We already know this rule: You aren’t permitted to leave a museum without running into a gift shop. I also discovered late last week in Paris that you can’t walk out of the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral without passing a large gift zone near the arrow that points to Sortie de secours. And you can’t […]
At first glance, Blackie & Co.: Blackbirds in My Garden, by the English writer Hockley Clarke, is quite unsurprisingly a nice little book about blackbirds. Namely, two birds, father and son, whose relationship with Clarke began one bitter night in 1962. It was Europe’s coldest winter in 80 years, and, to give the bird a […]
The Army announced Wednesday that its Janus Program has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors at five military installations, committing up to $2.2 billion to an effort that could eventually put more than 20 reactors across War Department facilities. It is the latest evidence that President Donald Trump’s revival of American nuclear power could […]
President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland added a new security dimension to Iceland's EU referendum, with 275,000 eligible voters weighing in.
Cases of a parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce have been confirmed in 20 states, health officials said, as the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history keeps growing. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said cyclosporiasis cases have been identified in three additional states:...
CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers on Friday said President Trump is being “bullied” by Canada amid an escalating trade war, comparing the current president’s handling of Canada to previous administrations. “We’re getting bullied by Canada,” he said during a CNN panel discussion, comparing Trump’s diplomatic efforts to those of previous administrations. “Joe Biden didn’t get...
A Missouri deputy attorney general has been found alive six days after authorities said he vanished during a hike through the Wyoming wilderness. Shaun Mackelprang, 55, was rescued by helicopter on Wednesday morning near Scott Lake in the Wind River Range, a roughly 100-mile-long mountain range in western Wyoming, according to the Sublette County...
Thousands of people are expected Friday on the National Mall to rally for voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections, following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that civil rights groups have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans. The 2026 “Defend the Vote” March on Washington marks the anniversary...
Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker’s involvement in Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is raising questions about the party's path to a Senate majority. Meanwhile, President Trump’s fundraiser for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) amid his Senate bid offers clues about the Lone Star State contest, while new polling suggests Republicans could put New...
The U.S. military this week used a high-energy laser to shoot down three drones near the southern border that officials said were linked to Mexican drug cartels. The operation took place late Tuesday and early Wednesday and involved the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system to bring down the drones along the U.S.-Mexican border, Joint...
Elected officials everywhere are under pressure to bring prices down; dumping costly climate laws that outlaw the use of abundant and relatively cheap fossil fuels is an attractive fix.
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 9 a.m. ET as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] There is a rhythm like the seasons to a midterm election year. First, when there’s still frost...
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reverse a planned housing development in the West Bank that would effectively divide the Palestinian territory. In a Friday letter led by Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego (D), over a dozen lawmakers expressed concerns over the government’s decision to open bidding last...
