Births plummeted by 17% last year — and regime leaders don’t yet seem to understand it’s much easier for a police state to force birth rates down than to...
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said the shooting of Alex Pretti should mark a turning point in the national debate over President Trump's immigration crackdown.
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.
Former President Obama on Thursday shared his yearly favorites in books, movies and music with his followers online. “As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music,” he wrote in a statement on the...
The Senate on Thursday green-lighted 97 lower-level nominees, marking the third tranche advanced by Republicans since they changed the chamber’s rules in September and one of their final acts of the year before departing for the holiday break. Senate Republicans voted 53-43 to put in place dozens of Trump administration choices to fill vacancies across various...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump picks up where Biden left off on marijuana President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday released a 14-minute video explaining what Americans can expect if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does or does not disclose all of its information on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on its Friday deadline. "Let's start with how will you know if they have released all the materials,"...
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt (D) died Thursday at the age of 88. “It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Governor Jim Hunt,” his daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt (D), wrote in a statement on social platform X. “He devoted his life to serving...
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said on Thursday that he has seen “no evidence of war crimes” committed during the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, and he indicated that his panel does not plan to further probe the controversial operation. “I have seen no...
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, establishing spending at the Pentagon and other priorities for the coming year. The bill approves a record $901 billion in military spending for fiscal 2026, roughly $8 billion more than what the Trump administration requested. It includes a nearly 4 percent pay increase for...
Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story November inflation slowdown surprises experts The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent over the 12-month span ending in November, Economists expected the annual inflation rate to rise to 3.1 percent...
A group of Democratic senators introduced legislation to reverse gun tax credits in the Republicans’ summer spending bill and use the repurposed funding for Medicare. The Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act aims to strike credits for silencers, shotguns and firearm transfers while in turn using the $1.7 billion in savings for Medicare over...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said he wishes someone could have told President Trump "how math works" in touting his administration's successes 11 months since he returned to the White House. "Somebody must have showed him some, like, abysmal poll numbers and said, 'You better get out there in front of the American people and explain...
All Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have demanded a public hearing on the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign over “serious concerns” the strikes may violate U.S. criminal laws, a request the panel’s head has already denied. In a letter dated Wednesday and sent to committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the lawmakers say...
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara criticized federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents this week after an attempted arrest on Monday led to a chaotic scene in which an officer dragged a woman through the street as agents fended off protesters. Video of the incident shows an agent kneeling on a woman’s back as she...
Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), called on white men to come forward with employment and workplace discrimination complaints. Lucas said Wednesday in a video on the social platform X that white men may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws, and should contact the EEOC...
