Exclusive: Trump targets birth tourism and citizenship in new executive orders … - Children born of foreign diplomatic staff working on behalf of another government while in the U.S. The 14th Amendment doesn't confer automatic citizenship on ambassadors' families, and this order would expand …

This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature  —  Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes.  Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.  —  For the first time, scientists have used artificial intelligence …

McConnell Announces Discharge From Rehabilitation Center  —  The Kentucky Republican has been absent from Congress for nearly two months after a health episode.  He said he would continue recovering from home.  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, said on Thursday …

WSJ: Fauci May Have a Bigger Problem Than Contempt Charge Today; UPDATE: Contempt Referral Passes  —  Anthony Fauci spent his life as a bureaucrat.  He apparently never learned a thing about operational security.  —  Today, a Senate committee led by Rand Paul (R-KY) will vote to send …

Ohio Rep. Max Miller faces a growing number of calls to resign from fellow Republicans  —  Miller, who is running for re-election, has denied abusing his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, who is the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio.  —  A growing number of Republicans are calling on Rep. Max Miller …

JD Vance's Senate lunch visit dominated by Iran  —  Vice President JD Vance fielded questions on Iran — lots of them — during a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans Thursday.  Vance's visit to Capitol Hill came as the Senate is trying to wrap up a massive to-do list ahead …

How the U.S. Squandered Its Strategic Advantage  —  Idle threats and munitions shortages have boxed Trump in.  —  The united states is running out of missiles.  After five months of war with Iran, stockpiles of long-range weapons are so low, current and former U.S. defense officials told us …

Rep. Andy Ogles loses his Republican primary in Tennessee  —  Ogles lost despite having President Donald Trump's endorsement, NBC News projects.  Former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher will be the GOP nominee.  —  Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee has lost his Republican primary …

Judge Dismisses Former Olympian's Felony Charge in Reflecting Pool Case  —  The move ends the criminal case for David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist, after prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration's claims of vandalism were false.  —  A judge in Washington dismissed …

Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left  —  One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.  —  The embattled establishment of the Democratic Party searched furiously for a political reset …

Stevens says of El-Sayed: “Differences were aired out” and “we did the unity deal”  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan said Thursday she's moving on from the contentious Senate primary, which she lost to Abdul El-Sayed, saying their “differences were aired out.”

‘Is she even allowed to be doing this?’:  Inside a federal judge's side gig running a PR firm  —  A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an arrangement that contributed to an exodus among …

Trump voter pleads for fiancée's release after ICE arrest: “They're destroying families”  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  John Gannon says he deeply regrets his decision to vote for President Trump after his fiancée, an immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested and detained by federal immigration agents last month.

Susan Collins Reminds Maine Voters Just How Easily Brett Kavanaugh Duped Her  —  On Tuesday, Maine Senator Susan Collins performed one of her favorite bits: acting like she cares about abortion access.  —  Collins announced that she would oppose President Donald Trump's nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general.

Author of DNC's 2024 “autopsy” says he concluded Gaza war hurt Harris  —  The author of the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election “autopsy” confirmed an Axios report that he concluded the war in Gaza hurt Kamala Harris politically — and that he'd privately shared that assessment with a pro-Palestinian group.

North Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”  —  North Carolina cops have classified abortion pills—which are safe, common, and recognized as an essential medicine by the World Health Organization—as a “deadly weapon,” and the act of taking the pills as “intent to kill.”

Louisiana school board and federal government end 61 years of segregation monitoring  —  A Louisiana school board and the federal government have agreed to end more than 60 years of oversight meant to end segregation.  The agreement was announced Thursday on the first day of classes for Bossier Parish Schools near Shreveport.

IRS worker's group joins Jan. 6 ‘slush fund’ suit, seeking to block Trump audit carveout  —  The National Treasury Employees Union argues career IRS auditors “will be given unlawful directions” to terminate tax audits because of a Trump administration decision.

White House highlights 2020 Arizona voter roll hack in an attempt to back up election integrity claims  —  After a hacker exploited a security flaw to obtain mostly public voter rolls that year, federal and local law enforcement at the time declined to prosecute.

DOJ Says Duke Law School Discriminated in Admissions  —  The Justice Department said Thursday it has found Duke University School of Law discriminated against applicants based on race, the Trump administration's latest move in its wide-ranging higher education pressure campaign.

‘An Embarrassment’: Cruz Chides Democrats' Skipping Senate Hearing on Terror, Muslim Brotherhood  —  On the Senate's schedule for Wednesday afternoon was a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Federal Courts on the Muslim Brotherhood and its ongoing ties to terrorist groups around the world, including Hamas.

Trump Administration Considers Order on Autism and Vaccines  —  The Trump administration is actively considering issuing an executive order on vaccines and autism as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The effort is prompted by President Donald Trump's interest …

Pentagon policy chief can't get invited to Beijing  —  Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby, a longtime China hawk, wants to play nice with an official visit to Beijing.  The Chinese government is making it clear he's not welcome.  —  Colby has been trying for months to wrangle …

Jan. 6 prosecutions are over, but the fight lingers  —  The years-long saga of prosecuting the Jan. 6 attack effectively came to an end this week, when a judge dismissed a remaining indictment against Oath Keepers members already freed by President Trump.