An air of triumph surrounded D.C. Council member Trayon White after a judge declared a mistrial Monday in his federal bribery case, while some of his council colleagues have spoken up about the ethics violations revealed during his legal saga.
President Trump on Tuesday unveiled America.gov, calling it a front door to let citizens find federal services and information with a simple query instead of wandering through the Byzantine federal bureaucracy.
Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), said he will lead a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the Biden administration’s final rule on permitting announced Tuesday morning. “All the White House had to do was implement the commonsense, bipartisan permitting reforms in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, that all sides agreed upon, but once...
The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to move marijuana off the most severe classification of Schedule I to Schedule III, a source familiar with the decision confirmed to The Hill Tuesday. Rescheduling marijuana is distinct from descheduling it entirely, which some advocacy groups and lawmakers have called for, as it could still lead...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said it is “possible” that the U.S. troops setting up a floating pier off the coast of Gaza could be shot at, and that they have the right to shoot back. “Typically, all of the deployed service members carry guns and they have the ability to protect themselves if challenged,”...
In her new autobiography, Noem tells the story of killing a 14-month-old puppy because it misbehaved. Reaction was swift and unanimous across the political spectrum: Killing puppies is bad.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is testing beef for a bird flu virus following the infections of cattle in multiple states, though it says it remains confident the country's meat supply is safe. The agency is doing three studies related to bird flu in dairy cattle, one in which they sample ground beef at retail...
Celebrity chef and founder of nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK), José Andrés, called on Israel to “step up” in a new op-ed, where he said his organization will resume aid trips in Gaza after seven workers were killed. In the piece, Andrés said returning to Gaza is both the hardest and easiest decision to make,...
Human rights group Amnesty International called this week for President Biden to immediately suspend the transfer of weapons to Israel, as the organization renewed allegations that the Israeli military is violating international law. Amnesty said in a Monday post that new research provided to the Biden administration has detailed American-supplied weapons to Israel being "used...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is vowing to move ahead with a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), even after Democratic leaders said they would shield the Louisiana Republican from a conservative coup. In a post on X shortly after the top three Democrats announced that they would vote to table a motion to vacate if...
Former President Trump blasted the protests taking place on college campuses nationwide over the war in Gaza and questioned if Columbia University students who took over a building will face similar consequences to those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. "This whole country is up in arms, breaking into colleges, knocking the hell...
For the third straight month, immigration topped the list of the most important problems for Americans in the Gallup poll. The poll found that 27 percent of Americans said the most important issue facing the country right now is immigration — marking the longest consecutive period in Gallup polling that immigration has been a top...
The White House on Tuesday condemned the move by student protesters to take over a building on Columbia University’s campus, calling it the wrong approach amid the ongoing college demonstrations across the country against Israel's handling of its war in Gaza. Pro-Palestine protesters at the New York school took control of an academic building early on Tuesday,...
