Contractors who were providing medical services to illegal immigrants at the border bilked the Department of Homeland Security out of more than $1 million by asking for travel reimbursement payments for which they didn't qualify.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed the left's "crazed rhetoric" aimed at President Trump for inspiring a gunman to charge toward the Washington Hilton ballroom where Mr. Trump and his Cabinet were attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday night.
The Virginia Supreme Court Monday heard from opponents of the state's new gerrymandered House district map, who argued the legislature violated the state constitution when it redrew the lines to favor Democrats.
Preservationists are pressing ahead with their lawsuit against President Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom, declining a request by the Department of Justice to withdraw the complaint following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will ask the state legislature this week to approve new Congressional district lines that are likely to elect 4 additional Republicans to the U.S. House.
The suspected gunman involved in Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner is slated to appear in court Monday. Early indications are that likely he was targeting President Trump and other top officials. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt added a press briefing to the schedule; she'll appear in the briefing room...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that the security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner appeared “lax,” recounting the night during a Fox News interview on Monday morning. “I can tell you, from a layman's perspective, it did look a little lax in terms of, as everyone's now noted, getting into the building....
The U.S. military killed three “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Sunday, U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) claimed on social media. In a video posted on social platform X, the command showed a boat moving across the water for several seconds before it exploded into flames. Southcom repeated...
First lady Melania Trump is calling on ABC to punish comedian Jimmy Kimmel over a sketch during which the late-night host joked that she had the "glow" of an "expectant widow." Kimmel's sketch aired on Thursday evening, just two days before a shooting outside the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, where authorities say an...
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow on Monday, with the two countries reaffirming their deep ties and pledging to work together amid Tehran's war with the U.S. and Israel. Putin said Moscow “intends to maintain” its strategic relations with Iran, Russian state-owned media TASS reported, adding that Russia is...
FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday said security at future White House Correspondents Association dinners will look “entirely” different following a shooting at the Washington Hilton Hotel this weekend. Journalists and attendees raised concerns about the lack of vetting for guests at this year’s event, including the absence of magnetometers, ID checks and requests to...
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a case that could curtail antipesticide lawsuits — an issue that pits the Make America Healthy Again movement against the Trump administration. The high court agreed to take up the case earlier this year after a request from Monsanto, maker of the frequently litigated weedkiller Roundup. Listen to the...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reportedly said Monday that Iran’s leadership is humiliating the United States in talks to end the war by getting President Trump to dispatch and then abruptly cancel travel by his top envoys. "The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel...
President Trump on Sunday endorsed the idea of changing the name of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which would give the agency the acronym NICE. The idea was promoted by conservative influencer Alyssa Marie last month. “I want Trump to change ICE to NICE (National Immigration and Customs...
The alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) is expected to make his initial court appearance on Monday. Cole Allen, 31, has been identified by multiple outlets as the suspect. The Hill has not independently verified the suspect's identity. Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said at a press conference...
President Trump said that the shooter at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was a “blur” and cracked a joke that the NFL “should sign him up.” “His speed was rather incredible. Actually, it was, it was like a blur,” the president remarked about the gunman in an interview with CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell on...
President Trump is standing by Secret Service leadership following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. In a statement, a senior White House official said Trump thinks the Secret Service did “an excellent job” of neutralizing the shooter and moving the president, along with first lady Melania Trump and Vice President Vance...
