A New Jersey school district faces a lawsuit over its transgender policy allowing students to socially transition without ever notifying their parents.
The Trump administration proposed new regulations to strip the tax-exempt status of private schools if they offer targeted programs supporting specific racial groups.
The U.S. military took down approximately 100 suspected cartel drones at the southern border in August using sophisticated laser systems, officials say.
Presented by AARP {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Medicaid disagreements put Trump agenda bill in peril GOP hard-liners insisting on changes to the Medicaid provisions in a legislative package full of President Trump’s priorities appear to have gotten one victory: GOP leaders intend to speed up the start date of work...
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) suggested Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could start deporting U.S. citizens with the expanded budget requested for fiscal 2026. During an interview with MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” Garcia was asked about the Trump administration’s request for “an unprecedented expansion of funding of DHS, particularly on immigration...
The House Budget Committee is charging ahead with a key vote on the party’s package combining President Trump’s legislative priorities — even as a cohort of hard-line conservatives are vowing to block it from moving forward. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the panel not only will meet on Friday to compile the various pieces of Trump’s...
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, can attend his college graduation amid the Trump administration's efforts to deport him. Mohsen, who was recently released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, will be allowed to go to Columbia’s commencement on May 21. “Mr. Mahdawi is...
House Democrats with science backgrounds are warning President Trump against major funding cuts to scientific agencies, underscoring the benefits of investing in research and the risks of pulling support amid growing U.S.-China competition. Eleven Democratic lawmakers raised concerns Thursday about proposed cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...
🤝 Plus: Ukraine-Russia peace talks falter {beacon} THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday considered arguments on ending nationwide injunctions, which lower court judges have used to block some of President Trump’s policies. The oral arguments at the high court were ostensibly centered on a challenge to Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, which is aimed...
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) has opened up her largest lead yet in independent public polling of the Democratic primary for the New Jersey gubernatorial race. A new Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey showed Sherrill in the lead with 28 percent support, a significant jump from the previous Emerson poll conducted in January that had her...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and a group of Senate Democrats on Thursday moved to block $3.5 billion worth of arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as President Trump nears the end of his weeklong trip in the Middle East. Murphy filed a pair of joint resolutions Friday afternoon: one aimed at blocking...
Republican leaders intend to accelerate new work requirements under Medicaid as they scramble to secure the support of GOP holdouts for President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Thursday that GOP leaders “absolutely” intend to speed up the implementation to ease the concerns of the Republicans threatening to sink the...
The Supreme Court mulled whether judges should be allowed to extend injunctive relief to the entire country in a lively argument Thursday stemming from President Trump’s efforts to narrow birthright citizenship. The practice of issuing nationwide — or “universal” — injunctions drew both criticism and staunch defense from the justices, as the argument bled into...
Air traffic controllers' radio at Denver International Airport experienced an outage for a minute-and-a-half this week, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The federal agency said a part of the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center suffered a loss of communications for about 90 seconds at around 1:50 p.m. local time Monday because “both...
