House Delivers Rare Bipartisan Rebuke to Republican Chuck Edwards Over Treatment of Female Staffers
The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly censured Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina, delivering one of Congress’s strongest formal punishments after a bipartisan ethics investigation concluded that he engaged in persistent inappropriate conduct toward two young female employees. The vote represents a rare instance in which lawmakers from both parties united to discipline […]
Extreme Weather Is Pushing Homeowners Toward a Riskier Insurance Market
As wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme-weather disasters become increasingly costly, a growing number of American homeowners are being pushed into a lesser-known corner of the insurance industry: surplus or excess-line insurance. Once primarily designed for unusual or exceptionally risky properties, these policies are rapidly becoming an alternative for homeowners who can no longer obtain traditional […]
Smithsonian Gives Latino Museum a Historic Home on the National Mall, Bypassing a Congressional Fight
The Smithsonian Institution has chosen the historic Arts and Industries Building as the permanent home of the National Museum of the American Latino, abandoning earlier plans to construct an entirely new museum and giving the long-awaited institution a path forward that does not require Congress to approve a new site. The Smithsonian Board of Regents […]
California Moves to Stop AI From Using Personal Data to Decide What Shoppers Pay
California lawmakers are moving to restrict a rapidly emerging form of artificial-intelligence-driven commerce known as “surveillance pricing,” in which companies can use consumers’ personal information to determine individualized prices. Supporters of the proposed restrictions argue that advances in AI and data collection could allow businesses to quietly determine how much each customer is willing—or desperate […]
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns as Pentagon Leadership Turmoil Deepens
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning after just 18 months as the Army’s top civilian leader, following months of reported disagreements with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over senior military leadership and the future direction of the service. His departure adds another major vacancy to a Pentagon already experiencing significant turnover at the highest levels. Driscoll, […]
FTC and 22 States Accuse Amazon of Secretly Inflating Advertising Costs by Billions
Amazon is facing a major new legal battle after the Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of 22 U.S. states sued the technology and retail giant, alleging that it secretly manipulated its digital advertising auctions to force businesses to pay higher prices. Regulators claim the practices affected more than one million advertisers and generated […]
Air Force Major Faces Career-Ending Charges After Publicly Defying Trump
An active-duty Air Force officer who publicly denounced President Donald Trump is facing serious military charges that could end his career, eliminate his retirement benefits and potentially send him to prison. The case of Maj. Jason Watson, a 17-year Air Force veteran, is becoming a high-profile test of how far service members—particularly commissioned officers—can go […]
Pentagon’s Quiet Hiring of Conservative Influencers Raises New Questions About Transparency and Political Messaging
The Pentagon has quietly brought several conservative military veterans with large social-media followings into civilian government positions, raising questions about transparency, political influence and the increasingly blurred boundary between official Defense Department work and partisan online commentary. The previously undisclosed appointments are part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s broader effort to reshape both Pentagon policy […]
NASA Sends Repurposed Spy Technology Into Space to Map the Universe on an Unprecedented Scale
NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $4.3 billion observatory designed to investigate some of astronomy’s biggest mysteries, including dark matter, dark energy and planets beyond our solar system. Remarkably, part of the telescope’s technology was originally developed for American spy satellites before being repurposed to look outward into the universe […]
Americans Push Back Against AI License-Plate Cameras as Surveillance Fears Intensify
Americans are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the rapid expansion of automated license-plate readers, marking a striking reversal in public attitudes toward a technology that police departments have promoted as an important crime-fighting tool. A new nationwide survey shows that concerns about privacy, government surveillance and potential police abuse are beginning to outweigh promises of greater […]
