The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon. Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]
Presented by Lockheed Martin — It comes after Chinese-linked company compromised the U.S. telecommunication network. {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Cyber defense experts share warnings at hearing The Committee on Homeland Security hearing comes after Chinese-linked actor Salt Typhoon compromised the U.S. telecommunication network, a problem that was discovered...
Laura Loomer, a close ally of President Trump’s and a far-right activist, asked the president to intervene as she continues to accuse billionaire Elon Musk of censoring her account on his social media platform X. “It’s outrageous,” Loomer wrote in a Wednesday X post. “I worked my ass off to help President Trump get elected...
Amid a flood of executive orders signed Monday, President Trump revoked an executive order signed by former President Biden that set ethics and lobbying rules for appointees. The Biden-era executive order banned gifts from lobbyists and expanded the requisite “cooling off” period for appointees who leave federal service to join lobbying firms. The order also...
The White House's website got a quick makeover as President Trump was sworn in on Monday, switching from Biden administration messaging to reflecting Trump's promises of sweeping change. As the Trump administration rolls out its policies and revamps the site, several website pages have been taken down. Here's a look at those affected so far: Constitution...
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw President Trump's federal election subversion case, wrote in court filings that his sweeping pardons for those charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack could not change the “tragic truth” of that day. Chutkan, who also presided over several Capitol riot cases, contended that federal judges...
Meta on Wednesday pushed back against claims its platforms were automatically forcing users to follow the Instagram accounts of President Trump and Vice President Vance following Inauguration Day. Shortly after Trump and Vance were sworn in to office, some users posted online claiming their Instagram or Facebook accounts followed Trump and Vance automatically. Some insisted...
The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the White House this week. The chamber cleared the bill in a 263-156 vote. Forty-six Democrats voted with all present Republicans in favor of the...
In the letter former President Biden wrote to President Trump, he wished him well during his second term and said, “May God bless you.” “As I take leave of his sacred office I wish you and your family all the best in the next four years,” Biden wrote. “The American people — and people around...
Former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, against the urgings of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter obtained by The Hill, Wray described Peltier as “a remorseless killer” and argued that “any relief from his...
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new guidance Wednesday clarifying limits to the disbursement of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds ordered by President Trump Monday. In one of a flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders, Trump directed federal agencies to “immediately pause the disbursement of funds” from both the IRA and...
The Trevor Project, a leading LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, said calls and text messages to its crisis intervention hotline had risen by a third on President Trump’s Inauguration Day, an increase the group described as “significant” and concerning. The Trevor Project’s crisis services, including phone calls, text messages and online chats, saw a 33...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday those who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and “were truly violent” shouldn’t have gotten pardons. “Do you agree with President Trump's decision to pardon these violent people and releasing them from jail?” CNN’s Jim Acosta asked Burchett on “CNN Newsroom.” “If they were truly violent,...
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday afternoon, following a flurry of actions since he was inaugurated for a second time on Monday. On Tuesday, Trump's administration directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees be placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening. Trump's Wednesday executive order signing is expected...
