The New York State Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) has been sued for using race-based eligibility rules that discriminate against white and Asian-American students, violating the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection.
A three-judge federal appeals panel on Friday allowed construction on President Trump's White House ballroom to go forward into June, a move that came one day after a federal judge limited the project to "below-ground construction." The panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted the Trump administration a stay of...
Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly slammed President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over their recent controversial comments about religion. The president received flak from some of his political base after he posted an AI-generated image of what appeared to be him as Jesus Christ on social media. He later took down the controversial image, claiming...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced that the Army crew that flew two AH‑64 Apache helicopters near singer Kid Rock’s Nashville, Tenn., estate over the weekend will not face disciplinary measures or an investigation. The military personnel had been suspended for their actions, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday, but that suspension...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Trump will address the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday night. “TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran,” Leavitt said in a Wednesday evening post on...
President Trump is mulling a deployment of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran to remove the country’s highly enriched uranium, a complex and dangerous operation that could take days to complete. The mission, which would likely involve elite special operations teams to extract radioactive material, would place U.S. personnel deep inside Iran, exposing them to the...
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is kicking off the American leg of what he called a “political and very topical” tour on Tuesday in Minneapolis, Minn. “The tour is going to be political and very topical about what’s going on in the country,” Springsteen said last Monday, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune, describing his “Land...
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at making it easier for people living in rural areas to buy homes, as affordability remains top of mind for lawmakers and voters heading into the midterms. The legislation, first reported by NBC News, would help nearly 30 million homebuyers qualify for rural housing assistance...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Health care ranks as top domestic concern in latest Gallup polling For the first time in more than five years, cost and access to health care ranked as the top domestic issue of concern in the latest polling...
President Trump looks to be edging toward ending the war on Iran, which is now in its fifth week. “We’ll be leaving very soon,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office late Tuesday afternoon. But it will be hard even for someone with Trump’s penchant for self-praise to claim victory unless some fundamental realities...
President Trump is escalating his feud with longtime U.S. allies over not helping secure the Strait of Hormuz as a part of his pressure campaign to enlist other countries to take responsibility for the critical shipping lane. Trump singled out the U.K. in a Truth Social post Tuesday directed at countries unable to get to...
President Trump said Tuesday that the United States will leave Iran within two to three weeks, a longer deadline than the four to six weeks the administration has been saying. “I would say within two weeks, maybe three,” Trump said in the Oval Office during an executive order signing. “We’re hitting them very hard. Last...
A group of people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the federal government on Friday, alleging that police officers used excessive force to crack down on the riot. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Middle District of Florida’s Ocala Division, alleges that Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers...
A U.S. Marine was detained at Palm Springs International Airport on Monday after authorities said airport security personnel discovered a live explosive round in his checked baggage. The ordnance, later confirmed to be a live 25 mm explosive round, was found by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel in the individual’s checked baggage during the screening...
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that would crack down on mail-in voting across the country. The order will require newly appointed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, aided by the Social Security Administration, to create a list of verified U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote, according to a fact sheet...
