Van Hollen: Trump 'genocide' post shows Republican Party is 'bankrupt'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:26 pm

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Wednesday went after the Republican response to President Trump’s recent post threatening Iran in which he stated that “a whole civilization will die." “It says something about just how bankrupt the Republican Party has become under Donald Trump, that none of them said a peep. And so, the reality...

Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop boxes won't face charges

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:22 pm

A Wisconsin mayor who removed an absentee ballot drop box from city hall ahead of the 2024 presidential election will not face charges, a special prosecutor said Wednesday. Doug Diny, the mayor of Wausau, Wis., has maintained that he did nothing wrong when he carted away the city’s lone ballot drop box in September 2024,...

Sotomayor says AI forecasting Supreme Court decisions a 'bad thing,' shows 'we're way too predictable'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:16 pm

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday called artificial intelligence models that have found success in anticipating how the high court will rule in upcoming cases “a very bad thing.” “It shows we're way too predictable,” Sotomayor told students while speaking at the University of Alabama School of Law. “And we may not be stepping...

Trump slams conservative media figures over splitting with him on Iran

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:13 pm

President Trump on Thursday tore into several right-wing media figures who had been reliably supportive of him during his second term until the U.S. war in Iran broke out. The president attacked several of the hosts and commentators personally, dismissed their viewpoints on the war and defended the military operation in the Middle East. "I...

State Department to hold ceasefire talks between Israel, Lebanon

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:10 pm

The State Department will host a meeting next week in Washington, D.C., to discuss ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Israel and Lebanon, a department official confirmed Thursday. The official gave no further details on the talks, which will be focused on ending current hostilities between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, which Israel has targeted in...

Silicon Valley turns to new media to sell AI 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:07 pm

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Silicon Valley turns to new media to sell AI Silicon Valley is embracing nontraditional media to pitch its vision of technology as concerns mount over artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce, economy and environment. © Illustration / Samantha Wong; and Adobe Stock Tech and business leaders are turning...

Petraeus: Iran could emerge from war 'militarily weakened' but 'strategically strengthened'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 9:01 pm

Retired Gen. David Petraeus, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, said there is a “paradoxical question” about the future of Iran amid its conflict with the U.S. and Israel.   “We can only answer it when the ultimate resolution is achieved here, but that is whether Iran will emerge militarily very weakened,” the retired general...

Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room 'a betrayal of the American people'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 8:20 pm

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House's Situation Room weeks before the U.S.-Israeli joint military operation in Iran began. "Let's start with this pledge," Khanna, a possible 2028 White House contender, wrote on the social platform X. "The next Democratic President will never...

StubHub to pay customers $10M in settlement, FTC says: Do you qualify?

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 8:18 pm

Ticket exchange and resale giant StubHub has agreed to pay $10 million to customers to settle a deceptive ticket pricing case, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday.

Florida attorney general launches investigation into OpenAI, ChatGPT

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 8:14 pm

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Thursday he is opening a probe into OpenAI and its chatbot. Uthmeier, in a video he posted online announcing the investigation, cited “concerns” over OpenAI data and technologies “falling into the hands” of the Chinese Communist Party and ChatGPT’s links to criminal behavior, including “child sexual abuse material,...

FAA eyes fines for American, Southwest over employee drug, alcohol testing violations

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 8:14 pm

American Airlines and Southwest Airlines could face fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over allegations that the carriers violated drug- and alcohol-testing regulations for employees. The FAA proposed a $255,000 civil penalty against American Airlines on Wednesday, accusing the company of allowing 12 flight attendants who tested positive...

Rove: 'Bad start' for Spanberger as Virginia governor

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 7:41 pm

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is going through a “bad start” as she experiences some rocky polling. “Well, it’s a bad start, remember, she won 58-42 last November,” Rove said on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom.” “She said in that tape that you had that it was a 17-point...

Meeks says Democrats floating Trump impeachment don't ‘have the votes'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 7:26 pm

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) on Thursday acknowledged that House Democrats, as the minority party, do not have enough votes to impeach President Trump. Meeks, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, slammed Trump as “incompetent” for his handling of the war with Iran in an interview with CNN's John Berman. Berman asked the...

Where diesel prices have set records, and where they could spike next

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 7:25 pm

Six states saw diesel prices reach record levels on Thursday.

Spain accuses Israel of breaking international law, truce with Lebanon attacks

By: The Hill

Published on: April 9, 2026, 7:18 pm

Spain condemned the recent barrage of strikes in Lebanon, accusing the Israeli military of violating international law and the temporary ceasefire reached by the U.S. and Iran this week. “We’re facing the greatest assault on the civilization built upon the humanist ideals of reason, peace, understanding and universal law over the abuse of power, brute...