WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump federalizes Washington, D.C.’s police and deploys the National Guard to curb crime in the nation’s capital, he is signaling a broader push to address violent crime in other major U.S. cities. During an August…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin convened at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday, August 15, 2025, in a high-stakes summit aimed at ending more than three years of war in Ukraine. The meeting, held at…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has struck down a Trump-era rule that allowed employers with religious or moral objections to opt out of an Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate requiring health insurance plans to cover abortion and contraceptives. The decision,…

NEW YORK — Manufacturing employment in New York State has plummeted by 45 percent since 2000, marking the steepest decline in the nation, according to a new analysis by software services firm ETQ. The report, which draws on data from…

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and other regulatory bodies have held meetings with these firms and smaller tech companies in recent weeks, questioning the necessity of relying on U.S.-made chips when local options are available.

China’s aggressive push into open-source artificial intelligence (AI) is sending shockwaves through Washington and Silicon Valley, as free-to-use large language models (LLMs) from companies like DeepSeek, Alibaba, and others rapidly gain traction worldwide. These permissively licensed models, which allow developers…

OpenAI, the trailblazing artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, is facing significant turbulence with the recent rollout of its latest language model, GPT-5. Launched earlier this month to its 800 million ChatGPT users, the upgrade promised breakthroughs in coding, creativity, and…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said federal control over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department should last more than 30 days. “We’re going to be asking for extensions on that—long-term extensions,” the president told reporters on Aug. 13 at the Kennedy Center. Under…

Health officials in Orange County have issued a warning after detecting West Nile Virus (WNV) in local mosquitoes, urging residents to take precautions as the peak of mosquito season continues. The virus, which can cause severe illness in rare cases,…

Washington, D.C. – In a decisive step to restore accuracy and transparency to America’s economic reporting, President Donald Trump has nominated E.J. Antoni, a sharp-eyed economist from the Heritage Foundation, to helm the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This follows…

Stock Widget AI startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s GOOGL -1.20% ▼ Chrome browser. That figure is higher than Perplexity’s current valuation, but the company said several investors have agreed to back the deal.…

Stock Widget USA Rare Earth USAR +23.20% ▲, a key player in the domestic rare earths and magnet production industry, is riding a wave of investor enthusiasm following a flurry of positive developments. The company reported its second-quarter 2025 financial…

Swift, who has won 14 Grammys including an unprecedented four for Album of the Year, made the announcement on a podcast with boyfriend and football star Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce. “This is my brand new album, ‘The…

Israel has approved plans to take control of Gaza City, while distributing humanitarian aid to civilians outside combat zones, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday, amid international pushback. The decision follows a security cabinet meeting…

NEW YORK — Nearly 24 years after the devastating September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York City’s medical examiner’s office has identified the remains of three more victims, offering closure to their families through advancements in DNA technology. The announcement,…

OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5, its latest and most advanced large-scale artificial intelligence model. The company is making GPT-5 available to everyone, including its free users. OpenAI said the model is smarter, faster and “a lot more useful,” particularly across domains like writing,…

Stock Widget In a transformative deal that could reshape the sports media landscape for years to come, Walt Disney Co. DIS +1.85% ▲ and the National Football League (NFL) announced Tuesday that the NFL will take a 10% equity stake…

President Donald Trump is imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on India, lifting the total rate to 50 percent. Trump, writing in an Aug. 6 executive order, said India’s government is “currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil.” “Accordingly,…

About 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan, the city of New Rochelle, NY—home to roughly 85,000 residents—has quietly rewritten the housing playbook, making it a rare example of a suburb where added supply has actually stabilized and even reduced rents. While…

In an unfolding drama at the intersection of politics and economics, former President Donald Trump is poised to gain new influence over U.S. monetary policy. The early resignation of Fed Governor Adriana Kugler, a Biden appointee, has opened a vacancy on…

Stock Widget The IPO of collaborative design software company Figma FIGMA +250.00% ▲ set Wall Street abuzz after the company’s stock skyrocketed 250% on its debut, briefly valuing the firm at a staggering $60 billion. But while critics claim the…

Once dismissed as a niche Silicon Valley data-mining firm, Palantir Technologies PLTR +600.00% ▲ has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis, transforming into a central fixture in Washington’s national security and AI strategies. As its stock soared nearly 600% from early 2024…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move with deep implications for U.S. monetary policy and global financial markets, President Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday that he has officially ruled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as a contender for the next…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under direction from the Trump administration, unlawfully delayed and canceled billions of dollars in federally approved medical research grants.…

Stock Widget Microsoft MSFT -0.75% ▼ is laying off 40 Washington-based employees, as the company continues to trim its workforce amid record spending on artificial intelligence. Monday’s layoffs, disclosed in a state filing, are separate from previous announcements of global…