This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The education sector has sleepwalked into a quagmire. While many California high schools and colleges maintain academic integrity policies expecting students to submit original work, a troubling reality has emerged: Generative AI has fundamentally compromised the traditional take-home...
US, Hamas Hold Direct Talks Over Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say
U.S. and Hamas officials held talks in Qatar about hostages held in the Gaza Strip, breaking with a long-running U.S. policy of refusing to directly engage with the militant group, according to an Israeli official and a diplomat briefed on the matter. Adam Boehler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be...
CIA Director Says US Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been paused alongside military aid to pressure its government to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to end the country’s war with Russia. Speaking on Fox Business, Ratcliffe applauded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement Tuesday praising...
Al Green, Who Heckled Trump, Is No Stranger to Dramatic Political Gestures
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who was removed from the House chamber for heckling President Donald Trump during his speech Tuesday to a joint session of Congress, has a history of dramatic political gestures. Green, 77, shook his cane as he interrupted Trump’s speech, shouting that the president had “no mandate...
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s emergency request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid in a closely divided decision indicating that the justices will subject his efforts to reshape the government to close scrutiny. The court’s brief order was unsigned, which is typical...
Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as US Representative in January, Dies at 70
Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died Wednesday in Washington. He was 70 and had been in attendance at President Donald Trump’s speech on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night. His press secretary, Gregory Carter, said Turner had been taken...
Have Federal Agents Served Warrants at California’s Capitol? The Legislature Doesn’t Want You to Know
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California's legislative leaders don't think the public should know whether federal agents are investigating state lawmakers for public corruption, nor do they believe taxpayers should know how much of their money the Legislature is spending on criminal defense...
Trump Delays Auto Tariffs on Mexico and Canada Imports by One Month
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers. The announcement comes after Trump spoke with leaders of the “big 3” automakers, Ford, General Motors,...
Point-Counterpoint: Reps. Costa and Fong React to Trump’s Speech
Rep. Jim Costa, a Fresno Democrat, said that President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night "sowed division instead of proposing solutions." Over on the other side of the aisle, Rep. Vince Fong, a Bakersfield Republican, praised Trump for outlining "his common sense vision to address the challenges and...
Veterans Speak Out on Trump Administration’s Plans to Cut VA Budget
NORFOLK, Va. — Stephen Watson served in the Marines for 22 years and receives care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for a traumatic brain injury. He supports President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk's cost-cutting program — even if it affects the VA. "We're no better because we're veterans,"...