Microsoft confirmed its services are fully restored as of Saturday after the tech company faced a massive global outage impacting its platforms earlier in the week. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the
Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) called on Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce secretary, to step down over reports the cabinet member shielded Nvidia from federal oversight — accusations which emerged after the tech giant's CEO resigned this week. Jensen Huang
President Trump announced plans to pursue legislation to boost the U.S. film industry alongside a group of Republican and Democratic senators, a show of bipartisanship as his party prepares to hand over both chambers of Congress in January. The president said Friday he will
Recent midterm elections resulted in a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, prompting criticism of unfulfilled campaign promises from both former allies like Tucker Carlson and Vice President JD Vance.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there is no need for an investigation into the ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday, instead highlighting the need for “investment.” “We don’t really need any investigation … we need further
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) hinted that he could leave the Democratic Party if Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is elected as the Senate Majority Leader. “Yeah, absolutely, it would be troubling if my caucus elects someone like Van Hollen that has really made his name being very
Investigations by the International Criminal Court, United Nations and independent human rights organizations have created substantial proof.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has air traffic control systems back online after a major telecommunications outage grounded all U.S. flights Friday evening. The delay stranded passengers across the country and forced airlines to delay or cancel thousands of flights,
At a press conference today, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that Friday's nationwide ground stop ordered by the FAA was related to work replacing outdated copper wire with a fiber optic line at a "remote FAA facility." The secretary said that this was "routine
An internet trade group, representing 30 members including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, has sued the state of New York challenging its law that requires social media platforms to provide state-approved warning labels for users. NetChoice's complaint said the state
For the sake of us all, we need to put hate aside and allow Elon Musk to figure out a way to place our species among the stars, before war, a virus, an asteroid or other cataclysmic event ends all life on Earth.
Republicans are actively talking about the wisdom of GOP candidates skipping the 2028 presidential race and focusing on 2032, arguing the political atmosphere in two years will be too poisonous for their brand. The discussions come in the context of sweeping losses for the GOP
The U.S. reached 10 measles deaths this year after additional deaths reported in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, a concerning sign as the previously eradicated disease makes a resurgence worldwide and in the U.S. Measles cases have already reached more than 5,400 this year,
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Saturday that Nvidia will lose “critical deals” after CEO Jensen Huang’s exit from the company following reports of his extramarital affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. “Jensen drove supply chain brilliantly at Nvidia, but many of
While Democrats won significant victories in recent midterm elections, voters in several states also approved conservative-leaning ballot initiatives regarding school sports and voter identification.
Friday’s nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has led to some changes in Saturday's schedule for several college football games across the country. The nationwide grounding began at around 4 p.m. EST and lasted several hours impacting
They could be as little as four seats away from a filibuster-proof Senate margin, and the DSCC chair sees paths to getting there in 2028.
The standard for impeachment is not "kind of legalizing a lot."
U.S. air traffic is slowly returning to normal after a nationwide ground stop Friday halted flights and left thousands canceled and delayed. As of Saturday morning, nearly 2,000 flights within, into or out of the U.S. are delayed, and nearly 3,800 have been canceled, according
Central and Northern European states are becoming Europe’s economic backbone and increasingly its military one.
U.S. airports and airlines are still playing catch up on Saturday following Friday's four hour long nationwide ground, with travelers across the country scrambling to get to their destinations after facing delays and cancellations. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin of using Friday’s nationwide ground stop to demand more taxpayer money, calling their joint press conference “unreal bulls—.” “It doesn’t
Democrat Mary Peltola has again expanded her lead in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race with more votes counted, now ahead of Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) by nearly 4 points, or more than 10,000 votes, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Peltola netted nearly 2,000 votes from the latest
Federal legislation is needed to close the loopholes and harmonize the hodgepodge of laws against child sex abuse that currently exist in the United States.
