Hollywood celebrities couldn’t wait to condemn Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from the stage at the Grammys last weekend. But the self-declared “human rights activists” and “social justice warriors”...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday said it is an "absolute lie" that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim that the president made earlier in the day. "Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it," Schumer said in a post on the social platform X. "Only one man can...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a cover-up for blaming a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. "No one believes this cover up from the White House, especially since they originally defended the post,"...
President Trump on Friday said he "of course" condemns a since-deleted racist video posted on his social media account depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but declined to apologize for the post. Trump told reporters on Air Force One while heading to Palm Beach, Fla., that he "just looked...
The Trump administration notified eight employees of their termination on Friday following their decision to sign a letter dissenting from current policies at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Associated Press reports. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career officials using their agency position and title to unlawfully undermine, sabotage, and undercut...
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the former head of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Thursday said Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not been briefed by agency experts on measles, COVID-19 and the flu. “No one from my center...
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will reportedly no longer appear before the House Oversight Committee due to health issues after House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) requested his presence to provide testimony on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activity, according to a recent report. “The committee intends to withdraw its subpoena," a source told...
Social Security Chief Data Officer Charles Borges submitted a Friday resignation letter days after citing policy violations in a whistleblower report documenting the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) decision to upload sensitive data to a “vulnerable cloud environment.” “Recently, I have been made aware of several projects and incidents which may constitute violations of federal...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC upheaval pushes public health into ‘uncharted waters’ In less than a week, the public health sector has been plunged into chaos as leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) leave the agency amid heightened...
The White House quickly named a new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out Director Susan Monarez this week. Jim O'Neill, a senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official with deep ties to President Trump donor Peter Thiel,...
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a reminder Friday of President Trump's deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "If that doesn't happen by Monday, the deadline set by President Trump, it means that once again President Putin played President Trump," Macron said Friday during a joint press conference...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) has called for a special session for the state Legislature to address redistricting, queuing it up to potentially be the next state to redraw its congressional district lines. Kehoe announced his decision Friday in a release, saying the Legislature will convene Wednesday and unveil his map proposal. As expected, the...
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump’s assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs, a blow to his efforts to refashion global trade. In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the tariffs were not authorized by the statute Trump cited...
The state of Florida could lose $218 million after a judge ordered the closure of Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility based in the Everglades that was once a training airport. The site was created with funding from the Florida Division of Emergency Management and was quickly retrofitted to house people detained for federal immigration purposes. ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he pulled $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects Friday, suggesting investments be made elsewhere. “Wasteful, wind projects are using resources that could otherwise go towards revitalizing America’s maritime industry,” the Transportation secretary said in a Friday statement. “Joe Biden and [former Transportation Secretary] Pete Buttigieg bent over backwards...
FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has warned Gmail that it may face a federal investigation over allegations that it intentionally suppresses messages sent by Republicans, which could violate the FTC Act's prohibition of unfair or deceptive trade practices.
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