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Rep Maxwell Frost allegedly assaulted at Sundance Film Festival in racially-charged incident

Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost was allegedly punched in the face at a Sundance Film Festival party in Park City, Utah, by a racist suspect.

Frey, Klobuchar call for ICE to leave Minneapolis following deadly CBP shooting in city

Several Minnesota leaders united against ICE operations on Saturday after a fatal shooting incident, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., saying federal agents outnumber local police "three to one."

Noem says Minneapolis suspect committed ‘domestic terrorism,’ accuses Walz, Frey of inciting violence

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem warns the Trump administration is considering Insurrection Act as tensions escalate in Minneapolis following deadly Border Patrol shooting and unrest.

Shutdown risk rises after fatal Minneapolis shooting

The risk of a partial government shutdown at the end of January grew more likely Saturday after Senate Democrats vowed to block a funding package over a fatal Minneapolis shooting involving federal law enforcement authorities. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Saturday evening said that Democrats will block a major government funding package if...

Sunday shows preview: New Minneapolis shooting inflames tensions; Congress faces funding deadline

A second fatal shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday morning sparked renewed calls from lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pull its federal agents out of Minnesota. The 37-year-old man was shot by federal agents during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown operation in the state. A few weeks earlier, an...

House panel finds CVS Caremark may have broken antitrust laws

A House committee found that CVS Health may have violated federal antitrust laws by threatening independent pharmacies to keep them from using money-saving services outside the company’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) network. The House Judiciary Committee, led by Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), opened an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices by the company’s PBM, CVS Caremark,...

Trump has enriched himself with billions since taking office: NYT 

One year into his second term, what we’ve actually experienced feels less like a golden age and more like a political stress test — full of speed, spectacle, and sharp division.  

Trump says NATO secretary-general is ‘more important’ than Danish foreign minister

President Trump told reporters Wednesday that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is "more important" than Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen when asked about Danish officials' unwillingness to discuss the U.S. acquiring Greenland.  “They didn’t tell me that, so when they tell me because I don’t like getting it second hand. And if he wants to...

Trump to Carney: ‘Canada lives because of the United States’

President Trump on Wednesday sent a message to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, telling him that his country "lives because of the United States," days after the prime minister defended Greenland against Trump's effort to acquire the island territory. "We're building a Golden Dome that's going to, just by its very nature, going to be defending...

Gavin Newsom, Dems avoid questions about trans athletes in sports 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom can’t handle the truth — or at least isn’t able to articulate what it is. Here he was flubbing a very basic and fundamental question from Ben Shapiro about whether men can become women. He’s not the only one, of course. Most Democrats, including most of the potential 2028 contenders, do not want to answer even easy questions about transgender issues. Axios tried to...

Federal agents involved in shooting in Los Angeles County

Federal law enforcement agents were involved in a shooting in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles early Wednesday while conducting an immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A DHS spokesperson told The Hill’s sister station, NewsNation, in a statement that agents were conducting a “targeted operation” in Compton, Calif., around...

Newsom denied entry to USA House at Davos forum

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was denied entry to the USA House in Davos, Switzerland, where he was invited to speak during the World Economic Forum. “Under pressure from the White House and State Department, USA House (a church acting as the official US pavilion) is now denying entry to @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom to speak...

Newsom says Trump was never going to invade Greenland

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said President Trump was not going to invade Greenland, comments that followed the president ruling out military force to acquire the island. “He was never going to invade Greenland,” Newsom told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It was never real. So, that was...

‘Kennedy’ on Netflix: Here’s who’s starring in the historical drama

The show will be adapted from Fredrik Logevall’s book “JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956."

House panel to depose Ghislaine Maxwell on Feb. 9, Comer says

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will depose longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Feb. 9, committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for her role in procuring abuse victims for Epstein. Comer made the announcement during the committee’s meeting on holding...

OpenAI rolls out age prediction technology for ChatGPT

OpenAI said Tuesday that it's rolling out age prediction technology for ChatGPT in the face of growing concerns about children’s safety when using AI chatbots. The technology aims to estimate whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18 years old in order to ensure teens are using a version of ChatGPT with additional protections....

In 2025, Congress looked away and reckless foreign policy followed

Venezuela is a template for this administration's foreign policy, and the consequences are not abstract.

Trump: Insurrection Act ‘does make life a lot easier’

President Trump on Tuesday said invoking the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota would “make life a lot easier,” even as he dismissed the prospect as unnecessary for the time being. In a sit-down interview with NewsNation’s “Katy Pavlich Tonight,” the president did not rule out the possibility of invoking the law in the...

Live updates: Trump speaks at World Economic Forum as he digs in on Greenland

President Trump is speaking at the World Economic Forum, where he’s facing off with European leaders amid his push to seize Greenland. Here's what to expect from the president's trip to Davos, Switzerland, as some Trump allies on Capitol Hill suggest the president should back off his efforts to acquire the island nation. Trump arrived...

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