Deepfake porn crackdown passes in Senate to allow people to

The Senate quietly passed legislation on Tuesday that would create stiffer penalties for explicit AI-manipulated images, known as deepfakes.  The bill from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is designed to beef up federal penalties against the creation, distribution or solicitation of ‘non-consensual digital forgeries,’ or deepfakes. It’s geared to act as a companion to a previously […]Read More

Trump rips into GOP defectors as ‘real losers’ as Senate

President Donald Trump unloaded on a cohort of Senate Republicans who voted to rein in his policing powers in Venezuela, arguing that they couldn’t give a good reason to vote against him. During remarks at the Detroit Economic Club following a tour of a Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., Trump harangued Republicans for not staying […]Read More

Trump to cut federal payments to sanctuary cities starting Feb

President Donald Trump said his administration will cease federal payments to sanctuary cities and states with sanctuary policies starting Feb. 1, while citing jurisdictions that protect criminals and fuel fraud and crime. Speaking at the Detroit Economic Club, Trump said the move was aimed at cities and states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration […]Read More

DCVC, Nvidia Back Proxima’s US$80 Million Bet on AI Drug

AI-driven biotech startup Proxima has raised US$80 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of drugs that modulate protein-to-protein interactions. The financing round was led by Data Collective Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) venture arm NVentures, Roivant Sciences, Braidwell, and a group of strategic and institutional investors. Alongside the funding, the company […]Read More

Ivanhoe Continues Platreef Expansion After Successful 2025 Ramp-Up

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN,OTCQX:IVPAF) is pushing ahead with the development of its Platreef project in South Africa, announcing the site’s first sale of concentrate as the project remains on schedule after its official opening last year. The Phase 1 concentrator produced its first batch of platinum, palladium, nickel, rhodium, gold, and copper concentrate in November 2025 […]Read More

Former Trump lawyer Halligan defends US prosecutor status in wake

Former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan argued in a new court filing Tuesday that a judge’s November ruling dismissing two criminal cases does not undermine her authority to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia or to represent the federal government in ongoing cases. The new filing, previewed exclusively to Fox News Digital, […]Read More

Letitia James sues HHS over tying federal funds to transgender

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of state attorneys general sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming a new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy illegally pressures states to discriminate against transgender people or risk losing critical funding. The lawsuit challenges a new federal policy that conditions billions of dollars in […]Read More

Warren-led inquiry draws new details on Trump ballroom donations from

A series of corporations have shared new details about donations to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, in response to queries by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other lawmakers regarding contributions.  Trump revealed in October 2025 that construction had gotten underway on the ballroom, which led to the demolition of the White House’s historic East Wing. […]Read More

Graham suggests Trump ‘help’ Iran protesters with ‘military, cyber and

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Tuesday suggested that the ‘meat and bones’ of President Donald Trump’s message of ‘help’ to Iran’s anti-regime demonstrators should include ‘military, cyber and psychological attacks’ against the regime. Graham issued the message in a post on X, describing Trump as ‘Reagan Plus’ and ‘certainly not Obama’ when it comes to […]Read More

Eastern Metals Recommences ASX Trading – Aiming to Unlock High-Potential

Eastern Metals Ltd (ASX: EMS) (Eastern Metals or the Company) (to be renamed Raptor Metals Ltd (ASX: RAP)) is pleased to advise it has recommenced trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today following its acquisition of Raptor Resources Limited (Raptor Resources). HIGHLIGHTS Eastern Metals Ltd (Eastern Metals) (to be renamed Raptor Metals Ltd) has […]Read More