‘We may not recognize you, but you sure as hell will recognize what happens when you target America or its allies,’ says Brian Mast L: Speaker Mike Johnson R: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan (Tasos Katopodis; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The newly installed House, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.), is set to vote Thursday
Michigan Democrats gave nearly $2 billion in direct subsidies and tax breaks to Ford’s project with CATL Ford Electric Vehicles (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Department of Defense added Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL—which Ford Motor Company has partnered with on a billion-dollar EV project in Michigan—to a list of companies that actively aid China’s
The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act in a 264-159 vote on Tuesday, with 48 Democrats joining 216 Republicans to make it the first act of the new Congress. The bill, named after a 22-year-old nursing student murdered last February by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in Georgia, requires federal immigration authorities to detain
The Washington Post laid off roughly 4 percent of its workforce Tuesday, amid financial struggles and the departure of senior staff. The cuts will eliminate around 100 jobs in the Post‘s business divisions, including advertising and marketing, the New York Times reported. They will not affect jobs in the newsroom. This is the paper’s latest attempt
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company will no longer rely on “politically biased” fact-checkers to censor content, pledging to restore “free expression” on its Facebook, Instagram, and Threads platforms. “We’re going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes similar to X, starting in the U.S.,” the Meta CEO
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) has privately told President-elect Donald Trump that he believes that Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon, has the votes to be confirmed. We hope that’s the case. Hegseth brings impressive academic credentials combined with real-world experience—in his case, a distinguished record of service in the Army,
Only two prospective jurors were familiar with Jake Tapper Jake Tapper speaks on stage during The Atlantic Festival 2024 (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for The Atlantic) PANAMA CITY, Fla.—Jurors for a high-stakes defamation suit against CNN appeared open to forcing the network to dole out a 10-figure payout, the latest setback for the left-wing network as