Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday said congressional lawmakers are retiring because "nothing is happening" on Capitol Hill. "If nothing’s being accomplished — because they are making a sacrifice, they’re being away from their family, sometimes it’s a long travel, you get harassed, you get death threats, all the different things — but you’re...
A parachutist crash landed Friday near stands outside the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, while another landed behind the end zone into netting, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Six parachutists from the All Veteran Group team attempted to land in Amon G. Carter Stadium prior to the game, with four...
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that California’s open carry ban in most parts of the state infringes on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted 2-1 that the ban runs afoul of the Supreme Court’s expanded Second Amendment test, which requires gun control measures be consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. ...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump refuses to give up aspirin habit In a frank interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Trump admitted to continuing his daily high dose of aspirin, despite guidance from his doctors to reduce how much he takes, saying...
President Trump signed an executive order Friday blocking a semiconductor deal between HieFo Corp. and Emcore Corp., citing national security concerns related to China. “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that HieFo Corporation, a company organized under the laws of Delaware (HieFo) and controlled by a citizen of the People's Republic of...
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon on Friday slammed President Trump's threat to intervene if Iran cracks down on anti-government protests as something resembling threats made by former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential opponent Hillary Clinton. “Aren’t people teasing right now that [former United Nations Ambassador] Samantha Power and Hillary Clinton must somehow have gotten...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump: Tariff limits would be ‘terrible blow’ security President Trump on Friday doubled down on his tariff agenda as the Supreme Court weighs its legality, suggesting that losing his ability to impose import taxes on trading...
The U.S. Coast Guard painted a grim picture Friday of its ongoing search for the survivors of a Dec. 30, 2025, strike on an alleged drug-trafficking convoy in the Pacific Ocean that the military said killed at least three people. The Coast Guard said Friday that it is coordinating the search with multiple vessels, including...
An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday allegedly shot and killed a man following a confrontation outside the officer's home in Los Angeles. "On December, 31st, an off duty ICE Officer bravely responded to an active shooter situation at his apartment complex," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The...
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to block offshore wind turbine construction is meeting with a pushback in the courts. In December, the administration suspended the authority of five major offshore wind projects to build in federal waters. It did so by pausing leases granted to them by the federal government allowing for the use of the ocean,...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) proclaimed a “new era” as he took the helm of the country’s largest city on New Year’s Day. Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose star rocketed last year, was publicly sworn in on the steps of City Hall, where he addressed a crowd of thousands in a sweeping inauguration speech...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Friday called on President Trump to expand the administration's seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers to tankers coming from Russia. "He’s been using our military to interdict oil tankers because there is this ghost fleet that helps keep Venezuela’s regime alive," Coons told Jonathan Lemire of "Morning Joe" on MS NOW....
Kennedy Center interim President Richard Grenell dismissed reports Friday that "Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz canceled his upcoming performances at the venue, saying he had never signed a deal to perform under the new leadership. "The Stephen Schwartz reports are totally bogus," Grenell wrote on the social platform X. "Shame on the woke high school reporters...
