The Trump administration has fired Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, several news publications reported overnight into Friday. Haugh, a career military official, led the National Security Agency, the U.S.’ main wiretapping and intelligence gathering agency, for little more than a year after his appointment in February 2024 following … Read more
Researchers who had millions of dollars’ worth of grants terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are suing the federal government in the hopes of stopping any further research cancellations. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday evening against the NIH and its director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, as well as the Department of Health and … Read more
As markets around the world slumped and other countries plotted retaliation in reaction to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and Democrat Maria Cantwell introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday that would require Congress to approve new tariffs. And House Democrats are preparing to try to force a vote to terminate the tariffs. Reaction … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is gearing up for a potential U.S. Senate run while no longer shadowed by a federal corruption investigation that hung over his rising profile in the Republican Party. That durability would be tested against Republican Sen. John Cornyn should Paxton embark on what … Read more
WASHINGTON — After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts at a risky moment for the U.S. and global economy. More than a month after House Republicans surprised Washington by advancing their framework for Trump’s $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and … Read more
Key foreign stock markets continued their slide after opening on Friday morning, as the shockwaves of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs continued to reverberate around the globe. Japan’s Nikkei index lost 3.5% on Friday, while the broader Japanese Topix index fell 4.45%. In South Korea, the KOSPI index was down 1.7%, with the country … Read more
WASHINGTON — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections. The lawsuit is the fourth against the executive order issued just a week ago. It seeks to block key … Read more
Chris Eubank Jr believes the £100,000 fine levied on him for slapping Conor Benn with an egg was too “steep”. Eubank and Benn will fight in a high profile all-British clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, live on Sky Sports Box Office. At the first press conference to announce the fight, Eubank … Read more
Midjourney, one of the earliest AI image-generating services on the web, has released its first new AI image model in nearly a year. Dubbed V7, the model, which began rolling out in alpha around midnight Eastern on Thursday, comes a week after OpenAI debuted a new image generator in ChatGPT that quickly went viral for … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, adding to a list of Ivy League colleges that have had their federal money threatened as a result of their responses to antisemitism, a White House official said. Nearly $510 million in … Read more
