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Puerto Rico governor signs law recognizing unborn babies as human beings

Puerto Rico's governor signed a law recognizing unborn babies as human beings, a move opponents argue could potentially lead to outlawing abortion.

Sanctuary policies let alleged child predator roam free until DHS made Portland, Oregon, airport arrest

DHS arrests illegal immigrant charged with rape after Oregon sanctuary policies allowed his release on bail after suspect was caught using a fake passport at airport.

Fraud as a feature, not a bug, in California

The Trump administration is opening investigations into fraud in California. Not just voter fraud...

Lessons all around as ICE draws down in Minnesota

Common sense is prevailing on both sides as ICE finalizes its draw-down of “Operation...

Demand answers NOW on Big Tech’s biased news feeds

Congress and the Federal Trade Commission both need to investigate the blatant bias of...

Trump rule threatens 50K federal workers

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump cements rule making it easier to fire feds The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a rule that gives it the power to more easily fire an estimated 50,000 federal workers who focus on policy, striking...

Ohio’s GOP governor: Ending TPS for Haitians would be ‘blow to the economy’

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) defended Haitians under temporary protected status (TPS) who reside in his state, three days after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking such status from hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Caribbean country. “If they lose temporary protected status and they no longer can work and the...

Trump calls for ‘modernized’ nuclear treaty after New START expires

President Trump will let a treaty to limit nuclear weapons for the U.S. and Russia expire on Thursday, he confirmed in a social media post. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) was set to end Feb. 5 after Trump declined to take an offer from Russia to keep observing the treaty’s limits for...

Trump cuts funds for EVs, health in blue states

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story OMB directs cuts to blue state health and EV funds The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday. ©...

Watch live: Trump to give remarks as admin launches lower-cost drug pricing platform

President Trump will give remarks Thursday evening as his TrumpRx.gov drug pricing platform officially launches. The platform, which coincides with the Trump administration‘s “most favored nation” (MFN) policy, is expected to direct Americans to lower-priced prescription medications. The president has announced several deals in recent weeks with drug manufacturing companies that have agreed to the...

Wrestling fans chant ‘F– ICE! F—ICE!’ before main event

Fans at an All-Elite Wresting event in Las Vegas on Wednesday offered a profane chant condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ahead of a main event bout. “F— ICE! F---ICE! F---ICE!” the crowd roared as Brody King, a fan favorite who has backed abolishing ICE, faced off against AEW Maxwell Jacob Friedman, also known as MJF....

Musk grapples with fallout from X deepfakes, Epstein emails

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk grapples with fallout from X deepfakes, Epstein emails Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of controversy, as the tech billionaire deals with the fallout from a surge in sexualized deepfakes on his social platform X, while newly revealed emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein...

Judge rules Texas anti-ESG law is unconstitutional

A federal judge this week determined that a Texas state law that seeks to prevent state funds from being invested with financial firms that boycott fossil fuel companies is unconstitutional. Texas federal Judge Alan Albright, an appointee of President Trump, found that state law S.B. 13 was a violation of the First and 14th amendments....

Live results: Democrats vie to fill Mikie Sherrill’s House seat in New Jersey

Nearly a dozen Democrats are vying to replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) in the House. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill, former Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way (D) and Analilia Mejía, who served as a top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, are among the candidates in Thursday night's crowded primary. Malinowski...

Republican senator suggests Billie Eilish should forfeit her Grammy over ICE remarks

GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) said Billie Eilish should give up her Grammy Award after the singer denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during her acceptance speech Sunday.  “I think Billie Eilish ought to give the Grammy back and probably her mansion, which, I guess, is on stolen land, too,” Schmitt told independent journalist Nicholas...

5 takeaways on the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother

Law enforcement provided new details Thursday on the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie who went missing from her home this weekend in what officials believe to be an abduction. At a lengthy press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos and FBI agent Heith Janke briefed media on...

CIA shuttering World Factbook reference tool

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook “has sunset” without providing further explanation. The Hill has reached out to the CIA for clarification. The Factbook first launched as the classified National Basic Intelligence Factbook...

Vance: Trump insulting Kaitlan Collins for not smiling was ‘so perceptive’

Vice President Vance said Thursday that President Trump was "so perceptive" when he insulted CNN's Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office this week for not smiling. "There was a moment in the Oval Office — I wasn't even in there, I was in the West Wing, and somebody sent me where he was talking to...

Stephen A. Smith: Democrats ‘playing right into Trump’s hands’ on voter ID bill

Commentator Stephen A. Smith on Thursday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for comparing a GOP bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote to “Jim Crow 2.0,” warning him and other Democrats against speaking in “that kind of hyperbole” ahead of the 2026 midterms. Smith played a clip on his podcast...

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