November 20, 2025

Gemini 3 and other chatbots scrutinized as unreliable news gatherers

Artificial intelligence tools like Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, and OpenAI’s new search engine, Atlas, are quickly becoming the primary way people search for information. But Jeffrey Blevins, a professor at the University of Cincinnati and a faculty fellow of the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy, says consumers should be cautious when using AI to […]

November 20, 2025

Senators seek probe of Bill Pulte’s alleged politicized criminal referrals

Eight Democratic senators are calling for an independent investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte after he referred at least four Democrats to the Department of Justice for prosecution regarding mortgage fraud violations. The lawmakers are concerned the accusations are entirely political and being done to get revenge on President Trump’s political […]

November 20, 2025

Trump signs bill compelling DOJ to release Jeffrey Epstein files

President Donald Trump has signed a bill that will compel the Department of Justice to release its records about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The bill received near-unanimous approval in Congress on Tuesday.  Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social. What does this bill do? The bill requires Attorney General Pam Bondi […]

November 20, 2025

Powder to powder: Feds hunt Olympic snowboarder-turned-drug-kingpin

A former Olympic snowboarder has now reached the podium of the FBI’s most wanted list. Ryan Wedding, 43, is accused of running a transnational drug trafficking network and orchestrating multiple murders. Wedding accusations “The former Canadian snowboarder unleashed an avalanche of death and destruction, here and abroad,” Matthew Allen, Special Agent in Charge of the […]

November 20, 2025

FL congresswoman stole $5 million in FEMA funds, aided campaign: Indictment

A federal grand jury has indicted Florida Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick for allegedly stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds. Federal prosecutors claim that a “substantial portion” of it financed Cherfilus-McCormick’s 2021 congressional campaign. A Department of Justice news release states that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin, received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA […]

November 19, 2025

Measles surge could cost US ‘elimination status’ by January

Federal health officials have, for the first time, linked the measles outbreak that began in Texas to an ongoing cluster in Utah and Arizona using genetic sequencing. This connection could cost the United States its World Health Organization “elimination status” if the same strain continues to transmit through the end of January, according to The […]

November 19, 2025

How an abortion debate could doom ACA subsidies

Abortion restrictions have entered the conversation surrounding renewing subsidies for health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA.) Senate Republicans now say they’re open to extending ACA tax breaks set to expire at the end of the year — but only if Democrats accept stricter abortion restrictions in American insurance plans.  The GOP position […]

November 19, 2025

Comey again moves to have federal charges against him dropped

Former FBI Director James Comey’s legal team is reportedly once again attempting to get federal criminal charges against him dropped. His lawyers argued on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s personal anger toward Comey wrongly prompted the prosecution. “This is an extraordinary case and it merits an extraordinary remedy,” Comey’s lawyer Michael Dreeben said before U.S. […]

November 19, 2025

DOJ admits full grand jury did not review final indictment against James Comey

The Department of Justice admitted Wednesday that the grand jury that charged former FBI Director James Comey did not review the final indictment. Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney leading the case, said only the foreperson and another grand juror saw the document.  The admission came as Comey asked a judge to dismiss the indictment, saying […]