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Pentagon probe into secret Signal chats on Houthi strikes set to drop Thursday as Hegseth faces scrutiny

Pentagon inspector general releases report on Trump officials using Signal app to share classified Yemen strike details, sparking security concerns.

Bondi blasts discrimination lawsuit from immigration judge: ‘Last time I checked, I’m a woman too’

The lawsuit accuses the Justice Department of illegally violating her protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as well as her First Amendment protections.

Trump admin targets anti-Christian violence with new visa crackdown policy following Nigeria attacks

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces policy allowing State Department to deny visas to individuals involved in religious freedom violations globally.

Former Labour PM Gordon Brown: Put the Brakes on Assisted Suicide in the U.K.

Thank you, Gordon Brown, who is absolutely right about the need for the West...

Senate Republicans unsure of next steps on health 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate Republicans unsure of next steps on health Senate Republicans successfully ended the longest government shutdown in American history without giving Democrats their main demand to extend tax subsidies meant to lower health premiums. They’re deeply divided on...

Trump scraps tariffs as food costs rise

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump rolls back tariffs on coffee, beef, other foods President Trump signed an executive order Friday that scrapped "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of food products. © Photo Credit The full list, released by the White House...

Mike Waltz paints Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ as ‘only path to secure Gaza’ without Hamas

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz penned a Friday op-ed lauding President Trump’s proposal for an international "Board of Peace" to reconstruct Gaza.  “The Board of Peace is the only path to a secure Gaza in which Palestinians can determine their own destiny, free from either terrorist rule or occupation,” he wrote in...

Archives releases first batch of Amelia Earhart records pledged by Trump

The federal government has begun releasing files related to the aviator Amelia Earhart after President Trump ordered their release in September.   The files include newly declassified material related to Earhart’s infamous final flight across the Pacific Ocean. According to a press release, the documents include reports, maps, messages and other materials tracing Earhart’s flight and...

Bipartisan group of senators calls for release of funding for low-income heating ‘immediately’

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Trump administration to “immediately” release funds aimed at helping low-income Americans heat and cool their homes. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 31 senators pressed for the release of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds. Most of...

USDA head says ‘everyone’ on SNAP will now have to reapply

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said the Trump administration is planning to have all Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries reapply for the program due to alleged fraud.  The secretary said after receiving data on SNAP recipients from 29 red states that "186,000 deceased men and women and children in this country are receiving...

Ghislaine Maxwell attorney says staffers at her prison fired after email leaked

An attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell denied that her client is seeking a commutation of her sentence and said prison staffers have been fired after leaking her emails to congressional Democrats. The statement comes after House Judiciary Committee Democrats released an email Maxwell sent to her lawyer with the subject line “commutation application.” Provided by a whistleblower, the...

4 hemp THC products that could be banned by Congress: Gummies, vapes, drinks and creams

A last-minute amendment slipped into the bill that ended the government shutdown has thrown the hemp industry and its consumers into a panic as popular products stand to be banned in a year’s time. The amendment, which is set to go in effect in a year, bans the sale of hemp products with over 0.4...

Data center backlash

{beacon} /a> Technology Technology   The Big Story Data centers encounter local pushback amid major growth At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. © Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press Research collected by Data Center Watch shows that residents and...

Tennessee Democrat suggests tearing down Trump ballroom if GOP loses in 2028

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said President Trump’s White House ballroom should be torn down if Democrats regain the Oval Office in 2028. “I don't think it would be a bad idea to tear it down,” Cohen told NBC News in an interview published Friday. “It’s this gigantic blob there that’s Donald Trump,” he added. Trump...

UFC fighter rejects White House cage match: ‘”Hunger Games” type of f‑‑‑ing s‑‑‑’

UFC fighter Brandon Royval slammed a series of cage matches set to take place at the White House next June, comparing the event to the dystopian book series “The Hunger Games.” “I don’t give a s‑‑‑ about fighting at the f‑‑‑ing White House," he said during a Monday appearance on the "In the Arena MMA"...

Former UVA president accuses DOJ of demanding his ouster under threat of funding cuts

James Ryan, the former president of the University of Virginia (UVA), has released a scathing 12-page letter detailing the events that led to his resignation over the summer, accusing the Department of Justice (DOJ) of threatening to pull funding if he did not leave.  The department previously denied advocating for his resignation, which came amid...

Coast Guard spots Russian ship 15 miles off Hawaii

The U.S. Coast Guard spotted and monitored a Russian military vessel that operated about 15 nautical miles off the coast of Hawaii late last month, the service branch announced Thursday.  The Kareliya, a Russian Vishnya-class intelligence ship, was detected and tracked Oct. 29 approximately 15 nautical miles south of Hawaii’s island of Oahu.  The Coast Guard...

Bondi puts weight of SDNY behind Epstein investigation of Democrats

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday tapped one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country to lead an investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's past involvement with prominent Democrats and institutions. Jay Clayton, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was selected to lead the probe that President Trump ordered...

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