Gen George's ouster looms large over Driscoll hearing

The federal Bureau of Prisons said Wednesday that an employee’s handling of a phone call from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was “unacceptable,” after the lawmaker said he was berated and hung up on while trying to check on the health of an inmate, who is the son of his constituent. Lee recounted the episode in […]

House members got their first opportunity Thursday to grill Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as he kicked off a marathon series of seven congressional hearings in seven days with back-to-back hearings in the Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees. In the two appearances, his first before Congress in 2026, Kennedy defended his record in leading the nation’s health agency as Democrats sought to...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested on Thursday that he’s ready to oppose an extension of the government’s warrantless surveillance powers unless it contains new privacy guardrails. Jeffries stopped short of saying he’ll oppose a clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which GOP leaders in Congress and the...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Tensions over AI reach new high after violent attacks Two violent attacks against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and a city council member are prompting new fears over whether the debate around the technology has turned dangerous. © Greg Nash Tensions reached a new high this week as technology leaders in...