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Uninvited woman enters Kamala Harris’ Malibu property prompting sheriff response: reports

A woman twice showed up uninvited at Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff's $8 million Malibu home, prompting security to call the sheriff late Friday evening.

From Medi-Cal fraud to a Nigerian chieftain

We always suspected that Medi-Cal fraud was expensive. We didn’t realize it was ridiculous.

Ceuta: Up to 10,000?

There is a suspicion that Morocco is not too unhappy with this state of...

Alaska drops voter misconduct cases against American Samoans who wrongly checked ‘U.S. citizen’ box

Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen.

Marshall backtracks on support for $5,000 Trump dividend in Kansas Senate debate

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) appeared to shift his opinion on President Trump’s $5,000 dividends announced earlier this week. In a debate at the Kansas State Fair against Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton, a moderator asked both candidates if they supported the dividends, citing the proposal’s $1.2 trillion cost amid the growing national debt. “I’m going to...

Uber and Lyft to offer driverless rideshare cars

Customers in Atlanta and Austin, Texas, will be able to hail one of these driverless rideshare cars via the Uber app.

Biden and Trump offer vastly different choices on Americans to admire

President Biden's list of outstanding Americans honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom stands in stark contrast to President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees, as Biden's list includes leaders in politics, entertainment, civil rights, environment, arts, sports, philanthropy and civil rights, while Trump's nominees are a gaggle of individuals with questionable backgrounds.

CFPB finalizes rule barring medical debt from credit reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday finalized its rule barring medical debt from being included on credit reports, potentially freeing up billions in credit. The finalized rule will prevent medical bills from being included on credit reports used by lenders and will prohibit lenders from using medical information in their decision-making. The CFPB...

Biden creating two national monuments in California

President Biden is creating two new national monuments in California, the White House announced Tuesday. Biden will officially designate the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument — protecting a combined 848,000 acres of particular significance to tribes.  They are likely one of the last, if not the final, conservation action completed by...

Dem Rep. Bera ready to meet Republicans ’50-yard-line,’ and even ’40-yard-line’ since they’re in majority

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) said on Monday he is ready to meet Republicans “at the 50-yard-line” and even at “the 40-yard-line” due to them being “in the majority.” “So, the American public clearly wants more secure borders,” Bera told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill.” “Great. Let's meet at the 50-yard-line. I'd even say, since...

Trump says he’ll replace National Archives leader

President-elect Trump said on Monday that he’ll replace the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) leader. “We will [have a] new archivist,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on his show. According to federal law on the NARA website, Trump has the power to fire the archivist but must "communicate the reasons for any...

Biden says ‘New Orleans defines strength and resilience’ at service for victims

President Biden offered his condolences to the victims of the New Orleans New Year's Day attack, calling the Louisiana city one with a tough spirit at an interfaith prayer service with victims’ families. “If there’s one thing we know, New Orleans defines strength and resilience, you define it. Whether it’s in the form of this...

A Gaza ceasefire agreement in next 2 weeks? The US is hopeful

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story A Gaza ceasefire agreement in next 2 weeks? The US is hopeful The Biden administration says it is still hoping to secure a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in its final two weeks in the White House....

Musk asks his followers if the US ‘should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government’

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday asked his followers on the social platform X, which he owns, if the U.S. “should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.” “America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government,” Musk captioned a post with a poll on X highlighted by Mediaite, with users able...

The Memo: Echoes of an earlier Jan. 6 reverberate as Trump’s win is certified by Congress

It was routine — and that was the point. Congress certified President-elect Trump’s election victory in a smooth and relatively brief ceremony Monday. The normalcy of the occasion was a juxtapositional reminder of the events of four years before, when a mob laid siege to the Capitol, coming ominously close to keeping Trump in power...

Trump to meet with Senate Republicans on Wednesday

President-elect Trump will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday at the invitation of Senate Republican leadership, according to three sources familiar with the invitation. GOP leaders haven’t released the time of the meeting, but Trump has met with Republican senators at their weekly Tuesday Republican policy lunch meeting in the past. Senate Republican Whip John...

Key senator says Trump pick RFK Jr. ‘wrong’ on vaccines 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story GOP senator says Trump pick RFK Jr. ‘wrong’ on vaccines Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.), the incoming chair of the Senate HELP Committee, said Sunday that President-elect Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary is ‘wrong’ when...

UFC boss Dana White joining Meta’s board of directors

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO and President Dana White will join Meta’s board of directors, the social media company announced Monday. White is part of a trio of new additions to the Meta board, alongside John Elkann, CEO of Exor and chair of Stellantis and Ferrari, and tech investor Charlie Songhurst. “Dana, John and Charlie...

Trump cites tariffs in call to merge Canada, US

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump proposes 'merged' US, Canada President-elect Trump on Monday raised the idea of a "merged" United States and Canada after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation. © Getty Images Trump wrote in a post on his...

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