The man accused of spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with apple cider vinegar during a January town hall in her Minnesota district has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, according to court filings. Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is expected to change his plea to guilty during a May 7 hearing in U.S. District Court in St. Paul,...
The recall covers roughly 207,800 pairs of 32 Degrees-branded socks which the CPSC says are tied to at least 14 "heat-related incidents." Thirteen of those incidents involved burns.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned on Thursday that investments in artificial intelligence could trigger a potential economic crash, drawing parallels to the 2008 financial crisis caused by a collapse in the housing bubble. “The parallels to the 2008 financial crisis are striking: the reckless behavior of a few billionaires and Big Tech CEOs has turned...
The stakes are sky-high and the potential prize is massive in Saturday’s talks between the United States and Iran. But acrobatic leaps of faith will be needed from both sides if they are to even come close to a definitive agreement. Experts suggest that a more realistic hope is some kind of stabilization that would...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Lloyd Austin raises alarm on Hegseth’s officers purge Former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purge of senior military officers is worrisome, adding that the U.S. cannot achieve regime change in Iran...
Hunter Biden said Thursday he would be willing to challenge President Trump's eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, to a "cage match." Hunter Biden, son of former President Biden, said he received a call from YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan, who the younger Biden said was organizing the match as part of his upcoming “Carnival” tour....
The Iranian delegation has arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad ahead of high-stakes negotiations with the U.S. on Saturday regarding the fragile ceasefire reached by the two countries this week. Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry shared video footage on the social platform X of Tehran’s representatives stepping off a plane and greeting officials on the...
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly invited President Trump to a dinner at the Palace of Versailles following the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in June. France will host this year’s G7 summit, an annual forum among the leading industrialized democracies of the world to collaborate on global policy, in the French town Évian-les-Bains June...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total of 124 staffers, 35 of whom are being asked to relocate. The move comes as the Trump administration seeks...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on Thursday slammed National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett's statement that President Trump’s policies will create a golden age and cause the economy to grow by 4 to 5 percent this year. Hassett, Trump’s top economic advisor, made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Fox Business' Mornings with...
A new poll found that most Americans say they pay too much in taxes, a metric that has remained high for the fifth year in a row. Gallup's poll released Friday shows that nearly 6 in 10 Americans, or 59 percent, said their taxes are too high. A slightly smaller portion at 37 percent said...
The Artemis II crew is set to return home Friday, with the four astronauts completing their 10-day trip to the moon and back after they traveled farther into space than any human in history. The crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — embarked on the lunar flyby mission on...
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) committed on Friday to holding hearings with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as part of his committee's ongoing probe, a day after first lady Melania Trump called on Congress to let them testify. “I’ve always planned on having hearings with the victims,” Comer...
Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday denounced President Trump's threatening posts about Iran as sounding like the "prelude to becoming one of the greatest war criminals in history." Kerry told MS NOW's Jen Psaki on "The Briefing" that the president's Truth Social posts –– an expletive-laden post on Sunday and a Tuesday threat...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she’s unsure whether she still considers herself a Republican following months of dispute with President Trump and the GOP. “I don’t really know if I do consider myself one right now,” Greene told Politico's Dasha Burns on "The Conversation," referring to her longstanding political affiliation as a Republican....
