The Biden administration has instructed Texas to stop impeding the Border Patrol’s access to a park along the Rio Grande River after the state National Guard took over last week. “Texas’s actions are clearly unconstitutional and are actively disrupting the federal government’s operations. We demand that Texas cease and desist its efforts to block Border Patrol’s access in and around the Shelby Park area and remove all barriers to access in the Shelby Park area‚” DHS...

Government prosecutors on Tuesday opposed a recent effort by Hunter Biden's attorneys to dismiss the federal gun charges filed against him on the basis of selective and vindictive prosecution‚ arguments the special counsel's office called “meritless.” Prosecutors for special counsel David Weiss said in a court filing that Biden's motion “produces no evidence to support his allegation that the Executive Branch‚ led by his father‚ President Biden‚ and its Justice Department‚ led by the...

Three migrants attempting to enter the United States Friday night had already drowned when Texas’s National Guard turned U.S. Border Patrol Agents away from the Rio Grande‚ according to a recent Department of Justice filing. Robert Danley‚ lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection field agent for the broader Del Rio area‚ wrote in a statement included with the filing that a Mexican official notified the U.S. Friday night that three migrants — a woman and two children — had drowned...

Special counsel David Weiss shot back at claims from Hunter Biden that his prosecution amounts to unfair targeting‚ writing that the Delaware gun charges against the president’s son are a result only of his choices. The filing was made in response to a December motion from Biden saying he was the target of a “selective and vindictive prosecution. ” Biden faces charges related to failing to disclose drug use when purchasing a weapon. Biden had argued Weiss caved to...

Uber plans to stop running Drizly. The move‚ first reported by Axios‚ comes roughly three years after the ride-share giant first moved to acquire the alcohol delivery platform and make it a subsidiary. The transaction was worth about $1.1 billion of stock and cash.   In a statement‚ Uber told FOX Business it will soon close Drizly.  "After three years of Drizly operating independently within the Uber family‚ we’ve decided to close the business and focus on our...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley claimed the US has “never been a racist country” during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. Haley’s remarks were in response to MSNBC host Joy Reid’s comments on whether Haley could win the GOP nomination as a woman of color. Haley suggested Reid “lives in a different America than I do‚” pointing to her own rise from the daughter of immigrants to governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations. “I mean‚...

Shares of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines (SAVE.N)‚ opens new tab fell 17% in morning trade on Wednesday‚ a day after a U.S. judge blocked the airline's planned $3.8 billion merger with rival JetBlue Airways (JBLU.O)‚ opens new tab. Spirit's stock shed nearly half of its market value on Tuesday after a federal judge agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice that the airline's deal with JetBlue would harm ticket buyers. The decision has left the company in...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a pair of oral arguments on an issue that could dramatically shrink the power of executive agencies to interpret and enforce federal laws. It is billed as a fight between what one side calls unchecked government overreach and others see as necessary protection of a broad swath of areas like environmental‚ health‚ workplace safety and consumer laws. Oral arguments begin at 10 a.m. and could go past 1 p.m. Rulings are expected by late June...

Homebuilder sentiment improves for second straight month‚ following drop in mortgage rates

OpenAI's next big model "will be able to do a lot‚ lot more" than the existing models can‚ CEO Sam Altman told Axios in an exclusive interview at Davos on Wednesday. Why it matters: Altman told Axios' Ina Fried that AI is evolving much more rapidly than previous technologies that took Silicon Valley by storm. But he also conceded that the evolution and proliferation of OpenAI's technology will require "uncomfortable" decisions. Altman believes future AI products will...