Louisiana lawmakers are moving quickly to put guardrails around artificial intelligence, with at least 18 bills filed or pending ahead of the 2026 regular session, beginning a broad push to regulate how the technology is used in criminal conduct, health care, political campaigns, consumer transactions and the workplace.
During his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a program to address concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs.
“We're telling the major tech companies that they have the obligation to provide for their own power needs. They can build their own power plants as part of their factory so that no one's prices will go up, and in many cases, prices of electricity will go down for the community — and very substantially down,” Trump said.
Federal prosecutors have alleged that two Iranian-linked plots to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump — both allegedly linked to Iranian intelligence services — were launched in 2024 as Iran sought to meddle in the election to stop Trump’s return to the White House, with one of the trials kicking off this week.
The newly released memos from the Fulton County District Attorney’s office provide the latest evidence that Joe Biden’s administration was at the center of trying to bog down his chief Republican rival, Donald Trump, by ensnaring him with federal and state level charges during the 2024 campaign, lawmakers and legal experts say.
As the White House prepares for a possible war with Iran in the event that nuclear negotiations fail, a majority of the public lack confidence in President Donald Trump's decision-making on military strikes, a recent survey revealed.
On the use of military force outside the U.S., just 27% of U.S. adults said they had a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence in Trump to make the right decision, according to the latest AP-NORC survey. 17% had a moderate amount of trust in Trump while 56% had "only a little" or "not at all."
Republicans are facing an enthusiasm crisis that could affect midterm turnout, with tariffs playing a central role, pollster Scott Rasmussen revealed this week.
"About 9 out of 10 Trump-base voters say that tariffs are good for the economy...more traditional Republicans disagree.
— Napolitan News Service (@NapolitanNews) February 26, 2026
The reason that's a problem is because the traditional Republicans are the ones who are already unenthusiastic about voting."@ScottWRasmussen talks tariffs,… pic.twitter.com/O9v2uow1IN
Maduro attorney Barry Pollack this week said that the United States was blocking access to funds that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro needs to pay for his legal defense.
Maduro is facing drug trafficking charges after American forces extracted him from his home country in early January.
The Washington Post lost over $100 million in 2025, according to a new report Thursday.
The newspaper also lost about $100 million in 2024 and $77 million in 2023, unnamed sources told the Wall Street Journal.
The reported losses preceded the Post earlier this month cutting its staff by 30%.
The New York Police Department on Thursday arrested a suspect on assault charges for an alleged attack on officers earlier this week with snow and ice.
Police said that Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, was taken into custody Thursday morning, Fox News reported.
World Economic Forum CEO and President Borge Brende said he was resigning Thursday, after an investigation was conducted into his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister who became WEF president in 2017, announced his decision in a statement following the Justice Department's release of Epstein files that showed he had three business dinners with the disgraced financier and had also communicated with him via email and text, Reuters reported.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Thursday indicated that he might ask Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before the committee as part of his probe into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
🚨 JUST IN: House Oversight Chair James Comer says he might bring in Secretary of Commerce HOWARD LUTNICK to be deposed in the Congressional probe into Epstein
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 26, 2026
“That's very possible. His name will likely arise in questioning. This isn't just about Democrats,” Comer said pic.twitter.com/d2jhN2RcSz
