Michigan AG Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, told a private gathering of Jewish Democrats last weekend that they carry "a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest."
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Where US troops in Mideast are most at risk of Iran strike Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are within Iran’s striking distance should President Trump decide to wade into Israel’s conflict with Tehran and directly attack...
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released from federal immigration detention on Friday following a judge’s ruling. Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and lead negotiator for the encampment at Columbia University while he was a student, was detained more than three months ago as the first case in a wave of crackdowns against foreign students involved...
In a week where his administration has paused, and then unpaused, immigration raids on farms and agricultural businesses, President Trump indicated on Friday that he would support a system where farms could continue to employ undocumented workers so long as they took "responsibility" for those they hired. “We’re looking at doing something where, in the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate hawks want steeper cuts in Trump tax bill The Senate version of legislation to enact President Trump’s agenda is hitting new turbulence as conservatives led by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike...
President Trump on Friday celebrated a newly announced deal to end the conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo but lamented that he may not win a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the deal, or for other international agreements he helped negotiate in office. The State Department announced Wednesday that...
President Trump on Friday floated the possibility of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as part of his latest round of intense criticism of the leader of the central bank over its decision not to lower interest rates. Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social, railed against Powell, labeling him a "numbskull," "a dumb...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating whether an employee at a Michigan hospital system was fired for refusing to use a patient's preferred pronouns and assisting in “sex trait modification” procedures, the agency’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced Friday. The health care worker allegedly requested religious accommodations from certain...
A federal judge said Friday it’s too late to order the recovery of already-deleted Signal messages from key members of President Trump's Cabinet, largely rejecting a request from an oversight group to get involved. But U.S. District Judge James Boasberg did order acting National Archivist and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ask Attorney...
Iran’s foreign minister told NBC News on Friday that Tehran was not sure it could trust the United States in the wake of numerous Israeli attacks on Iran. The airstrikes from Israel, which have targeted Iranian military and nuclear facilities, came just days before American officials were scheduled to hold nuclear talks mediated by Oman....
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) sought to tamp down a report that he is interested in running for president, in remarks to reporters Thursday. “That’s had nothing to do with anything I’ve said,” Braun told the Indiana Capital Chronicle, a nonprofit news site covering state government, in response to a question about a potential presidential...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Friday a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public-school classrooms is unconstitutional. The law required easily readable posters to go up in all public school classrooms of the Ten Commandments, regardless of what subject the classroom teachers. The judges...
A recent poll found that about a third of baby boomers who own their homes don't plan to ever sell, putting additional stress on the housing market and making it difficult for younger buyers to find affordable family homes.
