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Trump administration ends lease for three golf courses in the District

The Trump administration has ended the lease agreement with the National Links Trust for three golf courses in the District.

‘Nothing really happens’: Lawmakers frustrated about inaction on kids’ online safety bills

Lawmakers are tired of teaming up on bipartisan bills to protect kids online, only to have the broadly supported measures languish.

A year after DOGE, the cuts keep coming

The Department of Government Efficiency hasn't come close to achieving the $1 trillion in cuts pledged at its launch last January but it has rooted out billions in wasteful spending, shrunk the bloated federal workforce and spurred a nationwide effort to streamline and economize government agencies.

Trump attracts America’s billionaires to bankroll policies and projects

President Trump loves billionaires, and they seemingly love him, too. America's wealthiest have all but lined up to fund the president's pet projects and policy ideas on a level that surpasses any other president.

Meta’s new AI privacy policy allows targeted ads, possibly political ads, based on chats with bots

Some Instagram users may start seeing that political advertisements mirror what they say and search on the social media platform.

Conservatives press Trump: Where’s mifepristone review? 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Conservatives press Trump: where’s mifepristone review? Anti-abortion voices are growing increasingly impatient for the Trump administration to complete a review of the abortion pill mifepristone, which would likely alter its approval. But changing abortion access at the federal level...

Crockett: ‘I see the government shutting down’ in January

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday she predicts the government will shut down in January and that lawmakers will not pass any appropriations bills to keep the government funded before the funding deadline. "I see the government shutting down," Crockett said in her livestream "Crockett's Quarterly Update" on Facebook. "One of the reasons that I...

FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Wednesday denied aid to Arizona counties after September flooding. Local officials estimate there was more than $30 million in damage to public infrastructure and homes. “The people of Gila and Mohave County were devastated by flooding from severe monsoon storms this September. Now, they’ve been denied support from...

At UN, Venezuela says US has committed ‘greatest extortion’

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called over Washington’s seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers. “One of the countries sitting at this table has publicly stated that it wants to annex our...

Attorney Mark Zaid scores win in security clearance fight with Trump administration

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration's stripping of an attorney's security clearance for representing a whistleblower pivotal to President Trump's first impeachment was a form of retribution and unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali granted a preliminary injunction to go into effect starting Jan. 13 and requested the administration to "immediately and...

American Academy of Pediatrics sues RFK Jr. over funding cuts

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the nation’s largest professional organization of doctors who treat children, said Wednesday it is suing the Trump administration after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) abruptly terminated nearly $12 million in federal grants to the group.  The organization says seven longstanding grants were cut in retaliation for its outspoken opposition to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes...

Watch live: Trump joins NORAD for Santa calls

President Trump will take part in the annual tradition of tracking Santa's flight around the world as he spends the holidays in Palm Beach, Fla. The president will participate in taking calls to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) — a joint United States and Canadian operation typically charged with monitoring the skies for...

Zelensky offers peace concessions to Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday presented a new 20-point peace plan that offers concessions to Russia in an effort to end the conflict in Ukraine. The proposal slims down the 28-point peace plan proposed by the Trump administration and allots for the creation of a “fortress belt” composed of cities in the Donetsk region...

Murkowski ‘not satisfied’ with DOJ’s Epstein files release

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) said she is “not satisfied” with the Department of Justice’s rolling release of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and said she is working with Senate colleagues to press the department’s inspector general to review whether the department is complying with the law. “I’m not satisfied. I’m not...

Moody’s economist: GDP growth ‘fragile because we’re not creating jobs’

Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi cautioned against drawing premature conclusions about the strength of the economy, warning the recently announced 4.3 percent GDP growth is “fragile” because of a lack of job growth. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Zandi celebrated last week’s lower-than-expected jobless claims numbers, which were released Wednesday,...

DOJ: Epstein files release may take ‘weeks’ after discovery of 1M more documents

The Justice Department (DOJ) said Wednesday officials in New York had discovered more than 1 million additional documents potentially linked to the case of Jeffrey Epstein, and that there release could take "a few more weeks." The announcement came as the department has faced criticism from some lawmakers over its failure to release all the...

Paul redacts portions of Festivus rant as Jeffrey Epstein DOJ protest

Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Christmas Eve took aim at the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by posting a blacked-out criticism as part of his annual Festivus rant airing his “grievances” with Washington. Paul began his Festivus screed, a tradition he borrowed from “Seinfeld” character irascible Frank Costanza, by offering President...

Pentagon deploys 350 troops to New Orleans through Mardi Gras

The Pentagon on Tuesday said it deployed 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted an immigration operation in the city earlier this month.  The soldiers are expected to remain in the Crescent City through Mardi Gras. “These National Guard troops will support federal law enforcement partners, including...

DOJ mocks reporter for question about fake Nassar postcard: ‘You dope’

The Department of Justice (DOJ) mocked a reporter Wednesday for asking a question on social platform X about a purportedly fake postcard from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to former women's doctor Larry Nassar. Independent reporter Jamie Dupree asked the DOJ why the department released the letter despite claiming it's fake. "Because the law requires...

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