White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month to spend more time with her family, President Donald Trump announced.
President Donald Trump secretly exited Air Force One into a catering truck in Ankara amid a credible Iranian threat, flying on a military jet under a nondescript call sign.
The Justice Department (DOJ) concluded an investigation into Duke University School of Law, determining the school unlawfully discriminated against white and Asian applicants in admissions for three past incoming classes. In a findings letter released Thursday, the department’s Civil Rights Division said Duke Law took racial diversity into consideration when admitting students to its 2023,...
The National Gallery is planning to study how the upcoming Freedom 250 GrandPrix will impact its art collection as IndyCar racecars will reach the speed of 185 mph near some of the District’s most historic artifacts. “In preparation for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the National Gallery conducted an extensive vibration study and based on...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) are working on a deal to fund the federal government and start the Senate’s August recess, but they face opposition from President Trump’s allies who want to rack up more GOP accomplishments. Thune’s top priorities are to confirm a package of 74 Trump...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Political appointee placed at Interior IG, Democrat says The Trump administration has installed a former White House official and author of the Project 2025 Republican policy playbook at what is supposed to be an independent internal watchdog at the Interior Department, a House Democrat...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate Democrats introduce bill to roll back press restrictions at Pentagon Senate Democrats introduced a new bill on Thursday to roll back Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s news media restrictions at the Pentagon, stating that those are...
A local judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony charge accusing Olympic canoeist David Hearn of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro backed away from the case. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman will decide later whether prosecutors can try to charge him again down the road. “Given...
An internal GOP fight over intoxicating hemp is dragging progress on the government funding bill. The White House’s insistence on delaying for a month a ban on hemp THC products that President Trump signed into law less than a year ago caught lawmakers by surprise and is snarling what many thought would be a perfunctory...
Teamsters California sued the Golden State’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and several other agencies Wednesday, citing issues with the approval of self-driving trucks across the state. The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County, alleges that officials in California did not complete the extensive economic study and practical impact required by law. Attorneys for Teamsters also...
President Trump will welcome more than 100 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House on Thursday. The U.S. won a total of 33 medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics held in northern Italy in February, including 12 golds, 12 silvers and 9 bronzes — breaking the previous record, 28, of medals won by the U.S. team...
The Trump administration has installed a former White House official and author of the Project 2025 Republican policy playbook at what is supposed to be an independent internal watchdog at the Interior Department, a House Democrat says. Rep. Jared Huffman (Calif.), the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee, released a statement this week saying Dennis...
WK Kellogg Co. said Thursday that it is moving to end the use of artificial dyes in its products by the end of this year for its cereals. In a Thursday press release, the company said it had unveiled “an accelerated timeline to eliminate all artificial colors and the preservative BHT” in all of its...
President Trump on Thursday used Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s calls to abolish the filibuster to pressure Senate Republicans to nix the legislative procedure themselves. “For our Great Republican Senators, friends of mine 'all,' please be advised that the Communist Dumocrat Senate Candidate from Michigan, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is touting, as perhaps his single...
Voting concludes Thursday in Tennessee to select the Republican and Democratic candidates who will face off in November's gubernatorial election. In the reliably red Volunteer State, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.) are facing off for the Republican nomination. Blackburn has been favored to get the GOP nod for most of the...
