The FBI on Monday said it was "not aware of any continued communication between" Nancy Guthrie's family and her suspected kidnappers, with a reported ransom deadline having already passed. "For more than a week, FBI agents, analysts, and professional staff have worked around the clock to reunite Nancy Guthrie with her family,” the bureau said...
Cuba warned of an aircraft fuel shortage amid tensions with the U.S., according to a new report. According to a Sunday report from Spanish news outlet EFE, two sources told the outlet that the Cuban government has advised international airlines flying to the Caribbean country that the island will be out of fuel on Monday...
Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines and knock out power for days, while many northern states all the way to New England could see enough snow to make travel nearly impossible, forecasters say.
President Trump said the Republican Party has “a good bench” of potential candidates to run for the White House in 2028, but he declined to name an early favorite to run as his successor. In an interview that aired Wednesday evening on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Trump was asked whether he thinks there’s a likely GOP candidate who could carry on his...
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify Thursday morning before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations of President Trump during the Biden administration. The public hearing comes after Smith sat for a more than seven-hour closed door deposition with the panel last month, when he asserted that he would still choose to bring charges against Trump...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hear testimony from health insurance executives Thursday morning as premiums skyrocket following the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. The tax credits — which helped keep insurance costs low for struggling Americans — were at the heart of the record 43-day lapse in government funding last year....
After less than a day of deliberation, the jury has returned a verdict of not guilty in the trial of former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales for his role in the 2022 school shooting at Robb Elementary.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) expressed concern after President Trump’s behavior Wednesday, after the president confused Greenland and Iceland multiple times during a speech earlier in the day. “The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways,” Ocasio-Cortez told Migrant Insider’s Pablo Manríquez on Capitol Hill. Earlier Wednesday, Trump mistook the two islands for each...
Republican disputes over year-round ethanol sales and other proposed amendments delayed advancement of a package government funding bill on Wednesday. The House Rules Committee ended an extended recess on Wednesday evening as Republicans who control the panel considered which amendments to make in order on bills to fund the departments of Defense, Health and Human...
The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled revisions to the regulatory process for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit applications on Wednesday. Under the changes, eligible applicants can apply for and obtain an exploration license while simultaneously applying for a commercial recovery...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) told CNN he is seriously considering running for president in 2028. “I still think it needs to be the right person for the moment, and we don’t know what that moment is yet,” he said in a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday. The retired astronaut and Navy officer is embroiled in a...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump backs off on military force in Greenland, agrees to ‘framework’ deal President Trump on Wednesday said he would not use military force to acquire Greenland and that he’s reached the framework of a deal with...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump to ice new tariffs after Greenland truce President Trump said Wednesday that he’s reached the framework of a deal with NATO on the future of Greenland and will not impose tariffs he previously threatened on...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily lifted restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers’ tactics against protesters in Minnesota, days after another judge ordered agency personnel to cease retaliating against peaceful demonstrators. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, located in St. Louis, Mo., granted the Trump administration its motion for...
