Wow: Gov. Kathy Hochul is embracing Mayor Zohran Mamdani's universal-child-care scheme even as the Minnesota scandals expose how readily unscrupulous operators can abuse such programs.
President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week, disputing Kremlin claims that Trump had initially greeted with deep concern.
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and took control of the country’s governance. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday prayer, the first American pope weighed in on the world events and called for the Venezuelan people’s interests to be put...
The U.S. military blew up two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area of responsibility on Wednesday, continuing the Trump administration counternarcotics campaign in the Western Hemisphere. The forces killed five "narco-terrorists" in two boats operated by a designated terrorist organization. Three people were killed in the first boat and two were...
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Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump gives up on National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA, Portland President Trump said Wednesday that his administration will end its deployment of the National Guard in Chicago; Los Angeles; and Portland, Ore., vowing to return...
A Minnesota day care center on Wednesday said they’ve faced “extreme vandalism” after Nick Shirley’s viral YouTube video shared allegations of fraud. Employees of Nokomis DayCare Center in Minneapolis told police they were broken into on Tuesday morning after Shirley claimed they were using public funding for a child care facility where kids were not...
Chief Justice John Roberts used his previous two annual reports to condemn politicians for intimidating judges and warn about artificial intelligence. This year, Roberts steered clear of current affairs. His 2025 Year End Report on the Judiciary, released Wednesday evening, makes no mention of the tensions that have grown in the judiciary over the Supreme Court’s emergency decisions implicating President Trump’s second-term agenda. Instead, Roberts opted to fill his report with reflections on the Declaration of Independence. As the declaration’s 250th anniversary approaches next year, Roberts detailed how the...
A panel of federal judges on Tuesday lifted a ruling blocking Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood in multiple states. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a hold on an order from District Judge Indira Talwani that had prevented a law removing funds from Planned Parenthood from being enforced. The law in question...
Nearly half of Americans do not support President Trump’s efforts surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a new poll. When asked in The Economist/YouGov poll about their support for “the way Donald Trump is handling the situation with Russia and Ukraine,” 49 percent of respondents said they “somewhat disapprove” or “strongly disapprove.” Thirty percent of...
A Georgia judge dismissed dozens of racketeering charges Tuesday against protesters who rallied in 2022 and 2023 against a planned $115 million police and firefighter training site in Atlanta dubbed "Cop City." Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer determined that Republican Attorney General Chris Carr’s charges against demonstrators required permission from Republican Gov. Brian Kemp under...
Billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) on Tuesday said the United States needs a single-payer health care system. "Bernie Sanders was right. We need single-payer health care," Steyer said in a video shared on social media. "In 2019, I didn't think we needed single-payer health care." Steyer said he thought the U.S. could...
The U.S. military conducted strikes against a convoy of alleged drug-trafficking boats in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area of responsibility, killing three “narco-terrorists" and leaving multiple survivors after others jumped overboard. The U.S. military targeted three purported drug-smuggling vessels on Tuesday, which were operated by a designated terrorist organization and were transiting in international...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday released the transcript of the panel's deposition with former Special Counsel Jack Smith concerning his team's investigations and prosecutions of President Trump. Earlier this month, Smith's attorneys sent a letter to Jordan requesting that his closed-door deposition be made public. In the testimony, Smith defended his decision to bring charges against Trump...
A CNN reporter pressed YouTuber Nick Shirley in a segment that aired Tuesday night over his viral video in which he visits Minnesota day care facilities run by the Somali community, which he accuses of fraud. In the video, shared by Elon Musk and Vice President Vance this week, Shirley knocks on doors at various...
President Trump on Wednesday blasted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for comments she made about U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents of Hispanic heritage only taking the job because of their financial situations. "[National Border Patrol Council President] Paul Perez and the Border Patrol have done a fantastic job, and so proud that more than half...
