Trump administration officials are calling for a federal watchdog investigation into the response to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, citing newly disclosed documents showing internal models predicted thousands of severe casualties from an unnecessary procedure.
The landmark settlement state attorneys general secured against Meta will require more robust age verification methods, alarming First Amendment advocates who worry it will intrude on users' privacy and lead to dangerous crackdowns on free speech.
The Biden administration thought so highly of Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi that first lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave her the International Women of Courage Award in 2022.
Three U.S. Secret Service (USSS) officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday amid an investigation into possible misconduct, a spokesperson told The Hill. The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting the probe, and details around the investigation were not immediately clear. All three officials were non-law enforcement personnel, according to the spokesperson. “The U.S....
The Trump administration has implemented measures to restrict independent journalism, including the firing of leadership at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes following reports on poor conditions aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
The Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling on Monday in favor of President Trump stirred up the dust just ahead of the midterms. “Only time will tell,” the court cautioned on the lawfulness of Trump’s policy in question as it ruled on an early challenge to it. Mail ballots are set to go out in a matter of days. And the battle could quickly boomerang to the high court. To hear some prominent Democrats tell...
In the 1990 movie "Kindergarten Cop," it is a five-year-old boy, not Arnold Schwarzenegger, who blurts out the actual biology lesson: "Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina." Schwarzenegger's character, an undercover detective drafted into substitute teaching, doesn't linger on the matter or turn it into a discussion. Rather, he offers a dry, one-line...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump racks up wins in GOP runoffs ▪ Remembering Dolly Parton ▪ Canada details retaliatory tariffs ▪ Troubling NFL CTE report Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-S.C.) narrow victory in South Carolina’s Senate primary runoff makes her the heavy favorite to win the seat for a full term in November, but some Democrats see a narrow...
America's daring Jan. 3 military raid seizing and removing Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro was brilliantly successful. Tragically, however, the Trump administration's underlying political strategy was flawed from the start. Maduro's removal changed only the corrupt regime's public face. The Chavista gang itself remained in power: U.S. acquiescence simply empowered Maduro's former subordinates, to the detriment...
Republicans in both chambers are staring down a September sprint after returning from August recess, with a jam-packed legislative agenda and little time to clear their biggest remaining priorities before the midterm election crunch. At the top of the House’s list is passing a short-term stopgap spending measure — also known as a continuing resolution...
During a campaign stop in South Carolina last week, President Trump urged Republicans to turn out and vote as if he were on the ballot. Sen. Susan Collins (R), fighting an uphill re-election battle in blue-leaning Maine, is sending the opposite signal, flexing her independent streak and keeping her distance from Trump and Vice President...
President Trump’s plan to raise the debt limit through the end of his presidency before Republicans likely lose control of Congress is on shaky ground because of rising concerns over the national debt — which has reached $40 trillion. The president is quietly pushing Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson...
The personal is political, it’s said — and it certainly seems to have become so between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two men are at odds as a trade war between the two nations ramps up. On Tuesday, Canada announced the imminent imposition of tariffs on around 700 U.S. products. The new...
The U.S. military launched a lethal strike on Tuesday against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean traveling through “established narco-trafficking routes” as outlined by Southern Command. Four onboard the vessel were killed. It follows a Monday attack on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific in which two people were killed. Commander Gen....
