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The danger of digital footprints: How ‘ubiquitous technical surveillance’ threatens U.S. military
An adversary could transform the digital footprints created by modern smartphones into grid coordinates, which can then be used to target U.S. troops with deadly precision, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command warned recently.
U.S. attorney in Chicago scrambles to contain grand jury scandal after ICE protest prosecution
The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago said Wednesday it has imposed new rules for prosecutors using grand juries, moving to constrain a growing scandal that forced it to drop charges against people indicted for anti-ICE protests.
More than a dozen Supreme Court rulings to watch for this term
The Supreme Court is preparing to close out its term with mammoth rulings that could shape the contours of elections and presidential power and plow new ground on transgender rights.
‘Worst client’: ICE has become a major headache for the Justice Department
A federal appellate court judge delivered an epic burn to the Department of Justice during oral arguments this month in a case where the government was attempting to defend ICE's aggressive posture in making arrests at churches.
D.C.’s most-ticketed drivers not targeted by police, traffic officials to remove them from road
Red-light runners and speeders who routinely trigger automated traffic cameras in the District at specific locations and times of day are not being targeted by enforcement operations by the city authorities tasked with road safety.
America hasn’t had a surgeon general for 18 months — and does anyone care?
The U.S. has gone nearly 18 months without a Senate-confirmed surgeon general, cycling through failed nominations and acting replacements -- and now some are asking whether the position needs to exist at all.
‘More real than real’: Why deep-fake political ads are fooling older Americans
When Rep. Thomas Massie raised the alarm about an AI-generated attack ad that falsely shows him in a romantic scenario with two progressive Democratic stars, he warned it could mislead and rattle older voters.
Preakness racegoers bid a wistful farewell to historic Laurel Park
Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course did not host the Preakness, the middle jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown, for the first time in 118 years. That made this weekend's 151st race likely a last hurrah for Laurel, which opened in 1911 and is slated to become a training facility next year as officials consolidate the state's declining racing industry.
‘Culture of fear’ helped influence D.C. police leaders to fudge crime numbers, internal report says
The full report on the District's Metropolitan Police Department crime data manipulation scheme shows that the department's higher-ups reclassified hundreds of crimes as lesser offenses, as multiple police leaders pointed to a "culture of fear" created by Chief Pamela A. Smith that motivated some officials to fix the numbers.
Is a bot coming for your job? Employers expand AI tools from resume-sorting to layoffs
Employers have shifted from using AI for sorting resumes to taking its advice on which employees to eliminate in layoffs, according to a recent workforce report.
Preakness in Laurel conjures memories of suburban Maryland’s equestrian past
The Maryland Jockey Club will host the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday for the first and only time, stirring long-buried memories of the urbanized area's equestrian past.
Republicans pivot to emergency gas tax holiday, affordability agenda as soaring prices anger voters
Soaring inflation, rising gasoline prices and crushing housing costs have pressured Republicans in Congress to make an emergency pivot to affordability measures as they face an increasingly dissatisfied electorate that could boot them out of the majority after November.
Chinese President Xi expected to push Trump on Taiwan concessions as Iran conflict set to reignite
President Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week will be long on ceremony but short on deliverables, with potential risks for American security, analysts predict.
5,000 churches claim sanctuary status from ICE warrantless arrests
More than 5,000 churches have publicly declared themselves to be sanctuaries, immune from the most aggressive of ICE's immigration enforcement.
Secret Service says Trump ballroom would get $220 million, not $1 billion, for ‘hardening’ security
The Secret Service wants Congress to give it $1 billion for security but says $220 million of it, rather than the full amount, will be spent on the White House ballroom project.
Widow of FSU mass shooting victim accuses OpenAI of assisting gunman’s rampage
The widow of a mass shooting victim at Florida State University has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, saying the company's artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT enabled the attack that killed two people and wounded six others.
215,000 federal workers were delinquent on their taxes
Some 215,000 U.S. government workers were delinquent on their federal taxes in 2024, the IRS' inspector general reported Monday, and said things are steadily getting worse.
Trump administration releases first batch of formerly classified UFO files
The Pentagon is releasing a never-before-seen cache of UFO documents, allowing the public to examine evidence gathered on what the government now refers to as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.