The United States and Canada endured the planet’s biggest air pollution surge in 2023 — an upswing driven by the northern neighbor’s worst wildfire season on record, a new report has found. Canada alone experienced its highest levels of fine particulate pollution (PM 2.5) in at least 26 years, with more than half of residents...
The Trump administration announced a proposed rule to limit the length of time international students can remain in the U.S. for their studies to four years.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the state "will not stand idly by" if President Donald Trump follows through with his threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) acknowledged that the public is seeing higher prices as a result of tariffs imposed by President Trump, but argued the trade overhaul is “for the good of the country.” “I think a lot of people are seeing higher prices. Our family’s in the construction business, and we get a lot of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, which would require Kyiv to cede regions in the east, sparked a firm response from European leaders on Saturday ahead of President Trump’s summit with the Kremlin leader in Alaska next week. The seven European leaders welcomed Trump’s efforts to negotiate a ceasefire as...
Bo Hines, a White House’s crypto adviser, announced on Saturday that he will be departing President Trump’s administration and going back to the private sector. “Serving in President Trump’s administration and working alongside our brilliant AI & Crypto Czar @DavidSacks as Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council has been the honor of a lifetime,”...
Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin will come out of the upcoming summit with President Trump in Alaska “loser," arguing that Ukraine will need "real security guarantees" as a part of any potential ceasefire agreement. O’Brien, who worked for Trump during hi first term, told CNN's Jessica Dean on...
The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to an Alaskan summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House official told The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. It is unclear if Zelensky would attend the meeting with the two leaders as meeting details have yet to be finalized. Trump announced...
Paramount’s new CEO David Ellison lauded animated show “South Park” creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, for being “equal opportunity offenders" as the sitcom has made headlines mocking President Trump recently. “Matt and Trey are incredibly talented,” Ellison said in an interview with CNN that was published on Friday. "They are equal opportunity offenders and always...
House Democrats in red states across the country are at risk as the redistricting arms race heats up. Texas Republicans’ proposed redraw, a President Trump-backed plan that could net the party five more House seats, has led to other red states moving forward with their own redistricting plans. Florida, Indiana and Missouri are among the...
President Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating Tammy Bruce, the current State Department spokesperson, as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations (UN). “I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Tammy Bruce, a Great Patriot, Television Personality and Bestselling Author, as our next Deputy Representative of the United States...
Texas GOP officials on Saturday upped their calls for Democrats who fled the state for California to be arrested, unseated and brought back to the Lone Star State amid a redistricting battle. Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) filed a legal complaint in California urging local law enforcement to...
The Republican Party’s redistricting efforts are heating up as the Texas legislature pushes for new congressional maps. President Trump has said that Republicans are “entitled” to gain five additional House seats before the 2026 midterms, as the GOP hopes to retain its slim majority in the lower chamber. In response, dozens of Texas statehouse Democrats...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to end its new map feature on Instagram. In a letter, first obtained by NBC News, the bipartisan lawmakers argued that the new tool, which shares Instagram users' last active location with followers, could endanger children. "For years, we...
Rescheduling cannabis from its current Schedule I classification to Schedule III would allow for expanded medical research, restore common sense to federal drug policy, and support economic growth.
