W.Va. Senate Passes Bill to Block Media Monitors
The West Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at protecting free speech and ensuring taxpayer dollars are not used to enforce ideological discrimination in media and advertising through so-called media monitors.[#item_full_content]
Wikipedia Targets Israel, Promotes Antisemitism
A network of 30 to 40 volunteer editors has made over 850,000 edits on Israel-related pages, distorting thousands of articles. Their pattern: amplify every alleged Israeli misdeed while sanitizing Palestinian eliminationist ideology. Wikipedia’s self-policing has failed.[#item_full_content]
Report: Trump Admin Targets CFPB With New Cost Claims
The Trump administration has intensified its effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing the agency has raised borrowing costs for Americans by hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a report from the Financial Times.[#item_full_content]
Scientists: AI Could Misuse Bio Data, Design Harmful Viruses
As artificial intelligence systems grow more capable of analyzing genetic code, more than 100 researchers from leading universities are warning that some publicly available biological data could be used to design dangerous viruses.[#item_full_content]
Equities Close Little Changed as Tech Shares Recover
U.S. stocks closed near the unchanged mark Tuesday after struggling in the early stages of trading, as technology shares rebounded from earlier lows and financial stocks also provided support.[#item_full_content]
Springsteen jabs Trump as ‘wannabe king’ as famed rocker launches concert tour ‘in defense of America’
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is heading back on the road, as he steps up his criticism of President Donald Trump. Springsteen on Tuesday charged that Trump was a “wannabe king” as he announced the launch late next month of the “Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour.” “We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous […]
Scranton crime spike dogs Dem mayor as she challenges GOP Rep in Biden’s hometown
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is battling a crime crisis in former President Joe Biden’s hometown as she mounts a challenge against freshman GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. in an evenly divided swing district. The Electric City has seen a rise in violent incidents, according to local outlets, with five homicides recorded in the first half […]
Mark Kelly eyes 2028 White House run while fighting Trump demotion threat
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has confirmed he will “seriously consider” a run for president in 2028, opening the door to a potential White House bid. Kelly’s comments to the BBC Feb. 16 came as he remains locked in a legal and political battle with the Trump administration. In an interview, the retired Navy captain and […]
House GOP’s razor-thin majority threatens to grind Trump’s Capitol Hill agenda to halt
With less than nine months before a politically bruising battle in the November midterm elections, the realities of a one-seat majority are bearing down on the House GOP. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. — and by extension, President Donald Trump — faced back-to-back losses on the House floor last week after a small group of GOP […]
WH Sued Over Order on ‘Corrosive Ideology’ in Natl Parks
A coalition of historical and conservation groups filed suit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to remove what it calls “corrosive ideology” from national parks, Politico reported.
