Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook warned that AI-driven productivity gains could raise unemployment in ways interest-rate policy may not be able to fix. Her remarks push the Fed to consider non-monetary responses.

The SEC updated its Enforcement Manual to give probe targets more time and clearer settlement and waiver rules.

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic warned Tuesday that AI could push unemployment higher and that monetary policy alone may not be able to offset a structural shift. His comments come as he prepares to leave the bank at the end of his term.

Chicago Fed chief Austan Goolsbee urged patience on rate cuts, saying 3% inflation is 'not good enough.' Markets still price easing later this year.

The State Department ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats and family members to leave Lebanon amid rising tensions with Iran; the Beirut embassy will operate with reduced staff.

A UT Austin professor petitioned the Supreme Court to decide whether employer threats that silence faculty count as unconstitutional retaliation. The filing asks the justices to resolve a circuit split.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit St. Kitts for a one‑day CARICOM summit to press security, trade and stability after the U.S. operation in Venezuela. The trip is meant to reassure Caribbean leaders and lock in cooperation on drug interdiction and economic ties.

A woman adopted from Iran in the 1970s has been ordered into immigration court after DHS says she was never naturalized; advocates say the case exposes a law-based gap affecting thousands of adoptees.

Sen. Adam Schiff’s legal defense fund raised about $1.2 million through Dec. 31, 2025, and filings show hundreds of thousands already paid to outside counsel.

A Moroccan asylum seeker says U.S. authorities flew her to Cameroon and back to Morocco despite a judge's protection order, spotlighting contentious third‑country deportations.

President Trump posted that a "great hospital boat" is "on the way" to Greenland, but officials and allied authorities have not confirmed the plan or which ship will deploy.

A HUD FOIA response shows the FHA doesn't collect citizenship data on loan applications, meaning the agency can't count how many non‑permanent residents hold FHA‑insured mortgages. The gap comes after Mortgagee Letter 2025‑09 barred non‑permanent residents from future FHA loans.

Tina Cannon says a tweak in H.B. 545 could weaken the state auditor’s independence and limit audits; lawmakers call it a budget clarification.