Anthropic's corporate political action committee poured $161,000 into campaigns across the aisle last month, bringing their total third-quarter spending to more than $250,000, according to spending records first shared with The Hill. The employee-funded PAC, AnthroPAC, spent more than $256,000 across the third quarter, marking the artificial intelligence firm's latest push for political clout in...

The mailings come just three weeks before Election Day and are reminiscent of a similar threat in 2023, when several election offices received envelopes containing fentanyl.

Trump made the announcement on Truth Social saying Hasan will be executed as scheduled, but the public will not be able to watch through livestream or any other visual device.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic as part of a federal probe into the potential risks their AI models pose to consumers. An agency spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the agency has sent the companies civil subpoenas. The investigation comes on the heels of a series of high-profile cybersecurity...

A sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks is hitting Wall Street again after whipping around the world on worries about how much longer the AI frenzy will last.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says he and his Senate colleagues will ask the Defense Department’s inspector general to investigate Ukraine’s sudden loss of access to the military version of Starlink, known as Starshield, which hampered Ukraine’s ability to intercept Russian drones. Tillis said the “snafu” that left Ukrainian civilian and military targets exposed now appears...

Scientist have projected for years that climate change would lead to fewer Santa Anas by the end of the century. A new UCLA paper shows it's already happening.

Damage from a week's worth of high surf and El Niño-related storms brought many warnings from officials.

Many Santa Monica Mountains parks will be closed due to potential fire risks Thursday through Saturday. Check before you go.

California test score gains fail to offset pandemic learning setbacks, cementing a lukewarm education legacy for Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gov. Gavin Newsom marked 20 years of California's landmark climate law, celebrating a rare show of bipartisan unity amid deepening political polarization.

Los Angeles County has agreed to take over the annual homeless count and federal grant application duties from the struggling Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. However, the county and city of Los Angeles continue to spar over which will manage other homeless programs.

A sinkhole in Los Feliz created by a water main break trapped a Spectrum van Wednesday morning. It was the latest of several in Los Angeles over the last few months.

The state of Florida won a key court decision Wednesday that allows it to enforce a ban on social media accounts for kids under 14 and other restrictions. The law was one of the most restrictive in the U.S. on social media use by children when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it in 2024. The law...

A video of the Oct. 1 arrest, recorded by the suspect's sister, shows Santa Ana police officers punching and kicking the 28-year-old man.

A group of state attorneys general are suing the artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, accusing the ChatGPT-maker of illegally misleading users over the safety of its chatbot. Eight states filed lawsuits Wednesday, alleging OpenAI pushed forward with development of its AI products, despite knowing its products require safety guardrails. The bipartisan group of state leaders argue OpenAI...

A red flag warning will be in place across most of Los Angeles County on Thursday and Friday, providing one of the first major tests of whether government agencies have applied the painful lessons learned from the Palisades and Eaton blazes.

Supporters of the initiative on the November ballot say it will speed up environmental review for "essential" projects, but opponents believe potentially polluting ones will be covered too — including data centers.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals permanently barred California from enforcing a state law that required federal immigration agents to display ID while on duty.

Records show the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a second incident at Catalina Island where a medical evacuation helicopter nearly crashed into the water just moments before a separate, fatal incident.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said decisions to restrict the speed or usage of Starlink's Starshield are made by the U.S. military and, ultimately, the president, as confusion swirls over Ukraine's loss of military access to the systems. It is not clear at this point what caused Ukraine's military to lose access to Starshield,...

Undecideds will decide. But L.A.'s mayoral debate didn't make the choice clear.

Clavicular is charged with one count of rape, one count of drugging someone for sexual intercourse and one count of procuring alcohol for someone under the age of 21.

Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Tuesday released a video appearing to use artificial intelligence to have her resemble rapper Kendrick Lamar during his 2025 Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance. The video depicts Blackburn, who is running for governor, on a football field, backed up by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.),...

More than 80 percent of ransomware victims in a new survey reported their attackers had weaponized artificial intelligence as part of the scheme, according to data made public Wednesday. For its 2026 Ransomware Risk Report, cybersecurity company Semperis and research consultant Censuswide surveyed 1,200 IT and security professionals across nine countries and eight industry sectors....

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect Mykhailo Federov's current title. Ukraine's former defense minister said on Wednesday afternoon that SpaceX was working to restore satellite speeds in the country after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of dire consequences following reported slowdowns in Starlink services. Mykhailo Fedorov announced SpaceX was reinstating speeds of...

Japan is helping fund a $21 billion deal to build two new chip plants in upstate New York, President Trump announced Wednesday. The country will provide $10 billion to speed up construction of a semiconductor fabrication plant from GlobalFoundries that the company aims to bring online by 2029, while another $10 billion will go toward...

An 8-year-old girl who lived in a squalid home died of an asthma attack. Her parents have been charged with felony neglect.

Karen Bass says L.A.'s political establishment doesn't like Raman. Well, boo-hoo

Police arrested a person carrying a loaded gun in a guitar case in Richmond, according to a social media post.