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...
Arlington Public Schools and Fairfax County Public Schools sued the Department of Education on Friday after the federal agency threatened funding losses over the Virginia school districts' policies regarding transgender students. The Education Department said five school districts in Northern Virginia were at risk of losing funding over their refusal to change policies that...
A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from ending protections from deportation for some 600,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S. The decision from a three-judge panel for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstalls Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans in the U.S., which were lifted by the Supreme Court despite a lower...
Plus: Judge weighs Trump firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook {beacon} LAWMAKERS WILL RETURN from August recess next week to dive into funding fights and multiple controversies involving the Trump administration: one focused on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and another over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Congress will also...
President Trump is using a tool known as a "pocket rescission" to unilaterally cut roughly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding, sparking bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill. The rare move, which Trump announced in a letter sent to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) late Thursday, is the latest step by Trump and his team to test the bounds of presidential...
Rep. Chip Roy's decision to leave Congress to run for Texas Attorney General is part of a growing trend of attorneys general being used as a pipeline to higher office for aspirational members of Congress.
House Democrats are asking the National Archives And Records Administration (NARA) to open an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after it told a watchdog group that it was no longer retaining text messages when the nonprofit sought communications about immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. The letter to Marco Rubio, who is currently...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is expected to forgo running for a third term in the Senate, a GOP operative confirmed to The Hill — leaving an open seat that could become hotly contested next year. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), a former reporter-turned-lawmaker who’s served in Congress since 2021, is likely best positioned to replace her,...
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are launching a probe into Michael Boulos, the son-in-law of President Trump, following reports he and his cousin brokered a deal with a Saudi businessman to provide the appearance of access to the Trump family. A spokesperson for Boulos previously denied reporting from The New York Times that...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended the Trump administration's use of National Guard troops to fight crime in major cities, but was noncommittal when asked if the National Guard should be deployed in Shreveport, La.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. is entering another dangerous season with a weakened national emergency response system, and without strong communication, trust will collapse and aid will be ineffective.
