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Supreme Court to review Trump petition on E Jean Carroll judgment

The Supreme Court is set consider President Donald Trump's petition challenging the E. Jean Carroll verdict during a private conference on Feb. 20.

FBI’s Fulton County warrant sought election records, voter rolls from 2020 election

FBI agents executed a search warrant at a Fulton County, Georgia, election hub, seizing ballots, voting rolls and records tied to the 2020 election.

‘Shocking and inappropriate’: Legal experts slam judges’ guide over climate bias claims

Congressional probe uncovers alleged efforts to influence federal judges on climate cases through judicial education programs and biased materials.

7 Republicans join Dems to block major government funding package as shutdown looms

Government shutdown looms as Senate Democrats and Republicans torpedo a behemoth funding bill as negotiations on a path forward continue between the White House and Democrats.

Federal prosecutors charge man accused of spraying Rep Ilhan Omar at town hall

Anthony James Kazmierczak, the suspect accused of spraying a liquid on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a town hall event, now faces a federal charge.

Live updates: Senate tackles funding package amid DHS furor

The Senate on Wednesday will work to advance a six-bill spending package, despite calls from Democrats to separate out Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the deadly weekend shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officials. The incident has put Republicans on defense, and they are starting to splinter over support...

Omar after being sprayed at event: ‘I’m definitely going to survive intimidation’

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday said she is "definitely going to survive intimidation," not long after she was sprayed with an unknown substance during a town hall event in her district. “And as I said, you know, I’ve survived war and I’m definitely going to survive intimidation or whatever these people think they can...

Minnesota judges hit breaking point with ICE 

A high-stakes hearing Friday will bring the immigration crackdown in Minnesota to a head in the courts, as the nation's top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official will be forced to take the stand to explain the agency’s aggressive surge. “The Court’s patience is at an end,” Patrick Schiltz, the chief judge of Minnesota’s federal...

Greenland: Preparing for a Cold War with an Arctic chill 

Trump is right that American security now depends on Greenland, although he should remember there is strength in allies. 

Parallel universe: Imagine illegal immigrants had killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good

I just received a news dispatch from an alternate universe.

United Center becomes first major US arena to sell THC beverages

Chicago's United Center will soon serve up a different kind of buzz to concertgoers.

Stephen Colbert reveals date for final episode of ‘The Late Show’

Stephen Colbert revealed the news on “Late Night With Seth Meyers."

The Challenger disaster, 40 years on, and the speech that consoled the nation

We do not have to hide from the hard things. The call of Americans is not to look away, but to look up.

Congress locked in standoff over DHS funding ahead of shutdown deadline

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Rep. Omar attacked at town hall ▪ Summit promotes ‘Trump accounts’ ▪ Fed announces interest rate decision ▪ Dems worry Trump will interfere with midterms Lawmakers are struggling to find a path forward to avoid a partial government shutdown, with neither side...

Key takeaways from Minnesota special elections held amid immigration backlash

Democrats handily won two special elections for state House seats in Minnesota, the first contests held in the state since growing backlash to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Voters in St. Paul and some of the city’s eastern suburbs elected Democrats Meg Luger-Nikolai and Shelly Buck for House Districts 64A and 47A, respectively. Though both...

Janet Yellen, Gary Locke to receive Elliot L. Richardson Prize

Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and former Washington Gov. Gary Locke (D) will receive the Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service at a Wednesday evening event. The prize is intended to honor individuals “exemplifying the public service virtues demonstrated by the award’s namesake.” Richardson is best remembered as the attorney general who...

Democrats win two Minnesota special elections, bringing state House back to a tie

Democrats are projected to win special elections for two Minnesota House seats, bringing partisan control in the lower chamber back to a tie, according to Decision Desk HQ. Democrats Shelley Buck and Meg Luger-Nikolai won special elections for state House Districts 47A and 64A, respectively. Buck ran uncontested in her special election. District 47A includes portions...

Medicare picks Botox and Trulicity for latest round of negotiations 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Medicare picks Botox and Trulicity for latest round of negotiations The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced the next 15 drugs whose prices will be negotiated as part of the third round of Medicare negotiations. © Associated...

Man tackled after spraying Omar with unknown substance at Minneapolis town hall

A man was tackled to the ground after spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with an unknown substance during a town hall in her district on Tuesday. A livestream of the incident showed the man standing and yelling at Omar, who was at the podium and calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment...

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