Once a target of pro-Trump anger, the U.S. archivist is prepping her agency for a digital flood
The new National Archives leader's nomination was swept up into the partisan furor over the criminal documents-hoarding case against ex-President Donald Trump
2023-08-11 05:23
Allusions to mobster movies and book burning at appeals court hearing on Biden social media contacts
Allusions to book burning and mobster movies arose during a federal court hearing in New Orleans as judges heard arguments on whether the Biden administration engages in unconstitutional censorship in communications with social media platforms
2023-08-11 05:22
'They are going off the Richter scale, both sides': Manchin flirts with becoming an independent
Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate West Virginia Democrat who has yet to decide whether to run for reelection next year or mount a long-shot third party bid for the White House, said Thursday that he's "thinking seriously" about becoming an independent.
2023-08-11 05:16
US Black women-owned venture capital fund mounts defense to conservative's race lawsuit
By Nate Raymond The founders of a venture capital fund devoted to funding Black women-owned businesses on Thursday
2023-08-11 05:15
Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston
Following closing arguments in the first of multiple legal challenges to local election results in Harris County, Texas, a visiting judge said the decision on whether to overturn the outcome based on alleged irregularities is weeks away
2023-08-11 05:15
Russia is to launch its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years
Russia is scheduled to launch its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years on Friday, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there
2023-08-11 04:57
FEC moves toward potentially regulating AI deepfakes in campaign ads
The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election, a move advocates say would safeguard voters against a particularly insidious form of election disinformation
2023-08-11 04:56
US mortgage delinquency rates fall to all-time low
By Safiyah Riddle U.S. mortgage delinquency rates fell to a record low in the second quarter due to
2023-08-11 04:52
Trump appeals dismissal of defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday appealed a judge's dismissal of his claim that the writer
2023-08-11 04:50
US probing Virginia fatal crash involving Tesla suspected of running on automated driving system
U.S. safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a fatal crash in Virginia involving a Tesla suspected of running on a partially automated driving system
2023-08-11 04:28
Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case
A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation’s firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden
2023-08-11 04:27
US suicides hit an all-time high last year
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever
2023-08-11 04:22