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‘What the hell did he just say?’ GOP Iran worries build after Trump speech

President Donald Trump’s primetime address on Iran did little to relieve rising alarm from plugged-in Republicans in key states across the country who see the war as pushing costs...

Vance anti-fraud task force suspends 221 California hospice and healthcare providers so far

JD Vance's anti-fraud task force shuts down 221 Los Angeles hospice and healthcare providers suspected of fraud, with more suspensions expected soon.

Pam Bondi already fired as attorney general, Cabinet official teed up as replacement: sources

President Donald Trump reportedly fired Attorney General Pam Bondi and is considering replacing her with EPA Director Lee Zeldin, sources familiar with the matter say.

Schumer, Jeffries sue Trump, accuse him of trying to ‘rig’ mail-in voting

Congressional Democrats sue to block Trump's sweeping election order, arguing it overrides states' authority and risks disenfranchising millions of voters.

Justice Jackson sparks online uproar after linking birthright citizenship to stealing a wallet in Japan

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson faced viral conservative backlash over a wallet-stealing-in-Japan analogy during birthright citizenship oral arguments on Wednesday.

Live updates: Hillary Clinton deposition briefly halted over photo leak; US, Iran talk in Geneva

The deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was briefly paused on Thursday after a GOP member of the Oversight Committee shared a photo from inside the deposition. Conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted a photo of Clinton to X that he said was provided by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), which a Clinton spokesperson said...

Democrat calls Noem meeting ‘heated and tense’ after call for impeachment

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), who has been pushing for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s impeachment, came face-to-face with her on Wednesday, demanding reforms within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the agency remains shut down. “Today, I met with Secretary Kristi Noem and, again, confronted and held her accountable for her lawlessness and violations...

Rubio adviser meets often-imprisoned UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson

The United Kingdom’s far-right political activist Tommy Robinson completed a tour at the State Department on Wednesday after meeting with one of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s senior advisers. A State Department spokesperson told The Hill that the anti-immigration advocate was there in an “unofficial capacity” for a tour. Robinson toured the department’s diplomatic reception...

Democrats will force vote next week to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran

House Democrats will force a vote next week to curb President Trump’s war powers in Iran. The resolution is expected to fail, given the overwhelming opposition from Republicans and a small handful of Jewish Democrats. But party leaders want to get all lawmakers on the record by using a procedural move to sidestep GOP leaders...

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Everything in DC will be ‘purely performative’ ahead of midterms

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday that activity in Washington, D.C., will be “purely performative” for the rest of year and focused on attempts to “gaslight you to vote in the midterms.” “We all knew and discussed in internal meetings back in January of 2025 that we only had 6-9 months to do...

Judge orders Greenpeace to pay an expected $345M in connection with oil pipeline protest case

A North Dakota judge said this week he would order Greenpeace to pay damages estimated to total $345 million to Energy Transfer related to protests against its Dakota Access oil pipeline. Judge James Gion wrote in court papers filed Tuesday that Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace Fund Inc. would each be responsible for paying...

Kalshi accuses MrBeast video editor of insider trading

An editor for the popular YouTube creator MrBeast has been fined and suspended by prediction market platform Kalshi over suspected insider trading. The company’s disciplinary committee found that Artem Kaptur violated its policies when Kaptur placed bets last August and September related to the YouTube channel where he worked. “Specifically, the Committee found reasonable cause...

Don’t just freeze federal assistance to fight fraud — fix the program

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the TANF program, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 with the promise to "end welfare as we know it." Three decades later, it is time to admit that we simply replaced one trap with another. 

Maduro lawyer says US won’t let Venezuela pay legal defense fees

An attorney for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said the Trump administration is blocking his access to funds needed to pay his attorney, risking leaving him without counsel. Before Maduro was forcibly removed from his home in a U.S. military option, he was among a slew of Venezuelan officials facing sanctions from the U.S. Office...

Watch live: Vance travels to Wisconsin to sell Trump agenda

Vice President Vance is traveling to Wisconsin on Thursday, the latest stop in the Trump administration's tour to sell President Trump's domestic and economic agenda ahead of the November midterm elections. Vance, after visiting a machining facility, will give remarks in Plover, Wis. His comments come just over a day after Trump gave a record-long...

Oversight panel deposes Hillary Clinton in Epstein investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has kicked off its deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The deposition, taking place Thursday in Chappaqua, New York, comes after the former first lady and former President Bill Clinton reversed course earlier this month and...

Crowds line up for Jesse Jackson’s memorial services in Chicago

Crowds of mourners lined up in Chicago as cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began Thursday in the city the late civil rights leader called home.

Only 33 percent of schools have recovered in either math or reading 6 years after pandemic

New research found only one in three schools have recovered in either reading or math since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools nearly six years ago.   The number of schools that recovered in both subjects sits at around 14 percent, according to NWEA, an education research group.  Schools that serve historically marginalized students are more likely...

Blue state public health cuts don’t ‘own the libs’ — they endanger us all

It carries consequences that will reverberate far beyond the borders of the blue states the administration seems so eager to penalize. 

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