The FBI on Thursday arrested a Department of Energy (DOE) employee at the Hanford, Wash., nuclear site under suspicion of trying to aid the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen, according to the Justice Department. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Wash., was charged with “attempting to provide material support or resources to the Houthis”…
A federal judge has ruled that a Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he used Flock license plate reader technology to access weeks of a driver’s travel history, warning that the system risks creating a nationwide “dragnet” of mass surveillance. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill, a Biden appointee, ordered evidence obtained…
Brazil votes Sunday in a presidential election that could reshape its relationship with President Trump, return the Bolsonaro movement to power and alter the future of the Amazon.Why it matters: The showdown between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro has turned into something bigger: a test of Trump's influence in Latin America's…
Vice President JD Vance said the GOP faces an “uphill climb” in the midterms — and that the results may be a data point he reviews as he decides his 2028 plans.
President Donald Trump threatened new trade retaliation against South Korea if it doesn’t follow through with an investment in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska.
Amazon's commitment to community-focused data center development, plus introducing Built Together, a new investment program for data center communities.
Netanyahu says it is too early to tell who was behind the apparent attempt to crash flight after pilot stabbedGood morning. Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is too early to tell who was ultimately behind the apparent attempt to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, even as Israel’s ambassador to the UN called the incident a “terror attack”. Flydubai said…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that all U.S. troops will get one day off in October to vote in the 2026 midterm elections. Hegseth said the stand-down order will be executed by Oct. 15 and will continue in even-numbered election years as part of a new and “apolitical” Pentagon “with all the right…
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Justice Department will not open its criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell following the release of an internal watchdog report that found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. “We’re not reopening a criminal investigation into him,” Blanche told Bloomberg in an interview…
University denies allegations, saying it is committed to making admissions decisions in compliance with all lawsThe Department of Justice said on Thursday that the law school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions.The announcement follows a similar accusation against the university’s medical school and comes as…
The bodycam footage also shows a police officer finding a gun in Mangione's backpack, days after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The founder of SpaceX, with billions of dollars in military contracts, joins several other defense industry executives on a Pentagon advisory board.
Mamdani wants to spend millions of dollars fighting "hate." Where does the money go?
The state struck 20,000 names from the public database after a ruling by the state’s highest court.
President Trump is expected to tap Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, for a new role as the White House's artificial intelligence — or in Trump's words, "super intelligence" — czar.Why it matters: Clayton, who Trump previously told Axios would be a good idea for AI czar, is expected to take on the second title, sources told Axios. Calls…
President Donald Trump said the Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by the U.S. military in Operation Midnight Hammer last year were also “drug factories.” Trump made the new claim while stumping for Republican candidates at a campaign rally in Oklahoma on Thursday. During his wide-ranging speech, the president revisited the success of the June…
Warplanes carried out 20 strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen's Taiz province in a three-hour period, the most serious clash since 2022.
The firm managing President Trump’s “$Trump” coin announced it would be hosting an “exclusive” gala for the top 185 holders of the coin, featuring the president as a speaker. “An evening with 3 Legends and President Donald J. Trump — plus a private meet & greet with a legend to be announced,” the description of…
