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Advocates for creating federal standards for autonomous vehicles rallied on Tuesday to spur lawmakers to move quickly on legislation to roll out and test the emerging technology. Representatives of automobile manufacturers and stakeholder groups argued forcefully for the need for federal rules to create standards around autonomous vehicles at a forum on Capitol Hill. The […]

A U.S. citizen who is a cryptocurrency expert was charged Friday with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by giving North Korea information that could help it evade U.S. sanctions. According to court filings, 36-year-old Virgil Griffith traveled to North Korea in April to attend a cryptocurrency conference in Pyongyang. “Despite receiving warnings not to go, Griffith […]

IT’S EXISTENTIAL: Democrats on Friday warned of the “existential threat” posed by climate change, hammering President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump says he will ‘temporarily hold off’ on declaring Mexican drug cartels as terror organization House Judiciary Committee formally receives impeachment report Artist behind gold toilet offered to Trump sells banana duct-taped to a wall for 0,000 […]

The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called on Iran to release other imprisoned Americans after Tehran freed a Chinese American graduate student on Saturday as part of a prisoner exchange. Sen. Bob MenendezRobert (Bob) MenendezForeign Relations Democrat calls on Iran to release other American prisoners GOP senator blocks Armenian genocide resolution The job […]

Planned Parenthood is targeting Republican senators in a seven-figure ad campaign over the Trump administration’s changes to a federally funded birth control program. The campaign, which will include ads on television, radio and digital platforms, as well as mailers, will target three Republican incumbents who Democrats hope to defeat in 2020: Sens. Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerOvernight Health Care: House to […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpStates slashed 4,400 environmental agency jobs in past decade: study Biden hammers Trump over video of world leaders mocking him Iran building hidden arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles in Iraq: report MORE‘s personal lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiPoll: 46 percent of voters say Trump’s Ukraine dealings constitute impeachable offense GOP member urges Graham […]

The social media app TikTok was hit by two lawsuits in the last week, a new challenge for the company which is already under the intense scrutiny of federal regulators and lawmakers. The lawsuits are drawing new public attention on the company’s practices and are highlighting critics’ two chief concerns: TikTok’s ties with the Chinese government […]

Happy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: Four people are dead, including the suspected gunman, after a man authorities identified as a Saudi aviation student open fired in a classroom at the Naval […]

Tufts University announced that it is severing ties with the billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma, the firm that manufactures OxyContin. The Massachusetts school announced Thursday that it is stripping the Sackler family name from its campus and will no longer accept any donations from them amid concerns that they are helping fuel the ongoing […]

The Navy on Saturday identified the three people who were killed in a shooting at a naval air base in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday.  The three people who were killed in the incident are Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson 23, from Alabama; Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, from Florida and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters 21, from Georgia.  […]