President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
President Biden will travel to Wilmington, Del. on Tuesday on an unscheduled trip back home after his son Hunter Biden was convicted on felony gun charges earlier in the day. The previously scheduled White House press briefing is also no longer anticipated to occur Tuesday. The president added to his schedule a trip to his...
Animal rights activists pasted over King Charles III’s newly unveiled portrait at a London art gallery on Tuesday, in a move meant to highlight new allegations against the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), where Charles is a patron. The activist group Animal Rising posted a video on the social platform X...
Former President Trump is shooting down the "ridiculous idea" that he could push for mandatory military service if he wins reelection this year and slamming a Washington Post article on the issue as an effort to "damage" him with voters. "The Fake News Washington Post came up with the ridiculous idea" that Trump will call...
The Supreme Court Historical Society condemned a liberal filmmaker for secretly recording two justices at what she said was the society’s recent annual dinner. “Our policy is to ensure that all attendees, including the Justices, are treated with respect. We condemn the surreptitious recording of Justices at the event, which is inconsistent with the entire...
New York police arrested dozens of climate activists dressed as orcas on Tuesday morning in front of the Citigroup headquarters as they protested the bank's ongoing investment in fossil fuel expansion, according to group Climate Defenders. “Arrests continue at [Citibank] because wanting corporations to put planet over profit is a crime,” activists wrote Tuesday morning on the social platform X....
A South Carolina Republican defended former President Trump on Tuesday for repeatedly describing the United States as a declining nation. CNN’s Kasie Hunt pressed Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) on recent comments made by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who jabbed the former president for “whining” about the state of the nation. The former president has often referred...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12, the day after former President Trump's sentencing following his conviction in New York. One of the top prosecutors in the case, Matthew Colangelo, will also appear before the panel. The hearing will be a major moment for...
A jury panel of 12 Delaware residents on Tuesday found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal gun charges, marking the first criminal conviction of a sitting president’s child. President Biden’s son was convicted after roughly three hours of deliberation of three felony counts alleging he lied about his use of illicit drugs when obtaining a...
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) will introduce a package of bills Tuesday intended to help Congress run more efficiently and curb influence-peddling by former members of Congress and government officials, her office told The Hill. The package of five bills includes legislation to modernize the government’s federal lobbying disclosure database and enact a blanket two-year ban...
Former President Trump is set to address the House Republican conference on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill, a meeting that will come exactly two weeks after Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records in the New York hush money case. House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) advised members that there will be a special...
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers accidentally crossed the border, South Korea’s military said. Some North Korean troops engaged in unspecified work on the border crossed the demilitarized zone line that separates the two countries, The Associated Press reported. The soldiers were carrying construction tools and some of them were armed....
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) went after former President Trump Monday, knocking him over “whining” about the current state of the U.S. ahead of November's election. Shapiro, one of President Biden’s top surrogates, was asked during an interview on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” about how Trump’s recent conviction in his hush-money case will play out....
