President Trump pardoned Michele Fiore, a Republican member of the Las Vegas City Council who was convicted for using donations raised for a statue of a fallen police officer on herself instead.
WILL JUDGE DUGAN BECOME THE NEXT HERO OF THE RESISTANCE? The Trump administration’s campaign against sanctuary jurisdictions took a big step forward on Friday when federal agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee after the judge allegedly helped an illegal immigrant accused of multiple crimes hide from federal immigration officials who had come to detain him. […]
One of the several women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking died on Friday at the age of 41. Virginia Giuffre was pronounced dead by suicide at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. “Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” publicist...
Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed the Democratic Party over its internal fractions, comparing the battle between figureheads to a “civil war.” “The party we are watching today, Democrat, is a civil war. It's the reason why there are no leaders of the party,” McCarthy said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox...
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...
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...
President Trump on Friday urged NFL teams to pick Shedeur Sanders in this week's draft after the quarterback prospect and son of Deion Sanders did not get taken during the first round. "What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the...
Former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice bucked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s intelligence following weeks of scrutiny over leaks at the Pentagon amid massive spending reductions at the Department of Defense (DOD). Rice, who previously served as national security adviser in the Obama administration, questioned Hegseth’s proven ability to lead on an international level in conversation...
The Trump administration had no arrest warrant for former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil when he was detained, court documents on Thursday showed. In the documents, the government said the federal officials "had exigent circumstances to conduct the warrantless arrest" against Khalil and that the former lead negotiator for the pro-Palestinian arrest at Columbia was “a...
The recall has been categorized as "Class II," meaning any contaminated product could cause "temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences," according to the FDA.
In July 2024, Disney became aware that Michael Scheuer, a former employee, had began accessing their menu system after he had been terminated for misconduct, according to a federal complaint.
Almost 4 in 10 Americans said neither party is fighting for people like them, as pessimism for both major parties swells, according to a survey released Friday. The NBC News Stay Tuned Poll found that 38 percent of U.S. adults said neither Democrats nor Republicans are fighting for people like them. Nearly a quarter of...
Evening Report is The Hill's daily evening newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: PRESIDENT TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN, senior members of Congress and leaders from around the world will gather Saturday in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral. The somber event comes amid a tense period for global relations, with a peace deal...
A new statewide poll found that a majority of residents don’t believe Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) deserves to be reelected. The University of New Hampshire and the American Association of Public Opinion Research reported that 71 percent of survey takers said they don’t think Collins should return to Washington in the next election cycle, while...
Federal corn crop insurers could see a 22 percent spike in claims filed by 2030 and a nearly 29 percent jump by mid-century, thanks to the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. Both U.S. corn growers and their insurers are poised to face a future with mounting economic uncertainty, according to the...
Americans are deeply disconnected across socioeconomic lines, and addressing these class divisions offers an overlooked way to bring Americans together, regardless of their politics.
President Trump sat down this week for a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, talking about the possibility of a third term, territorial expansion, a tax increase for millionaires and his past "exaggeration" about bringing a quick end to the Russia-Ukraine war. The interview, conducted Tuesday at the White House and published Thursday morning, comes as...
