US politics

US politics

Are we in the middle of an AI bubble? Ask a lawmaker, and they probably won't have a definitive take for you. "If I knew that, I'd be in a different line of work," Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat who represents much of Silicon Valley, told Business Insider. The AI bubble debate has been raging in the tech world since August, when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that investors had grown "overexcited" about the technology.

A wave of bills introduced this year in state legislatures across the country sought to censor Palestine-related education in public schools. Several passed with the support of pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers, a trend that educators and First Amendment advocates told Truthout reflects the alignment of pro-Israel groups with MAGA forces. As these efforts continue, many said they fear public education could be reshaped far beyond social studies classrooms and the topics of Israel and Palestine.

Home prices have risen more than 50% since the pandemic. About a third of American households now spend more than 30% of their income on housing. In 2014, the median age of a first-time homebuyer was 31. In 2025, it was 40 the highest on record. The core of the problem is simple: Too much money chasing too few homes. How many more homes does America need? I've seen estimates ranging from 2 million to 5 million.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in volunteers walk them there and back. In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it's simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down.

Yes, numerous presidents have used the autopen, dating back to Thomas Jefferson, who used an early version of the device, according to the Shappell Manuscript Foundation. Harry Truman was rumoured to have used the pen, as well as Gerald Ford and Lyndon B Johnson, who allowed the device to be photographed in the White House. Other presidents include John F Kennedy as well as Barack Obama, who used the device to sign various legislation including the Patriot Act and an appropriations bill while overseas.

Rosie O'Donnell attacked White House press corps for allowing President Donald Trump to rape female colleagues when he berated them, fuming that no one has the decency to step in and defend one reporter the president branded stupid on Thursday. The comedian's remarks came during an appearance on The Jim Acosta Show on Friday, one day after the tense exchange at Mar-a-Lago in which Trump lashed out at CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes.

The full retirement age, which has gradually increased, is now steady at 67. The big picture: Retirees on fixed incomes face an ever-rising cost of living. Out-of-pocket medical expenses are escalating, the cost of in-home care is growing more than three times faster than inflation, and an increasing share of the elderly are spending more than a third of their income on real estate too.

On the night of Zohran Mamdani's election victory, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, posted congratulations on social media, writing, "New Yorkers faced a clear choice - between hope and fear - and just like we've seen in London - hope won." But Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, knows all too well that even after hope wins, hatred hangs around like an angry drunk in an alley, spoiling for a rematch.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that according to many people that I greatly respect, Hernandez was treated very harshly and unfairly.

Under its terms, Ukraine would face no meaningful limit on its peacetime military, despite Russian attempts to impose draconian restrictions since 2022. (The only requirement, a cap of 600,000 personnel, probably exceeds the number of active-duty forces Ukraine would maintain anyway.) Moreover, Ukraine would receive a substantial security guarantee from the United States and Europe the strongest in history, even if short of a Nato-style commitment.

In response to the shooting, Joseph Edlow, director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said on X: "I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern." Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Cuba, Venezuela among countries listed The full-scale review of residency status, at the behest of President Donald Trump and carried out by the USCIS, comes after the suspect from Wednesday's shooting was identified as Afghan national Rahmanullah L.

December 23rd, 2025. That's the day DJI will automatically be banned from the United States - unless Trump steps in. You'll still be able to fly your existing DJI drones and film with existing Osmo cameras. But DJI will be barred from importing any new products into the US, and the FCC can retroactively ban imports of old DJI products too, after a waiting period. Not just drones, by the way - anything with a wireless radio.

One of the two National Guard members who was shot near the White House has died, US President Donald Trump said Thursday. Trump praised Specialist Sarah B., 20, as a "highly respected, young, magnificent person." The other Guard member, identified as Staff Sergeant Andrew W., 24, was "fighting for his life. He's in very bad shape," Trump said as he addressed the US troops to mark the Thanksgiving holiday.

The survey by Unison of almost 3,000 support staff including teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners found that three in five reported having fewer colleagues than a year ago, with just six per cent saying numbers have increased. More than three-quarters surveyed said there were not enough workers to meet pupils' needs, with a similar number warning that reduced staffing made it harder to keep pupils safe.