A Massachusetts man was indicted on Thursday for allegedly cyberstalking podcaster Katie Miller, who is married to White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, according to the Justice Department and sources familiar with the matter. The indictment charges John Anthony Proia III, 41, of Waltham, with cyberstalking a “former political advisor and…
Layoffs in the U.S. have fallen to a four-year low, while employers’ hiring plans are up 3% this year, according to new labor data. Employers have announced 573,195 job cuts through September this year, a nearly 40% decline from the first nine months of 2025, Challenger, Gray & Christmas said on Thursday. On a monthly basis,…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether the Trump administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants during their removal proceedings without access to bond hearings. At the center of the case, known as Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, is the administration’s mandatory detention policy, which targets all immigrants in…
Candidates Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton faced off in their first one-on-one debate ahead of the November election for California governor. The pair vied to win over the 47.4% of voters who supported their opponents in the primary during the debate, which aired on CNN. Moderators opened the debate with a question about affordability in California,…
Arizona State University has placed its hockey coach, Greg Powers, on paid administrative leave after a player collapsed during a workout last month and remains hospitalized. ASU said assistant coach Mike Corbett will take over for now and that an interim coach would be named “soon.” The school did not say how long Powers was…
On Tuesday at the Make America Healthy Again summit, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that artificial intelligence can give patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country.” He said it has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.” He also said public…
Washington — The Justice Department took the unusual step on Wednesday of filing a judicial misconduct complaint against all but one of the federal district judges in Minnesota, after most of them spoke with the New York Times about concerns over the government’s handling of cases during its surge in immigration enforcement earlier this year….
Democratic lawmakers are warning that the proposed $67 billion merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy could reduce competition and raise electricity prices for consumers. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Wednesday, the legislators expressed concern that the enlarged company would have excessive market power, allowing it to pass costs on to…
Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage, including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age. But Democratic strongholds across the country — including Oregon, California, New York, and Washington — have more ambitious goals: single-payer, universal healthcare…
The corporate technology giants building data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom are changing America’s natural landscape. Although data centers long predate generative AI, hundreds of massive, or “hyperscale,” facilities are now sprouting up around the country. Many of these data centers are going up in areas that were once farmland or desert, according…
