Category: Politics

By Jim Thomas | Friday, December 12, 2025 States are moving forward with their own artificial intelligence laws despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at curbing state-level regulation, setting up a wave of legal and political battles that could leave U.S. AI rules unsettled unless Congress intervenes. Trump’s order…

The Department of Homeland Security has denied claims made by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents unlawfully arrested U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. In a response posted on X on Friday, the DHS stated that agents may have been responding to individuals interfering with federal law enforcement…

By James Morley III | Wednesday, 10 December 2025 08:10 PM EST President Donald Trump said Wednesday it is “imperative” that CNN be sold as part of any deal involving its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, renewing his long-running criticism of the network as media consolidation talks swirl around the…

By Sam Barron | Friday, December 12, 2025, 8:12 PM EST Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said he is meeting with Senate Republicans ahead of next Wednesday’s FCC oversight hearing, during which Democrats are expected to question him over his threats toward broadcasters for airing a segment…

By Michael Katz | Friday, 12 December 2025 05:19 PM EST The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta alleging that Fulton County, Georgia, failed to produce copies of ballots from the 2020 election. The complaint also seeks absentee ballot signature envelopes and…

A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Friday reveals that nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults, including more than half of Republicans, believe the Trump administration is withholding information about the death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The survey, conducted with 4,434 U.S. adults between December 3 and 8, found 62% of respondents…

President Donald Trump is pushing back against a recent report suggesting China is outpacing the United States in artificial intelligence and energy production tied to the booming sector. “The report claims China is dominating the world on electricity generation related to artificial intelligence,” Trump wrote in an online post. “They’re…

By Michael Katz | Friday, December 12, 2025 The Indiana state Senate voted Thursday to reject a congressional redistricting bill championed by President Donald Trump, putting 21 Republican senators at risk of primary challenges in 2026. Indiana’s GOP-controlled state Senate, holding a 40-10 majority, defeated the proposal with a vote…

By Jim Mishler | Friday, December 12, 2025, 4:10 PM EST House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., stated Friday that the defeat of a congressional redistricting plan in Indiana—backed by President Donald Trump—does not indicate a diminishment of his political power heading into midterm elections. When pressed by a reporter on…

The Trump administration filed a request with a federal appeals court Friday to block U.S. District Judge James Boasberg from conducting contempt hearings next week and to remove him from the deportation case. This move escalates a dispute between the administration and Boasberg that originated in March after President Donald…