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The “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 4 winner’s family has asked his fans for “privacy and prayers.”  

This week’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is a scene from Game of Thrones brought to life. The cruel and narcissistic Joffrey sits on the throne. He demands that Ned Stark, Lord of the North, bend the knee. Stark refuses, stands defiant, and pays the price with his head. In his response to President Trump's...

The administration signaled Wednesday it would follow through on its threat to lay off federal workers during a shutdown.

Deaths took place in Illinois, Michigan, Texas and Utah, including one pregnancy-associated illness which resulted in a fetal loss.

President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza quickly gained steam after it was released by the White House on Monday. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have signed a joint communiqué expressing “cautious support.” Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed Trump’s plan during a Monday Oval Office visit....

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he hasn’t heard from the White House since a Monday meeting with President Trump and other congressional leaders. “We haven't heard from the White House since the White House meeting on Monday. The president has been behaving, you know, somewhat erratically and in [an] unconventional fashion...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday called President Trump’s Gaza peace plan “realistic” when talking to reporters. “So far it seems a realistic proposal,” the pope said, according to Vatican News, also saying he wishes Hamas would go with the plan “within the established timeframe.” “It’s important, nonetheless, that there be a ceasefire and the release...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Students for Life: Abortion pill review ‘must go back to the beginning’ Anti-abortion advocates aren't satisfied with how the Trump administration is conducting its safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone. © Photo credit Students for Life of...

The White House says Jane Fonda is "free to share whatever bad opinions she wants" amid her relaunch of a McCarthy-era group but still defended President Trump as a "strong supporter of free speech." The Academy Award-winning actor sounded the alarm on free speech in the United States and announced the formation of the Committee for the...

Congress will continue to receive paychecks while the government is shut down, but others won't be paid until it's over.

Actress Jane Fonda described her worry amid a second Trump administration, saying Wednesday that the country is facing “a very chilling time.” “This is a very chilling time. You know, we've faced attempts at autocracy before in the '20s and '30s, and you've cited the example of McCarthyism. There was Jim Crow. This is different,...

Presented by Lockheed Martin {beacon} The Big Story Dems lash out at Trump, Hegseth ‘unhinged’ speech to generals House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals. © Greg Nash Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) characterized Hegseth’s speech — delivered Tuesday at the Quantico Marine base in Northern...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will attend the 2026 Super Bowl, where Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is set to headline the halftime show, according to Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security. “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl...

Conservative appellate Judge Maria Lazar announced on Wednesday that she would be launching a bid for an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat vacated by conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley. Lazar's entry into the race sets up a high-stakes contest that will determine whether Republicans can reverse their recent losses on the high court. “I am an...