How is it that Californians pay the highest taxes in the country but get the worst results? Highest gas tax in America — but we have the worst roads. Highest...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers in a letter Monday that she attended an FBI search of the elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there.
President Trump persuaded his MAGA allies in Congress not to prolong the partial government shutdown in an effort to force the Senate to vote on a GOP election integrity bill.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that all federal immigration officers in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras while in the field. Noem wrote on the social platform X that she spoke with White House border czar Tom Homan, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons and Customs and...
A federal judge declined to compel federal officials to preserve all evidence in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, voicing confidence Monday that court intervention isn’t needed. “Plaintiffs identify reasonable concerns regarding Defendants’ ability and willingness to preserve and maintain the integrity of the evidence in their possession related to Mr. Pretti’s shooting,” wrote U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud, “but...
Republicans are stepping up their warnings about the midterms after a stunning Democratic upset in Texas over the weekend. The Republican Party was already grappling with growing backlash to a pair of immigration-related shootings in Minneapolis before Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s shock win in a state Senate race in the Lone Star State on Saturday. Multiple...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday expressed optimism about the House approving a funding package to end the partial government shutdown despite demands from conservatives, saying that he is not asking President Trump to call those Republican holdouts to get the deal over the finish line. Johnson said he thinks the House will approve the...
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer sounded the alarm for the GOP over a recent Texas special election, saying, “this is a problem.” “I've always said that special elections are special, so I texted a bunch of Texas folks, elected officials, etcetera, and said, ‘Okay, tell me how much I should be concerned about...
The NFL says it is looking into documents showing New York Giants owner Steve Tisch's communications with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “The league is aware of the reports and Steve’s response," the league said in a statement given to multiple media outlets. "Our office will look into the matter to understand the facts.”...
As you probably heard, Don Lemon has been arrested and charged, in connection with his decision to join a group of anti-ICE protesters who entered a church in St. Paul, Minn., and interrupted services in order to protest the pastor, who they alleged was aiding government efforts to detain illegal immigrants. Lemon has claimed that he is merely a journalist who...
Editor's note: The piece that follows and some of its links contain explicit material. Reader discretion is advised. Next week, PBS viewers will come across the new documentary “The Librarians.” Released in 2025 with Sarah Jessica Parker as executive producer, the film portrays America’s librarians as soldiers defending democracy from so-called “book bans” and other attacks on...
The Trump administration is pushing for a $12 billion minerals stockpile, a White House official confirmed to The Hill on Monday. The stockpile is expected to involve rare earth elements, other minerals that the government considers “critical” and additional materials whose prices may fluctuate. Bloomberg first reported on the stockpile, called Project Vault; the White House aide confirmed...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Sunday it has locked down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas amid a measles outbreak. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network, that the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed Saturday that two detainees at the center had contracted measles....
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is warning a Democratic candidate’s victory in a Texas state Senate race could have implications for the Republican Party in the upcoming midterm elections. In a shocking win Saturday evening, Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss by 14 percentage points, garnering more than 13,000 more votes than his opponent,...
Professional boxer Ryan Garcia is retracting support for President Trump amid ongoing questions over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. "This is my public declaration and announcement, I’m reclining my past support for Donald Trump," the 27-year-old boxer wrote in one social media post. "Anyone that was involved in any thing to do...
A private Catholic high school in California's Bay Area is dealing with an outbreak of tuberculosis, according to city health officials and multiple media reports.
