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‘The Office’ star blasts political ‘hypocrisy,’ explains why sitcom couldn’t be made today

Rainn Wilson says cancel culture means you couldn't make The Office today, calls out partisan hypocrisy on both sides for fueling divisions.

Trump backs MAGA champion Mike Collins in Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff

Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia's Republican Senate runoff against Derek Dooley, who is backed by Gov. Kemp, ahead of Tuesday's key vote.

Bowser reinstates limited youth curfew in DC

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) reinstated a curfew for minors on Friday, extending restrictions aimed at deterring underage crime and disorderly conduct in Washington neighborhoods for another two weeks. “Effective tonight, all youth under 18 are subject to an 11PM curfew—and designated zones will be subject to an 8PM curfew as determined by the Chief of Police,”...

Karen Bass’s brother joins lawsuit against Los Angeles over Palisades fire

The brother of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) has joined a lawsuit blaming the city and others for the devastation caused by the deadly 2025 Palisades fire, according to multiple reports. Kenneth Bass and his wife, Cindy, sued the city last month in L.A. Superior Court, claiming in a complaint reviewed by L.A. Material...

Justice at last for slain tourist Ethan Williams — but New York is still in his debt

As Jason Williams told his son’s killer before the judge Thursday, “You entered the...

DOJ confirms in court filing ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘will not’ continue

The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is effectively dead, the Justice Department (DOJ) told a federal court on Friday, while also asking it to reject a challenge brought by a former federal prosecutor and several others. Two DOJ attorneys wrote in a filing in the Eastern District of Virginia that the compensation fund...

New York passes data center moratorium and consumer protections

The New York State Senate and Assembly passed three bills regulating data centers, surveillance pricing, and digital stalking, while abandoning other environmental, housing, and entertainment measures, leaving them to be signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.

DOGE plan would have marked 2.7M living people as dead: Whistleblower

A plan to mark 2.7M living people as dead was part of an immigration enforcement push, a whistleblower alleges.

Texas GOP House member’s chief of staff faces firearm charges

A top staffer for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is facing several firearm charges months after he allegedly attempted to bring a firearm into the U.S. Capitol complex. Luis Vega, Sessions’s chief of staff, was charged on Wednesday with two counts in connection with the alleged incident that happened days before Christmas last year, according to...

US military shoots down 4 Iranian drones heading toward Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones Friday that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz and posed an imminent threat to maritime traffic, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom).  The U.S. military then struck an Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk, a city in Hormozgan province, and on Qeshm...

FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire

Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it will be following through with plans to conduct a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, responding to months of pressure...

House Democrat says Platner has ‘disqualified himself’ from Maine Senate race

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) said Friday that she believes Democrat Graham Platner has “disqualified himself” from the Maine Senate race amid a series of escalating allegations about his past behavior toward women. “I think it’s so distressing, all of the stories that are coming out, and they’re more and more it seems by the hour,”...

ANWR auction gets limited interest

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story ANWR auction gets limited interest The Trump administration on Friday auctioned off rights to drill in a pristine wildlife refuge in Alaska, but the lease sale attracted only two bidders on a few tracts of land. © U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Getty Images...

Trump talks fertilizer, fuel to farmers in Wisconsin, but also Reflecting Pool, fountains

President Trump sought to appeal to farmers at a roundtable in Wisconsin on Friday amid skyrocketing fertilizer and energy prices as a result of the U.S. war in Iran. “We’re going to come out, and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down, just like they were four months ago,” Trump told farmers in...

DOJ prosecutor in California opens ‘multiple election fraud’ probes

A federal prosecutor in California has opened probes into alleged voter fraud in the state after President Trump accused Democrats of “cheating” in its primary elections this week. Bill Essayli, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, announced on Friday that his office had “multiple election fraud investigations underway,” but did...

Putin pours cold water on Zelensky meeting

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Putin pours cold water on Zelensky meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin poured cold water on the prospect of meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in person, arguing there is no reason to have diplomatic talks to...

DC, Silicon Valley brace for AI job losses

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Washington, Silicon Valley brace for AI job losses Washington and Silicon Valley are bracing for the fallout from AI’s potential displacement of workers, floating everything from transition assistance to universal basic income as Americans express growing discontent with the technology. © AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana AI leaders have...

Strong jobs report fuels inflation fears

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump responds to hot jobs report, inflation concerns President Trump on Friday pushed back on inflation concerns driven by a strong jobs report, arguing robust growth should be viewed as a positive for markets. © The...

’60 Minutes’ correspondents say they’ll stick with show

Three top correspondents at "60 Minutes" say they will stay with the program amid speculation about their futures as CBS News implements sweeping changes across the show and the network more broadly. In a letter to colleagues, which was obtained by The Hill on Friday, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim wrote they are...

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