Halting the development of artificial intelligence in America would only give more power to China to develop its own AI technology that favors its communist political system and increase the chances that China’s AI system becomes the global standard, technology experts warned senators this week.
States across the country are taking the lead in keeping biological males out of girls’ sports with a flurry of recent legislation while President Biden’s White House at the federal level slams such measures as “discrimination” against transgender students.
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy slapped the World Economic Forum (WEF) with a lawsuit in a Cincinnati, Ohio court on Wednesday for “creating a false perception” that he is affiliated with the organization. According to Ramaswamy’s campaign, the WEF listed him as one of its “Young Global Leaders” despite him rejecting the group’s invitation to be included on the list, and then failed to remove him after repeatedly being asked to do so.
EXCLUSIVE: Two liberal organizations describing themselves as “radical feminist” groups have entered a surprising partnership in their effort to protect women’s rights. This week, Women’s Liberation Front and Women’s Declaration International USA broke with the President Biden and joined congressional Republicans in support of H.R.
Kansas’ governor vetoed legislation Wednesday that would require clinics to tell patients that a medication abortion can be stopped using an unproven drug regimen. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s action pushed back state GOP efforts to restrict abortion despite a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights in August 2022.
Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., has endorsed former President Donald Trump and has joined his campaign leadership team, she revealed in a statement Sunday evening. “As we face unprecedented challenges that threaten the American way of life, it’s clear that the Biden administration has failed us,” her campaign said. “Our economy teeters on the brink of recession, and we risk losing an entire generation to drug overdose deaths exacerbated by an open border.
Several female Democratic senators were put on the spot Sunday on whether Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., should resign from the Senate amid her ongoing health issues, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., saying time is running out for the 89-year-old to return. Klobuchar said on ABC’s “This Week” that Feinstein, who hasn’t voted since Feb. 16, “sure better” return to the Senate in time for the vote to raise the debt ceiling this summer.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell admitted Sunday that people are “taking advantage” of bail reform laws backed by Democrats in the state capital of Albany, while also lamenting that the “perception of feeling unsafe” remains in the Big Apple despite the number of shootings and homicides being “down by the double digits.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Sunday that Republicans need to stop burying their “heads in the sand” and move more to the center on abortion if they want to start winning elections again. During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” Mace slammed any anti-abortion policies that don’t explicitly provide exceptions for rape and incest or fail to offer solutions for women seeking OBGYN care.
A super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released its first-ever television ad attacking former President Donald Trump on Sunday, pushing back on Trump’s own aggression toward DeSantis. Never Back Down PAC titled the ad “Fight Democrats, not Republicans,” and went after Trump for his recent attacks on the popular Florida governor. Trump has recently dubbed DeSantis “Ron DeSanctimonious” and has pushed the claim that he wants to dismantle Social Security.
An official with the Chinese Embassy in the United States emailed a staff member of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, expressing China’s “grave concern” with an upcoming hearing on the origins of COVID-19. In an email sent on Friday at 2:15 a.m.
Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who at one time was widely discussed as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, took the far left to task for being soft on crime, arguing progressives are hurting the very people they claim to represent with their approach to criminals. “Democrats: When you ignore crime, you hurt the people you represent,” Cuomo tweeted Thursday, along with a clip from Quake Media, the platform that hosts his podcast “As a Matter of Fact.
EXCLUSIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his family visited first lady Casey DeSantis’ hometown in Troy, Ohio, this week, touring her elementary school and paying a visit to a favorite local diner for hamburgers and milkshakes between political events in the Buckeye State. The governor and first lady, along with their children Madison and Mason, took a trip down memory lane Thursday between speaking events for the Republican governor in Akron and West Chester Township.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says he will attempt to dismiss claims from Republicans about rising crime rates in New York City as he defends Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg during a field hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee next week.
Donald Trump Jr. defended beer conglomerate Anheuser-Busch on his podcast Thursday, urging listeners not to continue boycotting the company. Trump claimed that the company was too “iconic” to continue boycotting, and that the executives have learned a lesson. “So here’s the deal. Anheuser-Busch totally sh*t the bed with this Dylan Mulvaney thing. I’m not, though, for destroying an American, an iconic company for something like this,” Trump Jr. said.
