A January Office of Congressional Conduct report showed the review also looked at funding that went to a foundation led by Freddie Figgers, a telecommunications executive from Broward County with ties to the governor.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) pressed Anthropic on Thursday about recent changes to its internal safety protocols following reports that part of the source code for the AI firm’s Claude Code tool was accidentally leaked. The company narrowed its AI safety policy pledge in late February, removing a previous commitment to halt development of its AI…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday said the U.S. should not provide funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, clarifying her position on the issue. “The Israeli government is well able to fund the Iron Dome system, which has proven critical to keep innocent civilians safe from rocket attacks and bombardment,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Americans would “furiously react” if Congress cut federal health care funds in order to fulfill a pricey Pentagon budget request amid the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran. The Democratic leader cited public opposition to Medicare cuts included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the president…
A judge has challenged Congress to approve Trump’s multimillion-dollar construction project, but Republicans aren’t showing any immediate interest in the subject.
A Senate bill setting up a two-step path to ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown is back in the House’s court. The Senate sent a bipartisan bill to fund the bulk of the department, aside from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, to the lower chamber on Thursday by unanimous consent…
The early morning vote in a mostly empty chamber paves the way for an end to the record-setting agency shutdown.