States don't need Congress to intervene when it comes to data centers and their effects on the areas where they're located, Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., told Newsmax on Wednesday.

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is making an extraordinary direct appeal to American voters ahead of the November midterm elections, urging them to reject President Donald Trump and "take back control" of their government.In a 25-page open letter addressed to the...

Florida is moving to bar illegal immigrants from taxpayer-funded trade and career schools, expanding the state's restrictions on public education as officials prioritize citizens and legal residents for workforce training.

Anthropic warned potential investors in its initial public offering prospectus that advanced artificial intelligence could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," a striking admission by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an investigation into Cornell University's response to a former student's allegation that seven fraternity members sexually assaulted her in 2024 after she consumed alcohol and drugs and became incapable of consenting.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and a coalition of 24 other states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Maine's 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases, setting up a dispute over whether a mandatory delay violates the Second Amendment.

A federal judge dismissed former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines' Title IX sex-discrimination lawsuit against the NCAA on Monday, ruling the evidence did not show the association receives federal funding.

A former Ohio pastor who once appeared on "American Idol" was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair.

The Treasury Department will automatically create Trump Accounts for more than 60 million children who don't have one, beginning on or about Oct. 1, under rules released Tuesday that end the requirement for parents or guardians to sign up.

Trump Unveils America.gov, Says AI Portal Could Transform How Americans Deal With GovernmentPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled America.gov, an artificial intelligence-powered portal designed to give Americans a single entry point for navigating federal government...

Trump Unveils America.gov, Says AI Portal Could Transform How Americans Deal With GovernmentPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled America.gov, an artificial intelligence-powered portal designed to give Americans a single entry point for navigating federal government...

Artificial intelligence and automation could force roughly 11 million U.S. workers to switch occupations over the next decade, requiring a sustained wave of retraining even as the economy creates more jobs than technology eliminates, according to a report from the McKinsey ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to hire 5,000 more employees by the end of the year, a new expansion of President Donald Trump's deportation force amid a backlog of background checks.

The White House is considering adding a citizenship and work authorization question to next year's federal tax return, while separately proposing rules that could restrict access to the full value of several tax credits for some immigrants who are legally allowed to live and work in the U.S.

Federal prosecutors in Texas announced on Tuesday assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents on Sept. 20. A federal complaint alleges Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, tried to escape Immigration and Customs ...

The U.S. Navy is looking to high-energy lasers as a way to reduce its reliance on costly, finite stocks of air-defense missiles.Recent combat operations have underscored the challenge of defending warships against large numbers of comparatively inexpensive drones and other...

Minneapolis' taxpayer-funded violence-interruption program is at "increased risk of fraud, waste, and abuse" because the city has failed to properly oversee millions of dollars paid to nonprofit groups operating in high-crime neighborhoods, according to a city audit, the...

Tennessee is scheduled to execute Christa Pike on Wednesday for the 1995 killing of a fellow student, a move that would make her the first woman put to death by the state in more than two centuries.

Americans' trust in the news media remains "historically weak and polarized," though it has edged up from last year's record low on the strength of a modest rebound among Republicans, according to a new poll.