Foreign central bank chiefs voice “full solidarity with” Fed chief Powell

London — The heads of 10 major central banks and global financial institutions threw their collective support behind U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying in a joint statement published Tuesday that it was “critical to preserve” the banks’ independence. U.S. prosecutors have opened an inquiry into Powell, prompting his rare rebuke against escalating pressure

Pentagon adopting Musk’s Grok AI 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

Democrats want to know if any Jan. 6 rioters are now working for ICE

Nearly one year after the mass pardon of more than 1,500 Trump-supporting Capitol riot defendants, members of a House committee are investigating whether any of the pardoned rioters are now working for President Trump’s administration in the fast-growing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In a three-page letter sent Monday to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

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,