Department of Homeland Security shutdown persists as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands ICE reforms following fatal Minnesota shootings, while Republicans reject changes.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that President Trump remains intent on acquiring Greenland. "I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He’s very serious about this," Frederiksen said at the Munich Security Conference, according to the BBC. Throughout December and January, the president raised his view that the U.S....
Law enforcement is responding to reports of an active shooter at a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan Monday evening after multiple people were shot, sources told Nexstar's WPIX.
Senate Democrats received a massive shot in the arm on Monday as former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced he is a go for the state’s high-stakes Senate race, delivering the party its biggest recruiting victory of the cycle and the hope that it could lead to more in the coming months. Speculation surrounding...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European Union over the weekend, calling it “fake.” The trade deal sets tariffs on European goods at 15 percent, half the rate that Trump had previously threatened on the continent. In exchange, the EU has pledged to buy...
An ad campaign from American Eagle featuring actress Sydney Sweeney has sparked backlash over what users on social media have deemed racist undertones — or overtones, some say. Much of the criticism has swirled around the campaign’s title: “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” a play on “good genes.” “Genes are passed down from parents to...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he is working to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which is aimed at compensating people who have been injured by vaccines. “The VICP is broken, and I intend to fix it. I will not allow the VICP to continue to ignore its...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Medicaid funding temporarily restored to Planned Parenthood After a federal judge indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a provision of the new tax cut and spending law that would cut off Medicaid funding from many Planned Parenthood...
President Trump will conclude his four-day trip to his ancestral homeland of Scotland on Tuesday. The final engagement on Trump’s official schedule before his return is the opening of a new golf course, in memory of his late mother, in Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland. That’s a fitting conclusion to a trip that...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a New York county clerk for refusing to file a judgment and court summons against a doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion medication to a woman in Texas. Paxton’s office has submitted a petition seeking a writ of mandamus to force Ulster County...
The State Department on Monday said it would not participate in an initiative from France and Saudi Arabia at the United Nations supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, criticizing the summit as harmful to ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the U.N. two-state solution conference...
A group of attorneys bringing a class-action lawsuit against “Alligator Alcatraz” say detainees at the Florida facility have been denied the ability to meet with legal representation and that lawyers have been unable to contact their clients or find the proper venue to contest their detentions in court. The immigration attorneys argued in federal court...
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said Monday he will oppose “any” support for Israel amid the hunger crisis in Gaza. “I am through supporting the actions of the current Israeli government and will advocate—and vote—for an end to any United States support whatsoever until there is a demonstrable change in the direction of Israeli policy,” King...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Democrats should approach transgender rights, including eligibility requirements for trans athletes, “with compassion” during an interview aired early Monday with NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Buttigieg, who confirmed in May that he is weighing a bid for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination after passing on a Senate run in Michigan, was asked about...
