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The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions for millions of Americans are facing pressure from all sides and floundering in statehouses nationwide.

Only one of seven bills aimed at preventing AI's penchant to discriminate when making consequential decisions — including who gets hired, money for a home or medical care — has passed. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hesitantly signed the bill on Friday.

Colorado's bill and those that faltered in Washington, Connecticut and...

A Louisville, Kentucky, police officer violated department policy when he failed to turn on his body-worn camera during a traffic incident involving Scottie Scheffler,

The attorney general noted the FBI had a similar policy about the use of deadly force during a search of President Joe Biden's Delaware home Biden a few months later.

The Senate is considering for the second time a border security package after Republicans blocked the bill from advancing at Trump's direction.

Washington — The Louisiana Senate passed a bill Thursday that would classify the drugs used in medication abortions as controlled substances, criminalizing possession of the drugs without a prescription. It now heads to the governor for his signature.

The state Senate approved the bill 29 to 7 after it passed the House earlier this week. The bill is expected to be signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, making Louisiana the first state to classify as controlled substances misoprostol and mifepristone — the two drugs used in a regimen to terminate...

A Utah Senate candidate who vowed to "push back against the establishment" if he's elected has earned the support of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who said he is the "type of Republican" needed in the upper chamber to replace retiring GOP Sen. Mitt Romney.

Paul endorsed Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs on Thursday, backing a man who gained notoriety in 2020 for his opposition to mask mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"In 2024, Utah will elect a Republican no matter what. It's about what type of Republican," Paul said in a statement shared with Fox News...

The House of Representatives advanced a bill Thursday to repeal a Washington, D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections.

A whopping 52 Democrats joined Republicans on the measure, with 143 Democrats voting against it, for a final 262 to 143 vote.

The D.C. law was passed by the progressive city council in 2022 and recently survived a court challenge earlier this year.

Republicans who opposed the bill warned that allowing non-Americans to help decide what local officials run the nation's capital could have negative effects on...

The American Dream is essentially rooted in attaining a quality education, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin told attendees at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute's RISE summit on Thursday.

Youngkin said he has made education similarly a bedrock of his tenure in Richmond, in that he is dedicated to improving the lives of Virginians and helping to offer the next generation a chance to live to their fullest potential.

"I wake up every morning, and I start a quiet time, because I need to first thank the Lord for putting me...

Exclusive: A group of Republican senators signed onto a letter to Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas demanding more details on the two Jordanian nationals who were arrested after attempting to breach Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.

"This incident and a number of similar incidents in recent months are in stark contrast with your statements to Congress that the border is ‘secure,’’ ‘no less secure than it was previously,’ ‘closed,’ and that DHS has ‘operational control’ of the border," the letter, which was penned by Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C...

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik sparred with the president of Northwestern University, Michael Schill, over his school earning an "F grade" for its handling of antisemitism, as well as whistleblowers’ claims regarding Schill allegedly looking to hire an anti-Zionist rabbi for the school.

"Isn't it true that you asked the Hillel director whether it was possible to hire an anti-Zionist" rabbi for the campus’ Jewish community? Stefanik asked Schill.

"I did not. I absolutely did not. I would never hire anyone based upon their views of being...

Carlo Acutis, who was born in London, is set to become the first millennial to be canonised.

The genetically-engineered and non-biting mosquitoes are hoped to stop the spread of the invasive Anopheles stephensi species.

He says local leaders should engage in dialogue to find a new deal for the archipelago's future.

Large crowds watch Ebrahim Raisi being laid to rest, days after he was killed in a helicopter crash.

Part of the stage toppled over in high winds at an event for presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez.