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
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
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,
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat finishing out his final term who has at times found himself at odds with his party on key national issues, says the best way to understand his politics is that he is “pro-freedom.” That extends to more benign issues like allowing kids to operate lemonade stands without a permit,
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
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
Washington — Former special counsel Jack Smith is expected to testify publicly in front of the House Judiciary Committee later this month. GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, the committee’s chairman, announced on X Monday that Smith it set to testify on Jan. 22. Last month, Smith testified in a closed-door deposition for roughly nine hours on