U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 17, 2024, after the Senate rejected House Republicans’ impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Senate passed a package providing billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan on Tuesday,…
The Senate on Tuesday moved to approve a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that had been stalled for months. The bill, a version of which passed the Senate in February with bipartisan support, cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday by a vote of 80-19, reflecting broad bipartisan support. To get…
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump watches in the courtroom as his criminal trial begins in Manhattan State Court on charges that he falsified business records to hide money he paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 in New York City, USA, April 23, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former…
The idea triggered a full-scale revolt on the Google campus. Six years ago, the Silicon Valley giant signed a small, $9 million contract to put the skills of a few of its most innovative developers to the task of building an artificial intelligence tool that would help the military detect potential targets on the battlefield…
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Australia-United Kingdom-United States Partnership (AUKUS) while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, USA, participate. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The trilateral defense and security pact between…
Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigning in Wisconsin on Monday, took another sharp swipe at former President Donald J. Trump over his stance against abortion, a hot-button issue across the country. But she remained silent on the war in Gaza, another issue looming elsewhere among the critical bloc of young voters she is courting. The split…
Oracle’s top lobbyist in Washington met privately with Senate staffers this spring about the company’s data-sharing agreement with TikTok, following the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives in mid-March that would effectively ban the social media app in the United States could. Oracle acts as a data center for US TikTok users….
After a year of legal wrangling and a week of jury selection, today marked the actual beginning of the first prosecution of a former American president – a courtroom drama with legal broadsides, a no-nonsense judge and 12 Manhattanites sitting in on the verdict. New York State told a twisted tale of hush money, illicit…
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he begins his criminal trial in Manhattan State Court in New York City on April 22, 2024, on charges that he falsified business records to hide money he spent in 2016 for keeping quiet of porn star Stormy Daniels continues. Brendan Mcdermid |…
The United States is considering imposing sanctions on one or more Israeli battalions accused of human rights abuses during operations in the occupied West Bank, according to a person familiar with the deliberations. Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Saturday called the possibility that the Biden administration might impose such sanctions “the height…
