Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Peter Welch

Trump Wants Canada To Pay For Wildfire Smoke, but Even Republican Senators Aren't Buying It

President Trump's suggestion that Canada should pay for wildfire smoke affecting US cities faces criticism from both parties.

International Business Times UK

Democrats stick by Platner with Senate control on the line

After Graham Platner sailed to the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine on Tuesday, Democrats on Capitol Hill appeared to settle around his campaign as his progressive allies urged the rest of the party to keep their eye on winning the Senate. Platner’s victory hadn’t been in doubt, but there were…

Roll Call

Dems Slam Trump's Surprise Choice for Acting Intelligence Head: 'By Any Objective Assessment, This Appointment Makes No Sense'

"Americans need intelligence leadership dedicated to protecting our nation, not political loyalists pursuing Trump's revenge tour," said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

Latin Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

GOP senators push for challenge to House maps in Democratic states

Senate Republicans used a hearing Tuesday to push the Trump administration to file lawsuits challenging congressional maps in California, Illinois and other Democrat-controlled states in the wake of a Supreme Court decision rolling back the Voting Rights Act. The hearing comes weeks after the Supreme Court’s six-justice conservative majority in…

Roll Call

Exclusive: Sen. Welch would back Trump's most-favored-nation drug policy plan

Welch said he would "not only vote for it, I would work actively and aggressively to make it happen."

Axios

Democrats and Republicans Both Want To Regulate AI. They Just Can't Agree on How.

As lawmakers of both major parties hustle to regulate their preferred villains, they're losing sight of the big picture. The possible gains to humanity from AI are enormous.

Reason

Cost of Noem’s makeup and horse rental for her $143 million ad that led to her ouster is revealed

The taxpayer footed the bill for nearly $4,000 worth of hair and makeup services for Noem, financial records show

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

DHS funding deal appears close after White House talks

Senators expressed newfound optimism Monday night that they were on the cusp of a deal to end a month-old partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. After a White House meeting with President Donald Trump earlier in the evening, GOP senators appeared convinced a deal was at hand on…

Roll Call

Week ahead: Senate SAVE and shutdown ‘show’ continues

Lawmakers face a final sprint this week before a mini spring break recess — that is, if leadership lets them leave. With new urgency to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the focus will be on off-the-floor negotiations to end the partial government shutdown. And President Donald Trump is further…

Roll Call

US Senators Demand Shutdown of ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 Over Copyright Violations

American senators urge ByteDance to shut down its AI app, Seedance 2.0, over copyright infringement concerns, threatening legal action.

International Business Times UK

Senators demand former TikTok owner shutdown new app that lets users make AI versions of real people

The senators called Seedance ‘the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a ByteDance product to date’

The Independent UK

The Senate still wants candy

No golden ticket is required to take a seat in the sweet spot in the Senate: the famous “candy desk.” But with Sen. Markwayne Mullin soon vacating it to lead the Department of Homeland Security, questions are swirling over who the chamber’s new candy maestro will be. The tradition began…

Roll Call

Trump Presses Aides About Corey Lewandowski's Role in DHS: Report

President Donald Trump has reportedly been pressing aides about whether Corey Lewandowski benefited from the Department of Homeland Security's controversial $220 million advertising campaign.

International Business Times

‘We can’t find it’: Noem battered over $143M in no-bid contracts to operative-tied biz that doesn’t have HQ or website

Taxpayer millions went to a company that subcontracted with another firm operated by her spokesperson’s husband, records show

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

DHS Spent $220 Million on Ads Featuring Kristi Noem. Both Parties Grilled Her About It in the Senate.

Noem faced tough questions about an ad campaign that secretly awarded millions to a company with close ties to the homeland security secretary.

Roll Call

Trump’s drug pricing plan gets lukewarm reception

Trump's plan is to establish “most favored nation” pricing to bring U.S. prescription drug pricing more in line with what other countries pay.

The Guardian - US

‘An unqualified insurrectionist’: outcry over Trump nominee in Wyoming

Darin Smith, who was outside Capitol on January 6, decried as Senate mulls nomination as state’s top federal prosecutor

The Guardian - US

US lawmakers seek to block Trump’s threatened tariffs on European allies

Democrats lead legislative charge to block imposition of tariffs as some Republicans break from Trump

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

Trump health plan asks Congress for drug, insurance legislation

President Donald Trump released a health care plan that avoids extending Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies.

The Independent UK

Plane used in Venezuela boat strike ‘painted to look like civilian aircraft’

The Navy’s manual explains that ‘attacking enemy forces while posing as a civilian puts all civilians at hazard’

Digital Camera World

A proposed law could allow photographers to buy a subscription for US Copyright registration, rather than a per-upload fee

The Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act aims to create a more modern system for photographers and other visual artists registering works in the US

Benzinga

Kash Patel Once Denounced The Use Of Government Planes For Personal Trips. Now He's Accused Of Taking A $60M FBI Jet To See His Girlfriend

FBI Director Kash Patel is facing serious backlash after reports emerged that he used a $60 million FBI jet to travel to see his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, perform the national anthem at a wrestling event in Pennsylvania, according to media reports.

The Guardian - US

Climate activists gather in New York for ‘Sun Day’ solar energy and anti-billionaire rallies

Sun Day national action supported renewable energy, day after ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ march ahead of Climate Week

Benzinga

Trump's New Fragrance Line Slammed As 'Grifting And Graft' By Critics: 'Kicking 17 Million People Off Their Health Care...'

U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a new line of fragrances, leading to renewed criticism about his use of presidential influence for personal profit.

The Independent UK

Lawyers ask federal judge in Vermont for immediate release of detained Palestinian activist

A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request to immediately release a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Department of Homeland Security

1,022 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Intellectual Property

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.