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Columbia University student Ellie Aghayeva was released by immigration enforcement Thursday afternoon after she was detained at a school residential building early in the morning.   Aghayeva said in an Instagram post she is on her way home and in “complete shock” over the incident. The Hill has reached out to Columbia and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for comment. Columbia had...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said the ongoing shutdown of her department is affecting preparations for the 2026 World Cup and the celebration of 250 years of the United States. In a post on the social platform X Thursday, Noem said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “was in the final stages...

A Texas grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments regarding a fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents that left a U.S. citizen dead last year. The grand jury's decision follows the death of Joshua Orta, who was with Ruben Ray Martinez when he was shot and killed by a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent while driving...

The Pentagon is threatening to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) against Anthropic amid a dispute over the company’s restrictions on its AI tools, in a move that many experts say is an unusual use of the measure. The Department of Defense (DOD) warned Anthropic on Tuesday that it could invoke the DPA, which gives...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to fire 22 more of its staffers, a union representing agency employees said Thursday. Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council 238, which represents EPA staff, said that the agency issued reduction in force (RIF) notices to 22 people who work on “environmental justice,”...

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing backlash after amplifying a post made by far-right figure Stew Peters. “War with Iran is the only thing republicans and democrats have both given a standing ovation for. Let that sink in,” Peters, who has been deemed a conspiracy theorist, Christian nationalist and “prolific” espouser of antisemitic views...

Mortgage rates fell below 6 percent on Thursday for the first time in over three years, marking an opening for home buyers as inflation cools.  Currently, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is averaging 5.98, down .03 percent from last week, according to Freddie Mac.  Last year, the rate averaged 6.76 percent. “This lower rate environment is...

When a political activist is murdered on a college campus, the American people expect the FBI to move immediately.

And mainstream media wonders why so many Americans hate them? 

Sports personality Stephen A. Smith said Wednesday that President Trump has been “playing” Democrats “like a fiddle” for over a decade, pointing to comments in Trump’s State of the Union address about undocumented migrants. “And he’s making the claim that you hate him so much, you’re devoid of objectivity, and you’re devoid of thinking about...

U.S. and Iranian officials on Thursday made “significant progress” in negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program, said Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi as the threat of war looms over the Middle East.  Oman served as a mediator between the U.S. and Iranian officials for the latest round of talks, which took place at the Omani diplomatic...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Thursday the Trump administration lacks a “clear objective” with respect to its pressure campaign toward Iran.  “The president hasn’t made the case to the American public, and they don’t have a clear objective,” Kaine said on MS NOW. “This looks like Iraq, which was a disaster, but without the work...

Rapper Cardi B urged her followers on Instagram to vote next week for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) over state Rep. James Talarico in the Texas Democratic primary for the Senate. “Listen up, y'all, early primary voting is happening right now in Texas, and we need Jasmine Crockett to win. She is running for U.S. Senate,”...

The deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was briefly paused on Thursday after a GOP member of the Oversight Committee shared a photo from inside the deposition. Conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted a photo of Clinton to X that he said was provided by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), which a Clinton spokesperson said...