The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with apple cider vinegar during a January town hall in her Minnesota district has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, according to court filings. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is expected to change his plea to guilty during a May 7 hearing in U.S. District Court in St. Paul,...
The recall covers roughly 207,800 pairs of 32 Degrees-branded socks which the CPSC says are tied to at least 14 "heat-related incidents." Thirteen of those incidents involved burns.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned on Thursday that investments in artificial intelligence could trigger a potential economic crash, drawing parallels to the 2008 financial crisis caused by a collapse in the housing bubble. “The parallels to the 2008 financial crisis are striking: the reckless behavior of a few billionaires and Big Tech CEOs has turned...
With less than two days until a ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and Iran expires, prospects for peace are threatened. Iran’s military is threatening to retaliate after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships traveling through the Gulf of Oman over the weekend. Vice President Vance, with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said the country’s economic ties to the U.S. have become a “weakness,” pointing to global uncertainty caused by President Trump's trade and tariff policies. “The world is more dangerous and divided. The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during...
President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year. “No, I think he’s wrong on that. Totally wrong,” Trump said in a phone interview when asked about his energy chief’s comments. When asked by The...
Three individuals were killed during a Sunday strike led by U.S. forces on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, officials said. U.S. Southern Command posted a video of the attack and said the boat was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes. It did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment regarding the boat's...
With Democrats poised to take the House and possibly the Senate, a series of votes in the upper chamber offered an important window into the party’s evolving foreign policy posture. It did not portend good things, for the country, key allies or Democrats’ political fortunes. More than three dozen Democratic Senators backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) effort...
Iran's military has threatened to retaliate after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Gulf of Oman, while the U.S. has declared a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump has stated that U.S. soldiers will board Iranian-linked ships to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
Donald Trump’s presidency is a morality lesson — he’s a living example of what happens when a man is given power that far exceeds his character. It is time for America to acknowledge the lesson and move on.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is warning that if Republicans lose the November midterm elections it will be because they didn’t talk enough about reducing the cost of living and urged President Trump and Vice President Vance to drop “this new holy war with the pope.” Kennedy, speaking to Fox News’s “The Big Weekend Show,” defended...
America just learned about the real Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), when accusations of sexual assault ended his gubernatorial campaign and his political career. People rightly began to ask why those who knew Swalwell's character hadn't done more to stop his rise. Let me explain: People did try. They were silenced or dismissed. The more interesting story...
Just try not to notice the part where these short bursts of hyper-cautious journalism tend to benefit only one party, while the other party must contend with the media parroting unfounded and completely ridiculous allegations.
In today’s issue: The clock is ticking on the U.S. and Iran reaching a permanent deal to end their weeks-long war ahead of the conclusion of a two-week ceasefire that expires on Wednesday. The U.S. seizure on Sunday of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship trying to get past its blockade in the Hormuz Strait has drawn threats of retaliation from Iran, sent...
Pope Leo XIV and Vice President Vance on Saturday both said the presumed feud with President Trump was misinterpreted. “There’s been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects, but because of the political situation created when, on the first day of the trip, the president of the United States...
A suspect in the mass shooting in Shreveport, La., that occurred early Sunday was determined to be the father of 7 of the 8 children he shot to death, officials say. The alleged gunman, Louisiana man Shamar Elkins, was identified by police after he was fatally wounded following his fleeing of the scene in a...
