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Rep. Foushee Announces Legislation to Close AI Research Funding Gaps and Establish AI Institutes at HBCUs

Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), a Co-Chair of the House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy, announced she will be introducing the HBCU Artificial Intelligence Research Leadership Act, legislation to provide federal funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to establish Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes. “As a member of the House, Science, Space, and Technology Committee and Co-Chair of the House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy, I have fought to expand access to AI education, research, and career pathways for historically underrepresented communities,” said Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04). “The HBCU Artificial Intelligence Research Leadership Act builds on

Trump says he wants Iran’s leadership structure gone and has preferences for a ‘good leader’

By Garrett Haake WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that he wants to see Iran’s leadership structure fully removed and that he has some names in mind for a “good leader.” “We want to go in and clean out everything,” Trump told NBC News in a phone call. “We don’t want someone who would rebuild over a 10-year period. “We want them to have a good leader. We have some people who I think would do a good job,” he added, declining to name anyone. Trump also said he is taking steps to make sure the people on his list make it through the

Trump administration under fire as thousands of Americans are stranded in war zone

By Abigail Williams, Dan De Luce and Justin Goldman WASHINGTON — In the days after the U.S. and Israel launched an air war against Iran, the State Department issued new advisories warning Americans to reconsider traveling to several countries in the region. By then, it was too late. Thousands of Americans are now stranded in the Middle East as Iran retaliates with drone attacks on U.S. facilities, prompting Democratic lawmakers and current and former State Department officials to sharply criticize the Trump administration for failing to plan for what they say was a predictable scenario. “You would have had far fewer people in harm’s way,” a senior

Noem doesn’t retract calling U.S. citizens killed by immigration agents ‘domestic terrorists’ in tense hearing

By Nicole Acevedo Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not apologize for or retract administration statements falsely calling two U.S. citizens domestic terrorists shortly after they were killed by immigration agents in Minnesota in January. In her first appearance before Congress since the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24, Noem repeatedly defended the Trump administration’s immigration policies and tactics during a tense, almost four-hour Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the committee’s ranking member, pressed Noem about why Good and Pretti were falsely labeled as domestic terrorists following their killings. Noem expressed her condolences to their

Congress Splits Over Iran War as Senate Faces a Vote

By Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro A divided Congress is deeply split over the Trump administration’s large-scale military campaign against Iran on the eve of a Senate vote on the matter, after President Trump and top officials have offered a head-snapping series of shifting justifications for the conflict. Members of the House and Senate emerged from classified briefings with top administration officials on Tuesday with divergent assessments of the case they had made for war, falling almost entirely along party lines. Democrats said the president and his team had failed to articulate an imminent threat to justify acting without consulting Congress, while Republicans

Iran-U.S. war chokes key shipping lane and threatens global cargo industry

By Allie Canal and Emily Lorsch The war in Iran is choking off a key shipping route in the global supply chain, potentially leading to massive delays in the flow of goods to American consumers. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that sits along the southern coast of Iran, gives passage to one-fifth of the world’s oil supply and is also a key route for other types of commodities like aluminum, sugar and fertilizer. According to Iranian state media, a senior commander for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the strait is closed and that it would set any ship trying to pass through

Trump, who campaigned against ‘endless’ wars, enters Iran with no end date

By Henry J. Gomez, Allan Smith and Tara Prindiville To win the White House in 2016, Donald Trump first had to get by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the son and brother of two past presidents inextricably linked with U.S. wars in the Middle East. Attacking the Bush family dynasty — and its legacy — became a feature of Trump’s campaign. And that meant doubling down on criticism of the Iraq War that President George W. Bush had led the United States into under the premise of finding weapons of mass destruction that never materialized. “The war in Iraq was a big, fat mistake,” Trump

Higher gas prices are likely coming to the pump after oil prices jump in wake of U.S. strikes in Iran

By Steve Kopack The price of oil surged Sunday after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, which killed its supreme leader. U.S. crude oil initially soared more than 10%, while Brent, the international oil benchmark, surged as much as 13% when trading opened on Sunday. The rally moderated after a few hours but both were still up more than 5% as of 10:20 p.m. ET. For U.S. crude oil, the move pushed prices higher by more than $3 per barrel. Even before the weekend’s escalation, oil prices had risen 17% this year off President Donald Trump’s ramped-up rhetoric against the Iranian regime. The Trump

Vance launches into Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ by suspending Medicaid payments to Minnesota

By Henry J. Gomez and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance got a new assignment Tuesday night: fighting a “war on fraud” that President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. It’s the latest addition to a portfolio that has included saving TikTok from extinction in the U.S. and selling Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — and it comes with Trump’s high expectations. “He’ll get it done,” Trump pledged in his speech. “And if we’re able to find enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced budget overnight.” Vance, joined by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, announced the opening

Three takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union speech

By Sahil Kapur WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave a triumphal State of the Union speech Tuesday, proclaiming that he has ushered in a “golden age of America” while taunting Democrats in the chamber and blaming the country’s problems on them. The speech comes at a perilous moment for Trump as his approval ratings have slipped. Americans have lost trust in him on the economy for the first time in his political career, according to a wide range of polls, presenting troubles for his party ahead of the November midterm elections. Still, Trump didn’t suggest he would adjust his domestic or foreign policies in

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