire. The second victim, believed […]
China’s Two-Front War On American AI: Sabotage At Home, Theft Abroad
Consider a simple puzzle. Suppose you were a rival superpower, and suppose your central strategic objective was to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence. You would face two problems, not one. First, the Americans are ahead. Their frontier labs, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, produce capabilities your own labs cannot yet match. Second, the Americans […]