Kalshi bettors picked Alina Habba as the favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary, but President Trump's former personal attorney quashed rumors she's taking the role.
FBI Director Kash Patel is taking heat over his handling of the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s assassin from key figures in the MAGA movement in which he initially became a star. Patel stumbled in the early hours after the shooting when he indicated on X that a suspected shooter was in custody, before it later...
A midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy was injured Thursday after mistaking law enforcement for an active shooter due to online misinformation. After concerns of an active shooter were posted anonymously on a chat platform, the campus in Annapolis, Md., was placed on lockdown shortly after 5 p.m. and security officials began clearing buildings, CNN...
Actor Sean Penn reflected on meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Thursday interview with late night host Jimmy Kimmel amid rising tensions in Eastern Europe. The two crossed paths during the Moscow International Film Festival in 2001 during a dinner with approximately 20 people, including actor Jack Nicholson. “I can time-capsule it for you...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) issued a rare public rebuke Friday against fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over Abbott's recent executive order aimed at regulating the sale of THC products in the state. Abbott's executive order on Wednesday directed state agencies to stop minor sales of THC products after state lawmakers failed to reach an...
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, while speaking at the University of Notre Dame Friday, addressed Charlie Kirk's killing and stressed the need to "learn to have disagreements in a civil and collegial way.” At the start of her appearance to promote her new book, "Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution,"...
The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep the government and public in the dark about how much they are contributing to climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday it is proposing to axe requirements under a 2009 rule that forced...
Boeing could receive a $3.1 million fine from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a series of safety violations. The agency announced the penalty Friday, citing a 2024 midair emergency and failures to meet aircraft worthiness inspections. These incidents have rendered harsh criticism from federal officials, according to Reuters. In addition to the incidents, the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Democrats worry they could stumble into shutdown Centrist Democrats fear their party could blunder into a government shutdown this month as leadership takes a hard line on the funding package that needs to pass by Sept....
Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) has decided to end her comeback bid for her old House seat, citing stigmatization of mental health struggles she has faced. Caraveo, who represented Colorado’s 8th Congressional District for one term before narrowly losing reelection last year, said in a statement Friday she didn’t make her decision lightly as she...
A Utah student who asked conservative activist Charlie Kirk a question on Wednesday, right before he was shot and killed, said he wished he would have asked something different. “I had been fluctuating between different ones. Now that I know, for sure I would’ve asked a different one. I just would’ve. 100 percent," Hunter Kozak,...
Missouri Senate Republicans on Friday passed a new set of congressional lines that aims to add one pickup opportunity for the GOP in the U.S. House ahead of 2026, sending it to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) for his signature. The Missouri Senate advanced a new House map that would break up Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding a study on the widely debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, according to a government funding notice. While numerous large studies have disproved a connection between autism and vaccines — a cornerstone of the anti-vaccine movement — Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
Discord said Friday that the person accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk did not use the platform to plan the shooting or promote violence, after officials revealed he sent messages over the app. Law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson after a multi-day search for Kirk’s killer. The suspect’s roommate shared Discord messages with...