The overwhelming majority of requests made by migrants for an exception to the Title 42 public health order using the recently-expanded CBP One app have been accepted, with 99% of migrants being found to have met the criteria — just as the app continues to face scrutiny from both the left and the right.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law Thursday evening, putting the state more in line with other Republican-led states, just hours after the legislation cleared the Florida legislature. The new law expands protections to unborn children, giving them full rights to life once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks of pregnancy. It also provides funding to help mothers across the state.
A federal judge in Washington state is clarifying his ruling on access to the abortion pill that contradicts prior rulings by two other federal courts. In a separate suit brought by 17 states with Democrat attorneys general, Judge Thomas O. Rice issued a ruling that compels the FDA not to do anything that might affect the availability of the abortion drug mifepristone in the suing states.
A member of California’s reparations task force is dismissing the total dollar amount as the “least important piece” of their proposal, despite the committee considering doling out nearly triple the state’s existing budget in payments to Black residents as a way to make amends for slavery and subsequent discrimination.
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom took aim at a Florida college that he called “ground zero” for what Republicans want to do to education nationwide. The progressive champion singled out the Sarasota-based New College of Florida, whose board of trustees was revamped by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a Wednesday message to his 2 million Twitter followers. Newsom said the institution is banning books, among other allegations of limiting speech.
The George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis who’s facing a legal effort by Missouri’s attorney general to fire her for allegedly neglecting her duties now has another hurdle to overcome: A challenger for next year’s election who similarly claims the incumbent isn’t doing her job. St.
A Republican member of Arizona’s House of Representatives was expelled Wednesday following a bipartisan vote to oust her for inviting a conspiracy theorist to testify at a February committee hearing on election integrity. The Republican-controlled body voted 46-13 to pass HR 2003 and remove Rep. Liz Harris for violating House ethics rules by inviting Jacqueline Breger to the hearing who made claims of criminal activity she said were perpetrated by Democratic Gov.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., led a bipartisan delegation to Ukraine and Poland on Wednesday, and brought along country music star Brad Paisley. Manchin’s office said the delegation consisted of Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. The group discussed several topics with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders, including the country’s energy security, military readiness, accountability of foreign assistance, and the rebuild of Ukraine.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed defended her city during a tense interview following criticism that the city has become too dangerous because of progressive policies after a tech executive was stabbed to death last week, and a former fire commissioner was brutally attacked. Breed, a Democrat, was speaking with FOX San Francisco when she said reports surrounding the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee were “inaccurate.
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation aimed at letting parents bypass requirements for students to wear face masks in school. The House Health Committee approved the legislation that harkens back to disputes over public health orders during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Biden administration announced a trilateral campaign with the United States, Panama and Colombia Tuesday that will aim to halt illegal migration through the Darien Gap, an area of dense jungle where tens of thousands of migrants have already crossed this year. In a joint statement, the three countries said they will launch a 60-day campaign to try and curb the flow of migrants that reached nearly 90,000 in just the first three months of this year.
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are poised to push ahead with school choice legislation and other education reforms, a key policy area where the GOP has surging momentum following the high-profile defection of a Democratic legislator. State Rep. Tricia Cotham announced last week that she’s joining the Republican Party after serving her deep blue Charlotte-area district as a Democrat.
Sen. Tim Scott will launch a presidential exploratory committee on Wednesday, sources close to the Republican senator from South Carolina confirm to Fox News. The move by Scott, a rising star in the GOP and the only Black Republican in the Senate, is a traditional step taken in the past by many politicians who ended up running for the White House. “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking the past few months. I’ve been thinking about my faith.
President Biden arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the first time during his presidency Tuesday night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and accompanying him were son, Hunter, and sister, Valerie Biden Owens. Air Force One landed in the capital of Northern Ireland late Tuesday night, and along with his son and sister, Biden was joined by U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland Joseph Patrick Kennedy III, a grandnephew of the late President John F. Kennedy.
Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is on his way out as Gov. Kevin Stitt’s secretary of education. Stitt on Tuesday announced in a press release that he is appointing Oklahoma State University professor of education Katherine Curry to serve on his cabinet in the role Walters has held since 2020. OKLAHOMA GOV.