There are not two sides equally responsible for the Charlie Kirk assassination. The single truth is that we are witnessing the inevitable result of a decade of Trump Derangement...
President Trump’s Vatican envoy delivered a special birthday gift to Pope Leo XIV ahead of the pontiff’s 70th celebration on Sunday. Brian Burch brought a cake from Portillo’s, a popular Chicago food chain, to commemorate the U.S.-born pope’s first birthday as head of the Catholic Church, according to Reuters. Burch told the pope, "Portillo's sent...
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Friday said President Trump and his surrounding staff are “struggling” after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “So many people around President Trump are very close to Charlie Kirk. President Trump was very close to Charlie Kirk. And President Trump faced two assassination attempts, one...
President Trump, in a Saturday interview, said he hopes the nation heals after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but blamed the “radical left” for being an obstacle in that healing. “I’d like to see it [the nation] heal,” the president said in a brief telephone interview with NBC News. “But we’re dealing with a...
The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep the government and public in the dark about how much they are contributing to climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday it is proposing to axe requirements under a 2009 rule that forced...
Boeing could receive a $3.1 million fine from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a series of safety violations. The agency announced the penalty Friday, citing a 2024 midair emergency and failures to meet aircraft worthiness inspections. These incidents have rendered harsh criticism from federal officials, according to Reuters. In addition to the incidents, the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Democrats worry they could stumble into shutdown Centrist Democrats fear their party could blunder into a government shutdown this month as leadership takes a hard line on the funding package that needs to pass by Sept....
Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) has decided to end her comeback bid for her old House seat, citing stigmatization of mental health struggles she has faced. Caraveo, who represented Colorado’s 8th Congressional District for one term before narrowly losing reelection last year, said in a statement Friday she didn’t make her decision lightly as she...
A Utah student who asked conservative activist Charlie Kirk a question on Wednesday, right before he was shot and killed, said he wished he would have asked something different. “I had been fluctuating between different ones. Now that I know, for sure I would’ve asked a different one. I just would’ve. 100 percent," Hunter Kozak,...
Missouri Senate Republicans on Friday passed a new set of congressional lines that aims to add one pickup opportunity for the GOP in the U.S. House ahead of 2026, sending it to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) for his signature. The Missouri Senate advanced a new House map that would break up Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding a study on the widely debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, according to a government funding notice. While numerous large studies have disproved a connection between autism and vaccines — a cornerstone of the anti-vaccine movement — Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
Discord said Friday that the person accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk did not use the platform to plan the shooting or promote violence, after officials revealed he sent messages over the app. Law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson after a multi-day search for Kirk’s killer. The suspect’s roommate shared Discord messages with...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is warning civilian and military employees that the Pentagon is “tracking” any comments from them that celebrate or mock the Wednesday assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “We are tracking all these very closely — and will address, immediately. Completely unacceptable,” Hegseth wrote Thursday on social media. Hegseth was responding to a...
FBI Director Kash Patel ended his update on the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, with a message to Kirk that included a reference to Valhalla, prompting speculation online.
President Trump’s tariffs and massive GOP tax cuts are set to have competing effects on the economy, according to the latest outlook report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which shows an increased stagflationary mix for the rest of 2025. Tariffs are expected to rein in economic growth, while tax cuts are expected to boost...
