Author: Tara Suter

Tech company Anthropic restored service to its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude after a nearly three-hour outage Monday that affected thousands, the company said in a statement. “Claude is back up and running across claude.ai and our apps. We’re grateful to our users as the team works to match the incredible demand we’ve seen for Claude…

The wife of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died after her husband was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday, according to Iranian state television. In a post on the social platform X Monday morning, Iranian state television outlet Press TV said that the late supreme leader’s wife had been injured in a…

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said Wednesday that a bridge between the U.S. and Canada that President Trump previously threatened to block from opening is set to go ahead. “For the first time in over a century, a new bridge connecting Michigan to Canada, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, will open,” the governor declared during…

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday defended transgender rights in her State of the State address, a day after President Trump criticized gender transition in his State of the Union address. “In Michigan, everyone deserves to be who they are and love who they love. I want to take a moment and speak directly…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday slammed her 2024 presidential election opponent President Trump over his Tuesday State of the Union address. “I watched it. It was full of lies. And, you know, when he wasn’t lying, he was — it reminded me of our kids going to show-and-tell at school. It was like…

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said President Trump has “no intention of following” the Constitution when it comes to tariffs, comments that came in the wake of a Supreme Court decision Friday that rejected the authority for many of Trump’s expansive tariffs. “He has no intention of following the spirit or the letter of the Constitution….

European Union (EU) leaders said over the weekend that they will not accept an increase in U.S. tariffs in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling against some of President Trump’s most sweeping tariffs. “The Commission will always ensure that the interests of the European Union are fully protected. EU companies and exporters must have…

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) said Sunday that “diplomacy is the best way” when it comes to the U.S.’s handling of Iran’s nuclear program after recent tensions between the two countries. “Well, there’s the largest buildup, as you pointed out earlier, the largest buildup since the Iraq War in that region. The president is still ongoing…

Over half of Americans disapprove of President Trump’s performance in office, according to a poll released shortly before delivering his State of the Union address this week. In the Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, conducted from Feb. 12 to 17, 60 percent of respondents said they “disapprove strongly” or “disapprove somewhat” of “the way Donald Trump…

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr said that late-night host Stephen Colbert, who has been at the center of a controversy surrounding an interview he did with Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico, sees that ” the limelight is fading.” “But look, I get it, it’s tough to be Colbert. He’s had what he probably…