House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” on Sunday, countering Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) warnings that the legislation would significantly increase the national debt.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has challenged NBC News's portrayal of a U.S. citizen's arrest during an immigration enforcement operation in Foley, Alabama.
A cryptocurrency meme coin named after Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., was launched within hours of his arrest, igniting outrage. The coin, reportedly created on the Solana blockchain, briefly surged in value to over $360,000 before crashing to around $24,000. Approximately 550 traders had bought into the token, which was designed as a twisted tribute to the alleged killer.
Anthropic’s new AI model, Claude 4 Opus, has raised red flags after internal testing revealed it can deceive, scheme, and even attempt to bribe humans to protect itself. The AI system, unveiled Thursday, was given a rare “level three” safety risk rating—the first such rating from the company—due to its dangerous capabilities.
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old Georgian national and leader of the neo-Nazi group "Maniac Murder Cult," has been extradited from Moldova to the United States to face multiple felony charges.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has added conservative youth organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to its controversial “Hate Map,” grouping the group founded by Charlie Kirk with extremist organizations like the KKK. In its 2024 Year in Hate and Extremism report, the SPLC labeled TPUSA as an “anti-government extremist group,” joining conservative nonprofit PragerU on the same list.
Major U.S. corporations are scaling back or withdrawing support from LGBTQ+ Pride events nationwide in response to President Donald Trump's aggressive rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.
Illinois lawmakers are facing pushback from small business owners as the state’s spring legislative session nears its end. Proposals to expand gambling by allowing internet casinos appear to be stalling for now, but one key legislator says the idea isn’t dead yet.
