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Mistrial declared in bribery case against D.C. Council member Trayon White

A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the bribery case against D.C. Council member Trayon White.

Florida attorney general seeks temporary injunction against OpenAI over AI safety risks

Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier went to court Monday seeking an injunction to pause OpenAI's artificial intelligence developments, asserting that its harm is immediate and irreparable unless judicial involvement puts a stop to it.

Trump takes fight over prisoners' transgender medical treatment to Supreme Court

President Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to approve the federal prisons' new policy of refusing to pay for hormone treatments and surgeries for prisoners who seek to undergo gender transitions while behind bars.

Trump to announce planned $15 billion steel mill in Iowa

President Trump will announce on Monday a Minnesota company's plan to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, a White House official confirmed to The Washington Times.

Democratic Sen. Fetterman mistakenly dubs himself a 'lifelong Republican'

Sen. John Fetterman reignited rumors of a party switch after a Freudian slip led him to mistakenly describe himself as a "lifelong Republican."

Is it a crime? Lawmakers from both parties question Trump's taxpayer-funded ads

The White House's decision to run taxpayer-funded ads with images of President Trump and campaign-style rhetoric is sparking bipartisan alarm and calls for legislative fixes or punishment under campaign-finance laws.

Bill Gates says a kill switch won't stop AI's worst-case scenario

A "kill switch" won't be enough to stop artificial intelligence from causing mass harm, Bill Gates warns -- and getting the world to agree on real safeguards, he told NBC's "Meet the Press," will be tougher than anything the Cold War required.

Underpaid workers building U.S. Consulate in Milan will split multi-million payout from U.S. firm

The U.S. company building the new American consulate in Milan has agreed to a nearly 31-million-euro ($35 million) settlement that includes back pay and damages to foreign workers who prosecutors allege were paid less than $2 an hour, officials said Monday.

Army nearing milestone for testing for and treatment of traumatic brain injury

Almost all Army personnel whose jobs involve high explosives have taken a test to help counter the effects of blast overpressure and exposure, officials said.

South Korea says border blasts that injured 3 officers was likely caused by North Korean mines

North Korea likely planted the land mines that exploded and injured three South Korean soldiers at the country's heavily-armed border last week, South Korea's military said Monday, a finding that could further inflame tensions between the rivals.

Oil prices get back to rising and knock down U.S. stocks

Oil prices are back on the rise Monday, which is sending pressure higher within the U.S. bond market and U.S. stocks lower.

Lockdown changed the grocery cart, but it didn't last

American households moved toward less processed food during pandemic lockdowns. Once restrictions were lifted, ultra-processed food spending climbed back and kept climbing, settling above where it stood before 2020.