Politics

Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is a year away, and political experts and some presidential candidates are already raising red flags over the use of artificial intelligence technology in campaign ads and other avenues. This past summer, a super PAC released an ad promoting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign that used a generative-AI tool […]

Ryan Collerd/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chairman James Comer of the House Oversight Committee announced a slew of subpoenas on Wednesday targeting members of President Joe Biden’s family, including his son Hunter Biden, brother James Biden, and former Hunter Biden business associate Rob Walker, demanding they appear for depositions. The subpoenas, which Comer has threatened […]

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris and the White House on Wednesday took a victory lap following Democrats’ strong showing in Tuesday night’s elections, especially around the issue of abortion rights, attempting to link the wins to President Joe Biden, who continues to face a flurry of negative poll numbers. […]

Julia Nikhinson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — After Tuesday’s election results in Virginia delivered a major defeat to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s hopes for a Republican-controlled state government, he indicated he will not be joining the 2024 presidential race — following months of not entirely dismissing the possibility, which was fueled by […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just two days after dismal new polling numbers for President Joe Biden showed the public views him unfavorably and rival Donald Trump would hypothetically defeat him in key swing states next year, Democrats saw a string of successes around the country. The party won notable contests on Tuesday in Kentucky […]

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday introduced a resolution calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border. The so-called privileged resolution requires the House to vote on the matter within two legislative days. likely next Monday or Tuesday. […]

Alon Skuy/Getty Images (MIAMI) — As Donald Trump continues to campaign off of his four unprecedented indictments, denying wrongdoing in each of them, he’s taken his message directly to a community that he believes can relate. On Wednesday night, rather than attend the third 2024 GOP debate in Miami, the former president held a rally […]

Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection next year, fueling speculation over whether he plans on mounting a third-party White House bid and immediately complicating his party’s chances of holding the Senate past 2025. “After months of deliberation and long conversations […]

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was almost exactly center stage in the third GOP presidential primary debate, on Wednesday, trading attacks in a policy-heavy affair in Miami. Haley mixed it up with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. The three were joined by former New […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday took a hard look at Tuesday night’s punishing election results in some key battleground states, and they’re not pleased with what they’re seeing. “Yesterday to me was a complete failure,” said Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Republicans were handed a string of rebukes, from red-state Kentucky’s […]