News

Cowardly politicians still can’t bring themselves to acknowledge biological reality, and it’s putting women at risk

In 2025, some Democrats are still too cowardly to say that biological men don't belong in women's spaces and sports. In fact, they want to act like it simply...

Smoking gun: Gavin Newsom’s ‘Plant Police’ set the stage for deadly Palisades fire

New policies on state parkland appear to have barred local firefighters from fully extinguishing an...

Brad Lander’s last (we hope) lunacy: a ‘climate’ hissy fit

Heading out of office on a characteristically pathetic note, city Comptroller Brad Lander mounted...

Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

House GOP eyes bill to add citizenship question to census

House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said Friday that his committee will take up a bill to add a citizenship question to the 2030 census.

Trump rips Canada’s ‘crooked’ anti-tariffs ad as possibly AI

President Trump took another swing at Canada late Friday, calling a controversial anti-tariff ad featuring excerpts from a former President Reagan speech, "crooked" and "dishonest." He also suggested that the video was "possibly" generated by artificial intelligence (AI). "Canada lied," Trump told reporters, as he prepared to depart for his Asia trip. "They made up...

Gas prices are low. Will they stay that way?

Gasoline prices have fallen to just over $3 per gallon. That's good news for consumers and the Trump administration after President Trump promised to bring down prices, but it could complicate a "drill, baby drill" agenda. And whether prices will stay low may depend on whether the administration’s sanctions on Russia are effective, experts say....

East Wing demolition triggers outcry — and mixed feelings from state dinner attendees

The demolition of the East Wing at the White House to make way for President Trump's vision of a splashy, massive ballroom, is triggering an enormous outcry from critics — but for many who have experienced glitzy state dinners firsthand, it's eliciting mixed feelings. Trump, who originally said the ballroom would be near but “not...

Trump calls for Jack Smith, others to be prosecuted over Jan. 6 probe

President Trump late Friday suggested that former Special Counsel Jack Smith, former Attorney General Merrick Garland and other Biden administration officials "should be prosecuted" over their involvement in the investigation into the president's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. In a Truth Social post published just prior to departing for his Asia trip,...

5 shot near Howard University during homecoming week; 2 people in custody

Five people were hospitalized after a shooting near Howard University Friday, according to the DC Fire and EMS Department.

Trump considering naming White House ballroom after himself

President Trump is considering naming the new White House ballroom after himself following days of controversy over his administration’s pricey East Wing project. The new space is expected to be 90,000 square feet and referred to as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom," according to a report from ABC News. Earlier in the week, when...

Dems bash administration for withholding SNAP funds: ‘Disgusting dereliction of duty’

Top House Democrats tore into the Trump administration on Friday night for withholding available food aid for millions of low-income Americans, saying the decision is both callous and illegal.  “It is a disgusting dereliction of duty that the Trump administration would knowingly rip food out of the mouths of 42 million children, seniors and veterans,”...

Lankford says he’d be ‘apoplectic’ if Biden was striking boats ‘with this level of insight’

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) questioned the Trump administration’s strikes on Venezuelan vessels without the approval of Congress. “The administration needs to give insight into Congress. That's part of it. If this was happening with this level of insight under the Biden administration, I'd be apoplectic,” Lankford said during a Thursday appearance on C-SPAN’s new “Ceasefire”...

Holmes Norton scammed in her home by fake cleaning crew, police say

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) was scammed Thursday by a group claiming to be a cleaning crew, according to authorities. Multiple people claiming to be HVAC workers reportedly visited the delegate's home and managed to charge her credit card. The case is being investigated as felony fraud, local outlets reported. Norton paid the individuals $4,362 in...

SNAP cliff roils shutdown debate

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Food stamp cliff is latest shutdown flashpoint The battle over food stamps has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the fierce partisan clash over government spending, The Hill’s Mike Lillis reports. © Nam Y. Huh, The Associated Press...

Meta, TikTok hit with EU complaint

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story EU finds Meta, TikTok breached tech rules The European Union (EU) found that both Meta and TikTok ran afoul of transparency rules in the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA). © iStock / Getty Images Plus The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, preliminarily found that Meta and TikTok...

Intel Democrats press Gabbard on Trump administration boat strikes

Leading Intelligence Committee Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of leaving them in the dark on strikes in the Caribbean that have killed more than 40 people, demanding information about the intelligence community’s role. The letter requests the legal justifications for the strikes, which has targeted a series of boats the Trump administration has claimed...

Wright wants to get data centers on the grid faster

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Wright pushes FERC to expedite data centers The Trump administration issued a proposal late Thursday would aim to help artificial intelligence (AI) data centers get connected to the electric grid more quickly. © AP Energy Secretary Chris Wright sent the proposal to the Federal...

Liberal Supreme Court justices decry nitrogen hypoxia executions: ‘Excruciating suffocation’

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor led the court’s other two liberal justices in penning a dissent that condemned the use of nitrogen hypoxia in executions.  Sotomayor — joined by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan — wrote the dissent in response to the conservative majority’s Thursday decision to decline a stay of execution for...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img
HomeNews