Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directly asking Sen. Mitch McConnell, the state’s most powerful figure in Congress, to disclose more about his condition after three weeks of silence from the 84-year-old since he was hospitalized in Washington. The letter released Wednesday from Beshear,…
Meta is cracking down on covert recording with its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, even as it reportedly tests a prototype which may raise even more privacy concerns. In a blog post this week, Meta said it is updating the second-generation…
President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran “ at levels they’ve never seen before ” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. But the U.S. government has no way to…
A new law adopted on July 11 marks the most significant effort in decades to boost the US housing supply. The 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which passed both chambers of Congress by a huge margin, is designed to bring relief to…
Marine Le Pen extended her lead in a voter preference poll ahead of next April’s French presidential election after appeal judges cleared her to enter the race for a fourth time by shortening a previous ban on her standing. The far-right National…
US defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corp. have every interest to let Ukraine manufacture Patriot missile interceptors after President Donald Trump pledged the US would grant a license for the weapons system, a senior Republican lawmaker said. “I think it’s…
Iran said it considers the Strait of Hormuz closed once again after a vessel using an ‘unauthorized route’ was struck by a warning shot in the critical waterway, further jeopardizing the already tenuous ceasefire agreement with the United States. U.S.…
Despite the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement, the Persian Gulf has seen on-again, off-again fighting as both sides try to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran insists that all traffic must receive its OK and has attacked ships attempting to…
Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the world’s biggest auto market. At Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, China sales for the April-June quarter plummeted between 30% and 41% compared…
How Americans define who is working class may have more to do with economic anxiety than income or education levels. A recently surfaced survey of Democratic Socialists of America members showed that 13% were white-collar workers, down from 21% in…