The Justice Department's incomplete and heavily redacted release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files has sparked accusations of a Trump administration cover-up of select associates of the notorious sex offender.
Vice President J.D. Vance did not explicitly declare his intentions to run for president in 2028 at Turning Point Action's AmericaFest on Sunday, but he offered plenty of hints that he wants to continue the movement President Trump started.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fired shots Sunday at a Cuban immigrant living in the U.S. illegally after the man struck the agent and another one with an SUV in Minnesota's state capital, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine are committed to achieving peace amid negotiations on ending the ongoing war between the two countries. Witkoff said on the social platform X that he, along with President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and White House senior adviser Josh Gruenbaum, held a “series of productive and...
Paul Coakley, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said Sunday that the Trump administration’s mass deportations are invoking fear in immigrant communities across the country. “It's instilling, as I said, fear in a rather widespread manner. So I think that's something that concerns us all, that people have a right to...
Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block a resolution sponsored by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make its rulemaking open to public comment, something that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. halted in March. King’s resolution, offered under the Congressional Review Act, would have rescinded the...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has decided against releasing its postmortem of the party’s 2024 losses it looks to build on 2025 momentum and take back power in Congress during next year’s midterms. “Here’s our North Star: does this help us win?” DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement shared with The Hill on...
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is facing blowback for an appearance he made on a livestream this week during which he promised a pair of internet personalities he would do a touchdown dance widely viewed as having antisemitic undertones. During the stream with influencers Adin Ross and N3on, the football player is seen...
Top House Democrats on Thursday called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to hold an immediate vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. The Democrats succeeded this week in forcing a vote on a three-year extension of the ObamaCare tax credits when four centrist...
Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson on Wednesday defended his photos of White House aides taken for a profile on chief of staff Susie Wiles, after the both story and his images were met with criticism from Trump administration officials and allies. "It is curious that the internet is shocked that I would not retouch the...
Alan Dershowitz, the former lawyer of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, cast doubt on the constitutionality surrounding third presidential terms, saying he told President Trump it was "not clear." Dershowitz, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said he gave Trump a draft copy of his upcoming book on the topic during a recent...
House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are asking a government watchdog to undertake a review of the Trump administration’s hiring practices, citing issues with trainees as they dramatically ramp up recruitment of immigration enforcement agents. The Trump administration in August ended age limits for those interested in serving as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers,...
Hospitals and doctors who perform gender-affirming surgery on minors will have to forgo federal Medicare and Medicaid funding under new rules proposed by the Trump administration Thursday, even in states where the procedures are legal. The two-part plan from the Department of Health and Human Services is part of the administration’s efforts to curtail gender-affirming care, and if made final, could essentially ban the practice nationwide. One rule would prohibit state and federal Medicaid from covering any medical care...
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) wants House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to chart a different course in 2026. “I hope that the Speaker takes a different approach in the new year, where the House can sort of put itself back in the driver’s seat when it comes to the issues that really matter to folks,” Kiley...
President Trump announced Wednesday night that military service members will receive checks for $1,776, a nod to the nation’s founding year. The news came during the president’s national address, which focused on affordability and served as a wrap-up for the first year of his second term in office. “Because of tariffs, along with the just...
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service have shared their forecasts for next week, giving a clue as to which areas of the country could see snowy weather on Dec. 25.
The annual inflation rate fell in November, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), defying economists expectations. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent over the 12-month span ending in November, down from 3 percent in September. BLS was unable to collect data on October prices due to the...
