Horse carriage drivers say Zohran Mamdani's ban threatens their livelihoods, family legacies, and nearly $400,000 medallion investments in New York City.
As the Trump admin weighs stripping the American Bar Association's law school accrediting arm of federal recognition, experts say the move could open the door to new types of legal education.
Katie Zacharia issued her first public statement Friday night after a White House official announced she'd be "transitioning out" of the press secretary post after just five days in the role. In a post on the social media platform X, Zacharia praised President Trump’s leadership, saying, “It was an honor to work for him.” “President...
Matt Quinn, the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), announced Friday he was stepping down after a year-and-a-half in the role. Quinn said in a statement posted to social platform X he has been working with Secret Service Director Sean Curran on a transition plan for his role “for months now.” The deputy...
Several lawmakers said Friday their offices across the country had received suspicious mailings following reports earlier this week of letters containing unknown substances at U.S. election offices. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and over 15 House lawmakers said their district or state offices received...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Centcom commander says naval blockade cost Iran $25B in oil revenue The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said on Friday that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in crude oil...
Katie Zacharia won’t be remembered as one of the “all-time greats” in the White House press room, as one of her colleagues predicted this week, but she will go down in the annals of presidential press secretary history. Her tenure of five days in the role easily beats the previous record held by Anthony Scaramucci,...
U.S. energy regulators have proposed establishing a program that would speed up approvals for expanding the nation’s gas export facilities The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed Thursday to limit notice and protest periods to either 60 or 90 days for requested expansions to liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals. FERC Chair Laura Swett (R) said...
President Donald Trump, who will rally for Rogers in Michigan later this month, has also attacked El-Sayed for his immigrant background. During remarks at a Rose Garden luncheon yesterday, the president said El-Sayed “is a Muslim Brotherhood guy, 100 percent.” Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who was born in Michigan to Egyptian immigrant parents, has...
Presented by Coalition to Strengthen Americas Healthcare {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Senate Democrats unveil new plans for strengthening Medicare Led by Sen. Ron Wyden (R-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democrats on Friday published their aims of revamping the long-term care system in the U.S., encompassing both home care and...
A D.C.-based ethics watchdog group that accused Katie Zacharia of misrepresenting herself as a lawyer is urging the State Bar of California to press ahead with an investigation into her credentials after she was reportedly ousted as White House press secretary. The Campaign for Accountability, which filed a bar complaint against Zacharia earlier this week, said her exit from the...
Katie Zacharia was set up to fail by the White House and President Trump, who made her White House press secretary without preparing her, former Clinton-era White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said Friday. “I don’t mean this to sound partisan or overly critical of the president, but she is, in fact a victim here,”...
