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It's one thing to oppose the death penalty. Specious arguments against nitrogen asphyxiation are a distraction and an embarrassment.

The proposed deal could impact which credit cards stores accept and whether shoppers face more surcharges at checkout.

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Lady Gaga went on a world tour to support her “Joanne” album, where she said her mental health had taken an extreme hit.

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Bracing for the next shutdown showdown ▪ FBI pushes back on Tucker ▪ Swalwell responds to criminal referral ▪ AOC’s stock rises amid Schumer backlash Lawmakers in both parties are grappling with last-minute changes to the bill that...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday said she's giving $10,000 bonuses to "exemplary" Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents following the end of the government shutdown. "Americans can be proud of TSA workers across the country who continued to serve with excellence throughout the shutdown — many going to great lengths to protect our country,...

Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that aired on Thursday that neither he nor Secretary of State Marco Rubio are entitled to the presidency, but said he will have a conversation with President Trump about the 2028 presidential election after next year’s midterm elections.  “We’re going to do everything that we can to...

The FBI on Thursday clapped back at conservative pundit Tucker Carlson after he claimed the agency lied about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate President Trump in Pennsylvania in 2024. Ahead of a "story tomorrow," Carlson wrote in a Thursday post on the social platform X, "The FBI told us Thomas Crooks...

Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that he gives credit to the moderate Senate Democrats who the administration worked with during negotiations to end the government shutdown.  “I do give a lot of credit to the moderate Democrats who were with us from the very beginning,” Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity.  “If...

The Committee on House Administration will hold a hearing next Wednesday on banning congressional stock trading, which could lead to reforming the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. The hearing, called "Taking Stock of the STOCK Act" and led by House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), will determine policy options to take into...

Nevada’s top court on Thursday evening revived the state’s criminal case against the six “fake electors” who falsely claimed President Trump won the state's 2020 presidential election. A fight over venue had tied the prosecution up for more than a year. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) filed his original case in Democratic-leaning Clark County, which includes Las...

President Trump has tapped Paul Ingrassia to be deputy general counsel at the General Services Administration (GSA), less than a month after Ingrassia withdrew his nomination as head of the Office of Special Counsel over racist comments. "Paul Ingrassia is a very helpful addition to GSA and will successfully execute President Trump’s America First policies," a...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) for $500,000 over investigators obtaining his phone records during special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Senate, in its proposal to reopen the government, included a provision allowing senators...

Defense attorneys representing Luigi Mangione on Thursday accused prosecutors and the New York Police Department's (NYPD) chief of detectives of not providing evidence of a purported statement made by Mangione's mother. In December 2024, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a press conference that Mangione's mother allegedly told San Francisco police that the shooting...