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A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the department’s Office of …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to take over the management of D.C.’s Union Station, the travel hub for Amtrak and the city’s metro lines, the Transportation Department announced Wednesday morning. The announcement from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy comes just over a year after Amtrak took over management and operations of the station. “Instead of being a point of …

A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes. In a report published Tuesday, Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, said that an unnamed hacker “used AI to what we believe is an …

A Wisconsin high school dean’s recent arrest on multiple charges of sex crimes against children has triggered an uproar among parents who say school leaders dismissed warning signs and failed to alert authorities to at least one credible claim. The parents say administrators allowed a troubling pattern of predatory behavior to fester after they mishandled a tip from a senior …

MINNEAPOLIS — Democrats are already looking to assemble their early-state presidential nominating calendar for 2028, with the party announcing Tuesday that it would kick off the process in September. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said at the DNC’s summer meeting here that he aimed to have clarity about the order of the first primaries well ahead of the campaign. …

LONDON — Diana, Princess of Wales, is for many a symbol of life in the 1990s. And now a time capsule she buried nearly 35 years ago has been opened, revealing a treasure trove of memorabilia. The capsule was placed inside a wall at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in 1991 with the help of two children who …

President Donald Trump‘s promised 50% tariffs on India took effect on Wednesday, as the U.S. risks blowing up a relationship considered crucial in its effort to counter the rise of China. Trump started the tariff rate at 25% but doubled it earlier this month as punishment for India buying Russian oil. India now has one of the highest of the …

Legal proceedings for four U.S. Army soldiers charged in connection with the sexual assault of a college student in Army barracks began this month, a spokesperson for the military branch said. The four were charged in April in connection with an Oct. 27, 2024, incident in barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The victim was not identified …

Iowa Democrats scored a significant victory Tuesday by flipping a Republican seat in a special election and breaking the GOP supermajority in the state Senate. Catelin Drey won the Sioux City-area district with 55% of the vote to Republican opponent Christopher Prosch’s 44%, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Democrats will now hold 17 seats in the Senate, …

The Trump administration’s new pick for co-deputy director of the FBI, Andrew Bailey, brings more legal and managerial experience than current Deputy Director Dan Bongino. Bailey, who was resoundingly re-elected as Missouri’s attorney general last fall, says his focus is on “enforcing the laws as written” and “protecting the Constitution.” But a top Senate Democrat and other critics say Bailey’s …