The Justice Department (DOJ) sent a letter to Congress on Saturday outlining its justification for redactions made in the released Jeffrey Epstein files, according to Politico. The six-page letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees also included a list of “all government officials and politically exposed persons” named in the files...
Nicaragua's government on Sunday blocked Cuban migrants from entering the country without a visa, cutting off a main point of access from the Caribbean island to the U.S. as tensions escalate following the fall of Cuban ally and Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro. Director General of Migration and Foreigners Juan Emilio Rivas Benítez signed off on...
Officials from Russia and Iran blasted Elon Musk’s Starlink at a Monday United Nations meeting held by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Both countries alleged that Musk’s satellite internet constellation service program was operating in violation of international law. Iran’s claims spurred from a January incident in which Starlink began offering...
A federal research lab formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Lab laid off more than 100 people this week. The lab, now called the National Lab of the Rockies, laid off 134 people, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill Tuesday. “The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) implemented workforce actions affecting 134 employees across...
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are teaming up to “break up big medicine.” The lawmakers introduced legislation to crack down on health care conglomerates that own multiple parts of the industry — including pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which act as a conduit between insurers and drug manufacturers, and pharmacies themselves. Warren and...
The Democrats’ House campaign arm is expanding its midterm map to include five more districts that President Trump won in 2024, as the party grows more bullish about flipping the chamber in November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is adding Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, Montana’s 1st Congressional District, South Carolina’s...
The men leading the agencies central to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown appeared before lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since federal officers killed two Minnesotans, taking heat over the raids that are generating growing backlash from the public. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Todd Lyons and U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's office on Monday warned the attorney of an anonymous whistleblower not to share a classified complaint about the director's handling of classified material with Congress. Gabbard's general counsel sent the letter to attorney Andrew Bakaj in response to a letter sent on Feb. 3. Bakaj wrote that if Gabbard failed...
Figure skating U.S. Olympian Amber Glenn said she found a new friend during the Milano Cortina games after resolving copyright concerns with the musician who made the track she skated to. The athlete caught Canadian artist Seb McKinnon by surprise after she performed to his song, “The Return,” during a free skating event. McKinnon performs...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “there aren’t anywhere close to the votes” needed to change the Senate’s filibuster rule to allow Republican-sponsored legislation to reform voter registration requirements to pass the upper chamber with fewer than 60 votes. Thune on Tuesday dismissed the idea that Republicans might lower the procedural threshold for advancing...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was not a priority for the administration following Maxwell’s move to assert her Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions during a House Oversight Committee deposition this week. “This is not something I’ve...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) shared the names of the six men he claimed were “likely incriminated” in the Epstein files on the House floor Tuesday. Khanna’s comments come as the Justice Department has been under fire for how it has handled redactions in the documents, in some cases failing to conceal the names of Epstein...
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Tuesday that while she may disagree with her fellow justices on cases, they are able to handle those differences respectfully. "The court is very good at compartmentalizing, meaning that we focus on our work. We work very hard. We come up with our own individual opinions as to...
