As the first year of President Donald Trump's second term comes to a close, two new polls from the Pew Research Center find that Hispanic adults are increasingly unhappy with the way his administration is handling the economy and immigration, issues that were key for voters during last year's election.
As part of a Trump diplomatic team that features heavyweights like Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff, it's easy to overlook Dan Driscoll, who at 38 is the youngest secretary of the Army in the nation's history.
The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a "sacred" memorial site by 2030, the new owner announced.
The Trump administration plans a review of all refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year.
Former White House senior adviser David Axelrod on Thursday found himself in agreement with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over the Democratic victories seen across the country in Tuesday's elections. "Well, I'm in the kind of astonishing position of saying I agree with every word that Marjorie Taylor Greene said," Axelrod told CNN's Kaitlan Collins...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed Thursday it had been hacked, saying it was taking action to contain the fallout. “The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward,” CBO spokesperson...
Tesla shareholders on Thursday approved a new trillion-dollar pay package for CEO Elon Musk. The package — to which more than 75 percent of shareholders agreed — grants Musk about 423 million shares in the electric vehicle (EV) maker, which would be worth nearly $1 trillion if the company reaches a series of milestones as...
A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday slammed immigration officers’ use of force on members of the media and protesters, issuing an extensive injunction preventing federal law enforcement officers from continuing to use constraints. “I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in an oral ruling from...
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said he believes the Republican Party is beginning to move away from President Trump, citing pockets of dissent within the party and the recent poor performances of GOP candidates in downballot races. “In politics, migrations rarely happen all at once. They start quietly — one or two members of a...
All 50 states have submitted applications for their share of a $50 billion pot of money to transform rural health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz said Thursday. Wednesday was the deadline for states to submit a detailed application for the first tranche of the five-year fund created to help rural...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments for November despite the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell rejected the administration’s plan to provide partial payments without tapping additional funds, saying it failed to comply with his previous order. “This is a problem that...
The man who slung a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., and was unwittingly transformed into an opposition symbol of President Trump’s local crime crackdown has been found not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a trial. A jury handed down the not guilty verdict Thursday against Sean Dunn, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee who hurled a hoagie after confronting a group of officers patrolling a popular nightlife area of the nation’s capital. The acquittal marks an...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is publicly criticizing the party to secure "the big interview" with media outlets ahead of the midterm elections. “I’m not unaccustomed to hearing criticism from Marjorie. We have intense fellowship as we say in the Deep South, Stephen. And she knows I’ve...
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials will brief reporters Thursday afternoon on the NTSB's probe of a deadly plane crash in Kentucky earlier this week that left 12 people dead, including at least one child. A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, after its left wing...
President Trump said Thursday he was glad former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was retiring from Congress at the end of her term, deriding her as an "evil woman." "I think she's an evil woman. I'm glad she's retiring. I think she did the country a great service by retiring," Trump told reporters in the Oval...
Multiple airlines are offering refunds and free flight changes to passengers whose travel plans have been impacted by restrictions amid the record-breaking government shutdown. Bryan Bedford, head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said Wednesday that the agency will reduce capacity by 10 percent at 40 “high-traffic” airports around the country starting Friday morning. The...
President Trump on Thursday will welcome Kazakhstan into the Abraham Accords, the agreements centered around normalizing ties with Israel, two sources confirmed to The Hill. Israel and Kazakhstan have had diplomatic relations since 1992, and it's not clear what benefit Astana will get from joining the accords — although it provides a forum for greater cooperation...
