Day: December 6, 2025

European Christmas markets fortify security measures as terror threats force major operational changes

4:30 pm December 6, 2025

European Christmas markets are opening this year under tightened security and rising operational costs, as officials across Germany, France and other parts of Europe respond to what authorities describe as elevated threats to public safety. In Germany, spending on security for public events — including Christmas markets — has increased by about 44% over the […]

Fresh Trump-linked case puts Boasberg back in GOP crosshairs

4:30 pm December 6, 2025

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is again facing scrutiny for his assigned cases after California Rep. Eric Swalwell’s high-profile lawsuit accusing a senior Trump housing official of brazen misconduct landed in his court. Some Republicans have criticized Boasberg’s docket, given his assignment to an earlier legal challenge involving President Donald Trump‘s removal of hundreds of […]

State-level AI rules survive — for now — as Senate sinks moratorium despite White House pressure

3:30 pm December 6, 2025

The Senate is quietly winning the battle over states’ abilities to craft their own artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, but there is still a desire to chart out a rough framework at the federal level. The issue of a blanket AI moratorium, which would have halted states from crafting their own AI regulations, was thought to […]

Democrats reveal whether they believe US citizens or drug boat traffickers are more important

2:30 pm December 6, 2025

As scrutiny mounts on the Trump administration’s use of force in its targeting of suspected cartel members in the Caribbean, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were asked whether they believe U.S. citizen victims or drug traffickers are more important. Republicans, such as Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said the answer is easy. “I can’t speak for anybody […]

Biden says ‘we’re the United States of Amerigotit’ in latest gaffe at DC conference

1:24 pm December 6, 2025

Former President Joe Biden said “we’re the United States of Amerigotit” in his latest gaffe during a speech on Friday at the International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. Biden was urging elected officials, leaders and advocates to “continue the fight” for equality when he slurred his words. “We just have to get up. As […]