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Trump reaffirms ICE arrest policy after confusing guidance sparks alarm among agents

Trump told officials that anyone in the country illegally remains "on the table" for arrest and deportation after internal ICE guidance caused confusion.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—September 27

2019—Federal district judge Ketanji Brown Jackson issues a nationwide injunction (in Make the Road New York v....

A Tale of Two Jurors

12 Angry Men and the Lindsay Clancy case each had a lone holdout juror....

The Underfunding Myth Is Exposed

Nikole Hannah-Jones and the NYT unwittingly admit that money is not the problem in...

MrBeast becomes the most-subscribed creator account on YouTube

YouTube personality MrBeast became the most-subscribed creator account on the video platform over the weekend, surpassing T-Series, an Indian music channel. Jimmy Donaldson, the 26-year-old behind the MrBeast account, confirmed over the weekend that he reached more than 266.7 million subscribers, taking the title from T-Series. As of Monday, MrBeast's account had more than 270...

Sandy Hook families ask for Alex Jones media company’s liquidation

The families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting asked a bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones’s media company over the weekend. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy protection after he was ordered in 2022 to pay nearly $1.5 billion to family members of the victims of the Sandy...

California Republican Vince Fong sworn in as McCarthy’s replacement

Rep. Vince Fong (R-Calif.) was sworn into the House on Monday, filling the seat of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for the remainder of the term. Fong won a special election in California’s 20th Congressional District last month against Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, handing the House GOP a two-vote margin over Democrats as Republicans...

Feds charge far-right media executive with money-laundering scheme

Bill Guan, a top executive of the far-right media company The Epoch Times, was arrested Sunday for his alleged involvement in a money-laundering scheme, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Weidong Guan, known as Bill Guan, who serves as the chief financial officer for The Epoch Times, is accused of participating in a transnational scheme to launder...

Fauci pushes back at fiery hearing

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Fauci pushes back against GOP claims at hearing Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious diseases expert, on Monday pushed back against GOP claims that he is covering up the origins of the coronavirus and said the discussion...

Consumer protection agency goes after ‘repeat offenders’

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Consumer agency establishes ‘repeat offender’ registry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is establishing a registry to track companies & individuals who repeatedly break consumer protection laws. © Mattie Neretin The final rule requires non-bank companies...

Five takeaways from Fauci’s heated House hearing

During his first congressional hearing in nearly two years, former chief White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci picked up where he left off: trading barbs with Republicans over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Fauci’s public testimony before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic was long anticipated and preceded by two days of...

Menendez files independent bid for Senate seat

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) filed to run for another term in the Senate as an independent on Monday, as his federal bribery trial continues.  Menendez had announced in March that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for his Senate seat but left the door open to possibly pursuing an independent run. The longtime senator...

Netanyahu to address Congress on June 13

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver an address to Congress on June 13, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill on Monday, setting the stage for what is certain to be a contentious event as many progressives vow to boycott the speech. The top four congressional leaders on Friday formally invited...

Jury selected in Hunter Biden’s gun trial: What to know

Twelve jurors and four alternates were selected in the first of what could be two federal criminal trials involving Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, according to The Associated Press.  The panel of Delaware residents was selected after just one day, where prospective jurors were questioned over their views on gun rights, political prosecutions...

OPEC+ nations extend oil supply cuts

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story OPEC+ nations extend oil supply cuts Major oil-producing nations extended previously announced oil supply cuts through the end of 2025. © AP Photo/Charlie Riedel The group of countries, known as OPEC+, said Sunday it would extend...

Evening Report — Fauci clashes with Republicans at high-octane hearing

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report   © Jason Goode Fauci, Republicans clash at high-octane hearing Anthony Fauci on Monday denied that he ever tried to hide public records and sought to distance himself from a records-keeping scandal involving top officials at the National...

Manchin insists he won’t run for office but has ‘never closed doors’

Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) — a longtime conservative Democrat who announced last week he is registering as an independent — reiterated Monday that he has no plans to run for office this cycle, but said he would not entirely rule out the prospect of a future bid for public office. “I am not running,”...

George Conway knocks CNN for Trump trial coverage

Conservative commentator George Conway slammed CNN for its coverage of former President Trump's hush money trial, criticizing the network for what he claimed was the permitting of right-wing "lies" to be told on the air. Conway, the former Trump ally-turned vocal critic, reflected on his tense conversation on CNN last week with Scott Jennings, a...

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