Politics May 08 WATCH: OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman testifies on AI competition in Senate hearing The hearing comes as the race to control the future of artificial intelligence is heating up between companies and countries. Altman's OpenAI is in a furious race to develop the best artificial intelligence model against tech rivals like Alphabet and…
Politics Apr 29 WATCH: Black women’s WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor At a ceremony Tuesday in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other lawmakers will present the medal to the family of unit commander Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley.
Politics Apr 22 More Democratic lawmakers visit El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by Trump administration While administration officials have acknowledged that the decision to deport Abrego Garcia was done in error, they have said they have no power to return him to the country despite a Supreme Court ruling calling on the government to do…
Politics Apr 16 Maryland senator meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country's vice president to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court…
Politics Mar 19 DOGE official taking leadership role at USAID, email obtained by AP says A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Politics Mar 19 Democrats clashed over shutdown strategy, but party’s crisis runs far deeper Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration.
Politics Feb 25 WATCH: House Republicans pass their budget resolution, crucial step toward delivering Trump agenda The vote late Tuesday evening is a crucial step toward delivering what he's called his "big, beautiful bill," with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts.
Politics Feb 21 Senate Republicans approve budget framework over Democratic objections after all-night vote Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote.
Politics Feb 20 WATCH: Trump participates in White House Black History Month celebration With Thursday's event, Trump is preserving a tradition at the same time his far-reaching executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government is disrupting its observance elsewhere.
Politics Feb 13 Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as Trump’s agriculture secretary as tariffs and deportations loom Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.