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Pete Hegseth looked bad in the House. He looks even worse in the Senate

ANALYSIS: Watching Hegseth try and answer these probing questions from restrained experts was like watching Buzz Lightyear realize he isn't really a spaceman, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK

Ban on kids’ companion chatbots advanced by Senate committee

Providers of artificial intelligence companion chatbots would need to verify users’ ages and ban minors from the companions under a bill that advanced unanimously in a Senate committee Thursday. The Judiciary Committee voted 22-0 to approve the bill, which would make it a crime to knowingly provide a chatbot that…

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Lawmakers buck calls to defund low-income heating program

Lawmakers are signaling they’ll reject a Trump administration request to eliminate funding for a program that provides heating and cooling assistance to low-income Americans, one of the few on-topic issues repeatedly raised during hearings on the Health and Human Services Department budget. The administration’s fiscal 2027 budget request for the…

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Kash Patel’s $250M lawsuit offers a CliffsNotes version of his alleged conduct – and could haunt him for months

ANALYSIS: Kash Patel has filed a lawsuit over a profile piece. But, by suing, the FBI director only brings more light to allegations about his behaviors and risks future embarrassment, Bruce Golding reports

The Independent UK

‘Important threshold crossed’ as renewables meet world’s energy demands and fossil power drops

Countries continue to turn to renewables for national security despite Trump's attacks on wind and solar.

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Fed chair nominee Warsh to field questions about Fed independence

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee appear poised to question Kevin Warsh, the nominee to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, on the central bank’s independence — but from different angles — during a hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Ranking member Elizabeth Warren is also expected to question…

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White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles plans to meet with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos

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Trump’s Iran threats resonate even after ceasefire announcement

President Donald Trump may have backed down on his Tuesday threat to eliminate the “whole” Iranian civilization, but Democrats hope his social media posts triggered enough outcry to buoy them to a congressional majority and, possibly, lead to a push to impeach Trump for the first time this term and…

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Lawmakers said they wanted to rein in their own stock trading. What happened?

For a brief moment, it seemed like a bill to curb stock trading by members of Congress could see a vote in the House. Blessed by GOP leadership with hopes of a floor vote in the first quarter of the year, it would have been a victory for the small…

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Hyperscalers often lack the “aptitude” on power as the political push picks up to expedite grid connections and pipelines

A bevy of efforts in the federal bureaucracy and Congress are underway to expedite power generation, pipelines, transmission, and grid interconnections for the ongoing power demand spike.

Fortune

Photos of the week | March 13-19, 2026

St. Patrick’s Day, a hearing on worldwide threats and a confirmation hearing for the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security highlighted this week in the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

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Threats hearing leaves unanswered questions on Iran war

U.S. intelligence leaders testified on Wednesday that Iran’s clerical leadership has been damaged but not ousted from power, and the mullahs may rebuild their degraded military capabilities over the next several years despite ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes. The top civilian witnesses before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee — Director…

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Bizarre denial from Trump on the Iran school tragedy—Democrats aren’t holding back

Senate Democrats are really pushing the Pentagon for answers after a school in Iran was bombed, killing over 100 children. This week, a group of 46 senators, mostly Democrats, sent a letter directly to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, demanding a swift investigation into the strike and public release of the…

The Mary Sue

Armed Services members in the dark on details of war costs

The House and Senate Armed Services panels have yet to be briefed on the costs of the Iran war, members and aides said Thursday. This week, Pentagon officials gave the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee an estimate of $11.3 billion for the war’s first week, a figure first reported Wednesday by…

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Dems plan probes into companies, colleges that cooperated with Trump

Senate Judiciary members Adam Schiff, Sheldon Whitehouse and Richard Blumenthal are involved in planning discussions.

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Senators clash over sanctuary policies amid DHS shutdown

Senators sparred at a hearing Tuesday over local jurisdictions that have policies against cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, as the Senate teed up another floor procedural vote to end a Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., used the hearing to highlight his proposal to make…

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51 Stories About Glitches, Déjà Vu, The Mandela Effect And Other Mysterious True Experiences

Reality should be fairly stable... But every now and then, the universe seems to play a few tricks on us. We see things or people that surely should not be there, or experience moments that make absolutely no sense at all. People have been sharing the times the Mandela Effect…

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War powers votes unlikely to rein in Trump after Iran strikes

A procedural vote on the resolution could happen as soon as Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the situation.

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Scoop: Top Senate defense leaders intervene in Pentagon-Anthropic AI dispute

The bipartisan group of senators sent Anthropic and the Pentagon a private letter urging them to resolve the issue

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Senators question Pentagon official over El Paso airspace closure

A Pentagon official brushed off criticism over the department’s role in the FAA's brief closure of airspace over El Paso this month.

The Conversation

Baptists have helped shape debate about religious freedom for over 400 years – up to today’s 10 Commandments laws

Louisiana can proceed with a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, according to a federal court decision on Feb. 20, 2026. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted that it is too early to determine whether the requirement violates the First Amendment of the Constitution, which…

Axios

ICE director grilled over Trump's immigration crackdown

It wasn't just the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti that the agency heads had to answer for.

Roll Call

Immigration officials defend approach at House hearing

Top officials with the U.S. immigration enforcement agencies defended their approach Tuesday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.

Roll Call

Members split on plan to use reconciliation again to boost defense

Two GOP defense chairs would like to see Congress enact a second reconciliation package that includes $450 billion for national security.

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Verizon issues rare refund to Boston users who are locked out of key TV channels to show that 'we have their back'

Verizon customers in Boston have been given refunds as major TV channels continue to be unavailable.

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