TSA Deputy Administrator Adam Stahl warns the shutdown's impacts will be "longstanding'" with 480+ officers quitting and record-high airport security wait times reported.
HUD has opened a fair housing investigation into Washington state’s Covenant Homeownership Program, arguing public materials suggest the aid may unlawfully rely on race-based eligibility requirements.
Hakeem Jeffries once called failing to fully fund DHS "legislative malpractice" but now has opposed a clean funding bill amid a 40-day shutdown standoff.
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts has prohibited staffers from betting on prediction markets on areas such as politics and any information obtained in an official capacity.
My fellow Canadians love to hate President Donald Trump, but it would be nice if we had an anti-DEI crusader like him. The U.S. president has gone to great lengths to drive that discriminatory ideology out of higher education. In particular, he has successfully pressured the accreditor who oversees the country’s 150-plus medical schools to ditch its […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) blasted the Trump administration’s reported plans to open up new drilling off California’s coasts as “dead on arrival.” “As it relates to offshore oil drilling, it's overwhelmingly opposed by members of all political parties in the state of California,” Newsom said during a press conference at the COP30 climate conference...
The controversy over President Trump’s proposal for a 50-year mortgage is highlighting deep affordability concerns in the housing market. The president kicked off a debate over housing costs last weekend when he floated on social media a longer-term mortgage — which would presumably mean lower monthly payments for the average homeowner, compared with a standard 30-year home...
Officials in Marion County, Kansas, agreed Monday to pay over $3 million in damages following a police raid on a local newspaper and two homes in August 2023. The newspaper, the Marion County Record, said the county admitted wrongdoing in the incident. The raids were conducted by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on the newspaper’s...
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced 26-year agency veteran Richard Pazdur will replace a top regulator who resigned earlier this month amid accusations of abusing his power. Pazdur will be the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Pazdur's appointment comes just more than a week after former CDER Director...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) went after Democrats “celebrating” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has been at odds with her party in recent weeks, calling her “crazypants.” “MTG is quite literally the last person in America that I’m going to take advice — or to, to get their kinds of my leadership and values from....
Top Trump administration officials including Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are slated to speak alongside biotech executives and influencers at an all-day “Make America Healthy Again” summit on Wednesday that has not been publicly disclosed. According to an agenda seen by The Hill, the event will feature many of...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) break with President Trump over his approach to various domestic policies is highlighting a growing divide within the president’s conservative base less than a year into his second administration. Greene has been criticizing the president’s focus on foreign affairs on the heels of his meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa...
President Trump’s campaign committee Never Surrender Inc. rolled out an email on Tuesday, fundraising off New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s (D) win last week. “This isn’t for just anyone. YOU qualified because your profile proves you HEAVILY DESPISE dangerous Communists like Zohran Mamdani – the NYC radical who just won his election and is...
President Trump is bristling at concerns about affordability and high prices under his administration, taking a dismissive tone toward an issue that could define next year’s midterm elections. Trump has rapidly shifted his messaging on the cost of living since last week, when the issue helped propel Democrats to electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday said he's still "stunned" by the eight senators who voted with Republicans to reopen the government, a deal his office previously called a "surrender." After holding a rally in Houston last week to tout California's redistricting measure's victory and criticize Texas Republicans' own move to redrew district maps,...
A government watchdog group has asked two different bar associations to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a former personal attorney for President Trump whom he tapped to lead prosecutions of two of his foes. Halligan, who is currently serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on an interim basis, took over the role...
Major League Baseball (MLB) and its gambling partners are setting limits on how much the public can wager on an individual pitch resulting in a ball or a strike, after a pair of pitchers were indicted over the weekend on charges of corruption and game rigging. The new policy, announced Monday, says all MLB Authorized...
