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DC public schools face special grand jury probe into attendance, truancy and graduation records

A special grand jury is probing D.C. public schools over truancy, graduation rates and how attendance records are documented across campuses.

More pictures?! One lawmaker’s twisted answer for fixing our laws

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) is pushing the idea of illustrations in all new...

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in compliance with Trump executive order

Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America days after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the change last week amid a U.S. trade war with Canada.

Rep. Jim Clyburn says Democrats could impeach Trump if they win the House in midterm elections

Rep. Jim Clyburn, a senior adviser to House Democratic leaders, said Sunday that Democrats could impeach President Trump if the party wins back the House majority in November.

Trump intends to refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve with Venezuelan oil

President Trump said Sunday he plans to use some of the oil he secured from Venezuela to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has been depleted to near-record lows.

Jeffrey Epstein is splitting MAGA. Will he sink Trump and Republicans?

For the first time, there is a very real threat to Trump’s perceived infallibility among the most devoted MAGA acolytes. 

Alaska Airlines resumes operations after hours-long ground stop

Alaska Airlines resumed its operations early Monday after grounding all flights for approximately three hours because of a technical outage. The “temporary, system-wide ground stop” began at approximately 8 p.m. PDT and applied to all Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights. By 11 p.m. PDT, the ground stop had been lifted, Alaska Airlines said in...

Climate denial is tearing our nation apart — we can’t wait much longer to act

No nation is healthy when floods are sweeping children away, fires are burning families alive in their homes, and tornadoes are leveling entire towns as its people do nothing of consequence to keep those tragedies from becoming normal. 

Second suspect sought in shooting of off-duty Border Patrol agent

Authorities searched Sunday for a second suspect in the shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer in an apparent botched robbery on Saturday. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the 42-year-old officer was injured after he was approached by two men on a moped while sitting with a woman in...

The exodus from New York City will only get worse under Mamdani

Much has been written about America’s largest city edging closer to electing a socialist mayor. Zohran Mamdani recently won the Democratic primary, which is likely enough to secure the mayoralty of New York City. He still has to get through a general election that includes incumbent Eric Adams, now running as an independent. But Mamdani...

The US needs a foothold in the Sahel, and Togo is here to help

In a dangerous part of the world, we are here to help.

Epstein saga hangs over Congress’s sprint to summer recess

The controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is poised to dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, as Congress sprints to August recess — and prepares to dive into government funding conversations. The House returns to Washington on Monday for its last week before breaking for the long summer recess,...

Trump hits the gas as approval rating slides

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Trump vows to steam through agenda ▪ Will Epstein grand jury files appease MAGA? ▪ GOP eyes Texas midterm safety valve ▪ President pressures Washington Commanders President Trump applauded his sixth-month mark Sunday, hailing his second term...

Trump backtracks on after-school funding after bipartisan push

Stakeholders and lawmakers are cheering after the Trump administration ended a pause on $6 billion in federal after-school and summer school funding following rare bipartisan pushback. Advocates and states have been on the edge of their seats since President Trump declined to release the money, which also funds adult education and English language efforts, on...

New York establishment Democrats mull over Mamdani charm offensive

New York Democrats cool to their party’s Big Apple mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani are weighing their options as the 33-year-old progressive makes his own pitch to centrists that they should back him. The Democratic establishment has been looking for alternatives, but none really satisfy. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced an independent...

Democrats target Republicans over Trump’s legislative agenda in battleground states

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) launched a slate of new digital ads targeting Republicans in a number of key battleground states ahead of legislative races in 2025 and 2026. The digital ads, which were first obtained by The Hill, will target voters in Virginia, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The ads will...

ICE head says agency to crack down on American companies hiring unauthorized workers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons said in an interview that aired Sunday that his agency will crack down on American companies hiring unauthorized workers. “Not only are we focused on those individuals that are, you know, working here illegally, we're focused on these American companies that are actually exploiting these...

Lutnick: US ‘going to love the deals that President Trump and I are doing’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday that the public is “going to love the deals that President Trump and I are doing” as the administration promises forthcoming breakthroughs on tariffs. “Well, you heard in our polling some of the perceptions of the economy," CBS News' Margaret Brennan told Lutnick on “Face the Nation.” "Sixty-one...

We can’t win the fight to end HIV if we cut funding and access to medication

Unfortunately, the Trump administration and the Republican majorities in Congress are putting access to lifesaving innovations at risk.

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