The Justice Department's antitrust division was directed to pause all cooperation with Canada amid the escalating U.S.-Canada trade war, according to a report.
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guily to a federal judge on Friday, denying his involvement in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, a 26 year old Ivy League graduate from Maryland, could be charged with capital punishment if convicted of the violent crime. Attorney General Pam Bondi encouraged the acting U.S. Attorney for...
The Pentagon on Friday announced four new senior advisers for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following front office infighting that saw the exodus of five senior staff in the past several weeks. The new advisers include Col. Ricky Buria, a former junior military assistant, Patrick Weaver, a former Defense Department “special assistant,” and Justin Fulcher, a...
The Department of Education said Friday it would launch an investigation into the University of California (UC), Berkeley, over improper foreign funding disclosures. The department said the school may have violated Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, alleging that documents submitted to the department on the school’s behalf were “incomplete or inaccurate,”...
Immigration remains a strong point for President Trump as he approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency; however, some feel his actions on the contentious topic have gone too far, according to recent polling. A new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 46 percent of U.S. adults generally approved of Trump's...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump loves 'concept,' but not politics of tax hike In an interview published Friday, the president said he loves the idea of raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for some of his policy proposals, but...
The Friday arrest of a Wisconsin judge has ratcheted up the stakes even higher in President Trump’s clash with the judiciary. To his liberal critics, it is the latest example of Trump’s willingness to traduce norms, demolish democratic guardrails and seek to intimidate ideological opponents. To his supporters, it is a righteous push to ensure...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed a rehaul of the Defense Department (DOD) programs meant for service members and civilian employees to report harassment and discrimination, claiming individuals have “weaponized” such avenues. Hegseth ordered each military department to review its military Equal Opportunity (EO) and civilian Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs, according to a memo dated...
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed on Friday that the administration is reviewing the boundaries of several national monuments — meaning the administration could eventually move to shrink them. “When we’re taking a look, we have an executive order from President Trump to review these, to say ‘are they the appropriate size?’” Burgum told Semafor during...
The majority of voters in a new poll, including those who voted for President Trump, say it is important for the government to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies and that they prefer lower drug prices over cutting Medicaid. According to a poll conducted by Fabrizio Ward and commissioned by Arnold Ventures, 88 percent of...
