Ah, Belgium. The country of fries, chocolate, Kevin De Bruyne and, some might say, chronic political division.
Beyond Brussels, a mighty international melting pot, the country is split between...
Fans will be allowed to display rainbow and pride flags during Friday night's World Cup match in Seattle despite opposition from at least one of the teams playing that night. Since it was announced as a host city for the 2026 World Cup, Seattle has been planning for Friday night's match between Iran and Egypt...
The House Appropriations Committee has advanced its $1.1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal 2027, legislation that includes a provision to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War. The bill advanced out of committee Wednesday on a 34-27 party-line vote, handing President Trump a third win in his bid to officially rename the...
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Education Department from imposing new loan borrowing limits on graduate and professional students one week before they were set to go into effect. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the limits from the department violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by adding requirements...
Federal inflation data released Thursday showed prices rising at the fastest annual rate in three years, posing serious challenges for President Trump and policymakers. The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation showed prices rising 4.1 percent over the past year and 0.7 percent in May alone. While much of the increase came from higher energy...
A section of the liner that runs at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor earlier this month, according to an official at the National Park Service (NPS). According to a sworn declaration filed Wednesday, the U.S. Park Police responded to a report from the NPS...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and fellow Democrats will hold a forum on election threats Thursday afternoon as the party looks ahead to the 2026 midterms. The lawmakers are likely to discuss concerns over voting access and GOP-backed reform proposals, including President Trump’s SAVE America Act — which would require proof of citizenship for...
The White House commended two major decisions from the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, which bolster the Trump administration’s ability to crack down on immigration. In these rulings, the high court decided that the Trump administration could cut off temporary legal protections for thousands of Haitians and Syrians and cleared the path for the administration...
Vice President Vance hosted Republican senators for dinner Wednesday evening following President Trump’s contentious meeting with GOP senators on Capitol Hill earlier in the day. The vice president’s office confirmed to The Hill that the gathering took place hours after Trump vocally clashed with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) over the senator’s vote in favor of...
Podcaster Joe Rogan said organizers of the UFC Freedom 250 primetime fight night held at the White House earlier this month should not have booked one of the fighters who made an offensive comment about Michelle Obama. Rogan, who served as emcee for the event and endorsed President Trump during the 2024 presidential election, was...
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said early Thursday that more people have been arrested over alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool than from files connected to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “There's been more people arrested over this than the Epstein files,” Subramanyam, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said during a discussion...
President Trump and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spoke in February before the ticketing giant settled its antitrust case with the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to new court documents. In a filing Monday, the company said Rapino “discussed a variety of topics related to Live Nation’s business” with Trump, noting that “the status of...
The House of Representatives has passed seven major fraud fighting bills and 15 less controversial measures in June, spurred by a recent report accusing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison of being aware of taxpayer fraud in federally funded social programs and doing nothing to stop it.