Federal judge pauses executive order on mail-in ballot lists, USPS’ role in elections
A federal judge blocked Postmaster General David Steiner’s plan to withhold ballots from the 23 states refusing to comply with an executive order on voter rolls. The Massachusetts judge also nullified the order as unconstitutional, killing President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a national voter list. Judge Indira Talwani struck down Trump’s March 31 executive […]
SCOTUS stakes Hawaii’s ‘vampire’ gun rule, stopping other state attempts
In the movies, killing the original vampire leaves its minions reduced to ash and flames. The Supreme Court on Thursday set forth a similar chain reaction across the country when it ruled Hawaii’s “vampire” gun law runs afoul of the Constitution. Justices in the 6-3 majority ruled that Hawaii’s law requiring express permission from a […]
Iran reportedly attacks cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, multiple media outlets reported Thursday, citing U.S. officials. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news, wrote that a one-way attack drone went to the west side of the vessel before striking it, inferring the attack was deliberate. U.K. Maritime Trade Operations said the […]
National Guardsmen Bring Medical Expertise to Paraguay
More than 20 National Guard medical professionals from six states shared their clinical experience with Paraguayan partners and offered care to locals during Exercise Amistad, which includes a Dominican Republic rotation this year.
Visitors Welcome International Tall Ships to Baltimore for Sail 250
As tall ships from around the world arrived in Baltimore Harbor for Sail 250 Maryland and Airshow Baltimore, the event offered more than a display of maritime tradition — it became an opportunity to celebrate heritage, strengthen friendships and reflect on connections forged at sea.
Free speech or forgery? NYC council candidate arrested for creating fake endorsements
Artificial intelligence has officially made its way into the political sphere, and more significantly, into this year’s campaign cycle. But now, it’s taking a dramatic turn, as a failed political candidate faces criminal charges for using AI tools on the campaign trail. Jonathan Rinaldi was arrested outside his home in New York on Wednesday and […]
Small newspapers take on Big Tech in AI battle. A loss could devastate local news
As local newspapers shutter left and right, hundreds of small-town, family-owned publishers are going to battle against Big Tech to prevent their business models from being eaten alive by chatbots. In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, some 400 local newspapers from across the country accused OpenAI and Microsoft of systematically copying articles from their websites […]
Can Big Tech’s biggest AI disruptors ease the disruption? This group thinks so
The same companies warning that artificial intelligence could devastate the American workforce are now writing checks to fix it, and at least one of them is also the reason the alarm exists. Eric Holcomb, a former Republican governor of Indiana, and Gina Raimondo, a former Democratic governor of Rhode Island and the former U.S. commerce […]
Trump confronted Republicans over Iran vote. By nightfall, two had switched sides
President Donald Trump went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday hoping to rally Senate Republicans behind his agenda, but instead spent much of the meeting pressing Republicans who had broken with him on Iran — a confrontation that was followed hours later by two key senators reversing their positions on a separate war powers vote. Trump […]
