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LA’s real estate decline is another red flag — and a reason for change

LA is fading as a destination for real estate investors from abroad. Once a prime choice for international buyers, LA has been declining for six years. It attracts less...

Dems want to tax Bay Area residents for BART, whether they ride or not

Sacramento Democrats have found a creative new way to raise taxes. Instead of asking...

View hosts criticize Platner amid sexting controversy

Multiple hosts on ABC’s “The View” slammed Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner for his litany of controversies, after reports surfaced over the weekend that he sent sexually explicit messages to women after he married his wife. Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House director of strategic communications during President Trump’s first term, listed...

Hegseth says ‘see you at SCOTUS’ after appeals court rules Trump admin illegally banned active transgender troops

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday indicated that he is willing to take a federal appeals court decision restricting his transgender military ban to the Supreme Court. Earlier in the day, a divided federal appeals court panel ruled that the Trump administration, under a policy implemented by Hegseth last year, is unconstitutionally expelling troops actively...

Senate Democrats unveil bill to block Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) on Monday introduced legislation to block the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) scrapped earlier in the day. The bill, dubbed the Drain the Slush Fund Act, would bar the use of taxpayer money for payments to President Trump,...

SEC scraps climate rules

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story SEC scraps climate disclosure rules The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally proposed Friday to rescind its 2024 rule that would have required publicly traded companies to disclose certain information related to climate change. © AP...

Bulgaria to end US military aircraft stay after visa program dispute 

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said ​Friday that his country will cut the stay of the U.S. military aircraft in Sofia at the end of June after the Trump administration did not greenlight a visa-free pass for Bulgarian visitors to the U.S.  “I called for the suspension of visas for Bulgarian citizens during my conversation...

UnitedHealthcare removing prior approval for most pediatric services

Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare said it will drastically cut down its prior authorization requirements for pediatric care, as the company further scales back a process that physicians say adds an unnecessary barrier to timely and necessary medical care. UnitedHealthcare said it is removing two-thirds of authorization requirements for members under age 18 by the end of the year. The company said it...

Ex-Iowa schools chief gets 2-year sentence on immigration, gun charges

Ian Roberts, the former school superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty on federal charges of falsely claiming to be a citizen and illegally possessing a firearm. Roberts had led one of the state’s largest school districts, which serves more than 30,000 students, from 2023...

Jill Biden calls husband’s cancer diagnosis ‘shocking’: ‘Somehow that was missed’

Former first lady Jill Biden opened up about her husband’s battle with prostate cancer in a new interview. She said in a preview clip released Friday from an interview with CBS News’s Rita Braver that former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis was “shocking.” The former president revealed his diagnosis last year in May, and a spokesperson...

Florida Democrat Frederica Wilson to retire from the House

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), a 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill, will not seek reelection in November, the Miami Herald reported on Friday morning, becoming the 30th House Democrat from the 119th Congress who won’t be joining the 120th. Wilson is expected to make her formal announcement on Friday at an event in her South Florida district,...

Beijing’s influence persists in US schools under a new name

If a student is learning Chinese in a public school, they could be using a curriculum shaped by the Chinese Communist Party. 

Trump says he’s weighing ‘final determination’ on Iran deal

President Trump said Friday he is meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a “final determination” on the tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump reiterated his call for Iran to never obtain a nuclear weapon and...

Guatemala president denies deal with US on striking suspected drug groups

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Thursday denied that his country has agreed to carry out joint anti-drug trafficking strikes with the U.S. military on Guatemalan soil, but he confirmed a collaboration to “intensify” the Central America country’s fight against drug trafficking.  “There is no agreement. There is a request and the request falls within the existing...

Kenyan court orders suspension of US Ebola quarantine facility

A court in Kenya on Friday blocked the government from permitting the U.S. to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola virus, which is spreading in northeastern Congo. The decision comes amid growing public backlash in the country to an announced U.S. plan, with critics accusing the Kenyan government of trading the country’s...

Top federal prosecutor in Chicago denies investigation into E. Jean Carroll

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago on Thursday denied reports that his office had opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused President Trump of sexual assault and later won millions of dollars in her lawsuits against him. CNN first reported Wednesday evening that the Justice Department was investigating whether Carroll...

Sweden is now America’s most valuable tech ally. Most Americans haven’t noticed.

What has happened between Washington and Stockholm over the past 12 months is not routine diplomatic housekeeping.

Live updates: Bondi faces House Oversight questions on Epstein files

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Friday morning for an interview about the DOJ's release of Jeffrey Epstein files. She'll be accompanied by Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. That has prompted Democrats to question whether the DOJ is seeking to act...

Democrats press Patel for information after ‘VIP snorkel’ trip

Senate Democrats led by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) are pressing FBI Director Kash Patel and the Department of Justice’s acting inspector general for answers about whether Patel is using government resources for personal leisure after he took a “VIP snorkel" trip in Hawaii. Schumer, Hirono and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)...

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