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Published May 12, 2026 1:00pm ET FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on his agency’s budget request for fiscal 2027. The bureau is requesting more than $12.5 billion in appropriated funds, marking a nearly 18% increase from fiscal 2026. Recommended Stories KASH PATEL SAYS HE USES AI EVERYWHERE AT THE

Almost exactly 15 years since Google introduced Chromebooks and ChromeOS—which ushered a wave of cheap, functional, web-based laptops that would come to dominate the US education market—the company has announced a new laptop platform called Googlebook. It’s built around artificial intelligence and Android, and while it isn’t replacing Chromebooks, it could give the company a

The Google I/O annual developer conference is around the corner—May 19—but in what is quickly becoming a tradition, Google announced new features for Android and Gemini a week early. The news came on Tuesday via the second-ever Android Show on YouTube. This livestreamed presentation helps Google spread out the cavalcade of updates from the often

JUST IN: Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Kevin Warsh as Fed Governor, Clearing the Way to Replace Powell by Cristina Laila May. 12, 2026 12:00 pm The Senate on Tuesday voted 51-45 to confirm Trump nominee Kevin Warsh as Fed Governor, clearing the way to replace Jerome Powell. Powell’s 4-year term as Fed Chair ends on

A new poll of adults in the United States found that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are the top choices in their respective parties for the 2028 presidential election. Atlas Polls surveyed more than 2,000 Americans in early May on their views of the Trump administration, upcoming national elections, and

Footage obtained by several news outlets showed sheriff’s deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office giving Woods a field sobriety test after he clipped another vehicle. The arresting deputy, Tatiana Levenar, released an arrest report in which she said she believed he was impaired.  She said during a search, another deputy found two Hydrocodone pills

Arcadia, California Mayor Resigns After Agreeing to Plead Guilty to Charges for Acting as Illegal Chinese Agent by Jordan Conradson May. 12, 2026 11:40 am Eileen Wang The Mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, has resigned from office following charges that she acted as a foreign agent on behalf of the People’s Republic of China

A man attacked firefighters with a machete as the firefighters tried to enter a burning hotel room Monday in South Carolina, authorities alleged. The firefighters responded just after 8 a.m. local time to a fire at a hotel, the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department (BPRFD) said. The incident was upgraded to a

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, has been confirmed to a spot on the central bank’s Board of Governors, teeing up a chairmanship vote this week. Warsh, 56, was confirmed on Tuesday in a 51-45 vote, with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) joining Republicans in voting to

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) condemned Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) on Tuesday over a radio interview where she appeared to agree with a racist comment made about him. Kiggans has been under scrutiny after an appearance on Rich Herrera’s radio show on Monday to discuss redistricting. Herrera said that unless Jeffries, who is black