Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday launched a probe into the Trump administration’s decision to revoke 37 officials’ security clearances, and questioned the rationale behind listing them publicly. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard last month stripped clearances from a number of current and former intelligence officials who have ties to the Biden...
Presented by International Justice Mission {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google faces new curbs on search dominance Google has avoided the worst-case scenario of being forced to sell off its Chrome browser, but legal experts say the court’s remedies to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) antitrust win could still loosen the company’s grip over...
The Trump administration is escalating its immigration operations in Democratic cities in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling giving the government the ability to conduct immigration stops based on an individual’s ethnicity or whether they speak Spanish. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday morning announced “Operation Patriot 2.0” in Massachusetts and announced...
The Murdoch family has agreed to settle a yearslong dispute over the family's trust and control of the sprawling media empire it owns, the two sides announced on Monday. The deal will hand control of Fox and News Corp. to Lachlan Murdoch, effectively protecting its conservative viewpoint for decades to come. Prue, Liz and James Murdoch...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine made a surprise trip to Puerto Rico on Monday, amid the Trump administration’s push to counter drug cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean Sea via the U.S. military. The visit — announced by Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón (R) in a social...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Congress looks to de-escalate shutdown standoff Congressional leaders are trying to de-escalate a standoff over the Sept. 30 government funding deadline, with both sides signaling they’d be open to a “clean” continuing resolution that would not...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is taking steps to address crime even as he emerges as a vocal critic of President Trump’s law-and-order crackdown, demonstrating how pressing the issue is for his party heading into 2028. Newsom criticized Trump’s decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles earlier this year amid protests against Immigration...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has been named the top Democrat on the new select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, according to a Monday statement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). “I am pleased to appoint Congressman Eric Swalwell to serve as Ranking Member,” Jeffries said in the statement. “As the...
Traffic fatalities decreased by nearly 13% in the first half of the year, with ten states and the District of Columbia seeing decreases of more than 20%.
The large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at the Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia on Thursday has been touted by members of the Trump administration as the most ambitious enforcement action yet of President Trump’s tenure. But the raid — which saw hundreds of mostly South Korean citizens detained — has placed a strain...
A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled against Democratic attorneys general who sued the Trump administration over its mass firings of probationary employees, finding the states do not have standing to bring the legal challenge. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in a 2-1 decision vacated a lower court's decision that...
Waiving the long-standing requirement that new agents possess a college degree is not just lowering the bar — it risks damaging both the bureau’s effectiveness and reputation.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to punch Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte during a heated confrontation at a private dinner attended by administration officials and close advisers to President Trump, according to a report from Politico. The exchange between two top economic officials took place at the inaugural dinner at Executive Branch, an...