President Trump this week declared the war in Iran “effectively over” militarily and “won” by the U.S. But he did so as American taxpayers are footing the bill for billions of dollars in operational costs to keep the country’s troops at the ready overseas. The war is no longer
The New York City Council on Thursday voted to ban surveillance pricing, joining Maryland, New Jersey, and Connecticut in doing so. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign it. “New Yorkers’ personal data should never be used as a weapon against their own pocketbooks,” he said
Democrats have spent the first half of the second Trump presidency openly questioning how Elon Musk has wielded influence over the federal government. Soon, they will have the chance to ask him directly. Fresh off a sweeping victory in the midterm elections, Senate
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s (N.Y.) allies are predicting he will get more than 40 votes in his leadership contest against Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) while slamming the challenge as a “distraction.” That would be an overwhelming majority of the Senate Democratic
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is projected to win the Alaska governor’s office, becoming the first Democrat to win the office in more than 20 years, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state lawmaker, defeated Republican Bernadette Wilson and two others in
Air Space Intelligence (ASI), the company behind a recently deployed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AI tool, denied any link to the nationwide ground stop issued Friday afternoon. “The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system, any product of
Trump administration officials reupped their calls for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.'s "incredibly old" air traffic control systems, calling out Congress for "[kicking] the can down the road" on improvements they argued could have prevented Friday
The nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration Friday afternoon has been lifted, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed. "At 8:15 tonight Eastern Time, we've opened up the airspace," Duffy said to reporters in the White House briefing room
President Trump plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China next week, marking the first-ever trilateral meeting between the three leaders. Trump will be in
Secretary of State Marco Rubio promoted an inspirational view of the United States during remarks at a conservative law conference Friday, invoking the image of a country where an ambitious attitude binds Americans — striving toward living up to the founding ideals Rubio’s
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will hold a press briefing at the White House on Friday night to provide an update on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) nationwide ground stop. “The @FAANews [FAA] issued a nationwide
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth directs Pentagon CFO to transform military pay systems Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon's comptroller to begin a
The leadership battle has sparked frustration within the caucus, and there’s talk about trying to bring it to a close next week.
The nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration Friday afternoon has impacted travel plans for college football teams scheduled to fly to their destinations. Among teams impacted are four schools in the NCAA's Big 12 Conference, Baylor University,
Presented by CareQuest {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story U.S. poised to lose measles elimination status The United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status after more than 25 years. Losing measles elimination status would be mostly symbolic,
Today, I’m talking with Helen Toner, the executive director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University. This episode is part two of our series on AI in real life. Helen is a well-known figure in the AI safety and policy community, though she is
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) called the nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday “quite disturbing.” “This is quite disturbing and pretty extraordinary of a action taken,” Garcia said during an appearance on MS NOW. “Whatever it is,
The Trump administration is delaying the implementation of controversial Medicaid work requirements, giving states an extra six months to prepare. The work requirements, which Republicans established in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, will still technically go into
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Wholesale inflation hit nearly four-year high: BLS Wholesale annual inflation hit a nearly four-year high in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
The Federal Reserve on Thursday released next year’s schedule for its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), confirming that one meeting will feature discussions on strategy and not a vote on interest rates. The Fed said in a release the FOMC will meet eight times in 2027, with
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) on Friday endorsed efforts to lower the Medicare eligibility age and expand the program, as Democrats try to navigate internal tensions around a progressive push for "Medicare for All." During a conference in Denver about the
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stressed that Americans flying Friday are safe, even as he said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would continue to seek the root cause of a telecom outage that pushed the government to ground flights. “This was a
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Lutnick in hot seat over Nvidia-Megaspeed scandal Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing heat in Washington over his stance on AI chip export controls following Nvidia's national security scandal this week. © Evan Vucci,
Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon (D), who lost to GOP incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody in last week’s midterm elections, called Democratic strategist James Carville a “racist” in a Thursday night interview, adding he should “go retire.” “That man is a racist,” Nixon told former
A federal judge is set to rule this weekend on whether the Trump administration can move forward with its planned closure of East Potomac Park and the historic public golf course there, with the judge signaling during a lengthy hearing Friday that she was not poised to allow