Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler warns Maryland's Community Trust Act could force jails to release dangerous illegal immigrants flagged by ICE back onto streets.
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.
President Trump on Thursday suggested the U.S. would look to take control of the Gaza Strip and turn it into a “freedom zone,” highlighting one of his more controversial foreign policy proposals during a visit to Qatar. "I have concepts for Gaza that I think are very good. Make it a freedom zone, let the...
Russia has shown it doesn't want a cease-fire. Ukraine can survive this war and defeat Russia only by securing its skies, deep fighting, and interdiction of Russia's supply lines.
President Trump on Thursday teased that the U.S. and Iran were inching closer to an agreement on a nuclear deal, saying the two sides were in “very serious negotiations” for “long-term peace.” “You probably read today the story about Iran has sort of agreed to the terms,” Trump told reporters at a business roundtable in...
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) touted President Trump’s efforts to thaw tensions with the new government in Syria, describing the move as strategically savvy, though risky. “When the Crown Prince [of Saudi Arabia] and the president of Turkey both asked him [Trump] to give Syria, the new Syrian government, a chance, he intuitively just...
The House Agriculture Committee voted to advance legislation that would make significant changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a part of the effort to institute federal spending cuts to pay for President Trump’s legislative agenda. The legislation directs states to cover a portion of SNAP benefit costs, narrows eligibility requirements for the...
Former White House chief of staff and Democratic politician Rahm Emanuel teased a potential presidential bid on ABC’s “The View” Wednesday. During his appearance on “The View,” Emanuel discussed topics that included President Trump’s presidency and Democrats’ election chances. “Everybody in this audience, they just want one thing, their kids to have a shot,” Emanuel...
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist and researcher at Harvard University, was charged on Wednesday with one criminal count of smuggling goods into the country. The criminal charge represents an escalation by the Trump administration in a case that has drawn international scrutiny from academics and scientists throughout the world. Petrova, 30, was already facing deportation...
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was removed from a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing featuring Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday for protesting. About 15 minutes into the Wednesday hearing, protestors began to shout, and people were forced out of the room. Amid the chaos,...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Ukraine’s allies prepare to call Putin’s bluff on peace talks in Turkey Ukraine’s supporters in Europe and Washington expect a summit Thursday in Turkey, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, to fall apart and convince...
Former President Biden iced out key members of his Cabinet during the second half of his term in the White House, according to a preview of a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson. In Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Tapper revealed new details of his book, including from conversations with...
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during back-to-back hearings in the House and Senate on Wednesday for the first time since his confirmation. Kennedy faced questions on vaccines, canceled medical research and his drastic overhaul of the federal health agency during the hearings about President Trump's budget request, which...
Temperatures are rising over an altercation between three Democratic lawmakers and immigration agents at a detention center in New Jersey, as Democrats say the administration is using the incident to improperly target political opposition. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week accused Garden State Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver of “committing felonies” during...
