Musk’s Grok AI being adopted by Pentagon despite growing backlash against it

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military’s data as possible into the developing technology. “Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models

Polis on Tina Peters case: “You can’t give the president the headspace on this”

During his last year in office, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will make his final decisions on which prisoners in the state he will grant clemency. Among those under consideration is Tina Peters, who was convicted of multiple felonies stemming from unauthorized accessing of voting machines, and who President Trump has repeatedly demanded be set free.  Peters,

Trump Says Microsoft Will Make Changes to Address Data Centers Pushing up Electricity Bills

Microsoft offices in Mountain View, Calif., on July 31, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on Jan. 12 that Microsoft will “make major changes” this week to ensure that U.S. consumers are not facing increased power bills because of increasing demand from data centers. In a Truth Social post, Trump said his

House Republicans Unveil Legislation to Ban Congressional Stock Trading

The U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times House Republicans on Monday unveiled a bill that would ban lawmakers from making future stock trades while permitting them to hold onto those they already own. The legislation, called the Stop Insider Trading Act, is one of several competing