A federal judge shot down FBI Director Kash Patel's attempt to move his bureau's headquarters down the street to the Ronald Reagan Building, saying he broke laws governing site selection.
A poll released earlier this month claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a wide lead over Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in the city's mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it. Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday quipped that she "can't remember the last time" she saw someone wear President Trump's trademark MAGA hat. The former lawmaker shared a post on the social platform X showing a billboard that read "Trump Superstore," with an adjacent sign saying that it was "going out of business."...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday urged the Trump administration to tell Israel to protect Palestinians being attacked by "lawbreaking settlers" in the West Bank. "The ongoing siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank by violent, lawbreaking settlers is unacceptable. Enough," Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. "The Trump administration must...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Wednesday evening canceled a scheduled meeting to consider the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department amid opposition from some GOP senators on the panel. “Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump’s nominees up for success in committee, not failure. Senators Cornyn...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday he is launching a probe into Dr. Anthony Fauci after the longtime health official invoked the Fifth Amendment 100-plus times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. “Fauci's lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable,” Uthmeier wrote on social platform X. “My office is launching an investigation...
A man has been found guilty in a federal terrorism prosecution tied to the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie four years ago, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ said in a Wednesday press release that 28-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, N.J. had been convicted by a federal jury of trying to give...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Fauci answers no questions during 3-hour Senate hearing Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, refused to answer any questions during a Senate hearing Wednesday, invoking his Fifth Amendment right....
Oil prices were back higher on Wednesday as U.S.-Iran tensions escalate again. As of late Wednesday afternoon, international benchmark Brent crude was trading at about $91 per barrel, up from as low as about $83 earlier this week. That price is still well below the pre-ceasefire highs and prices last week, which reached as high as $101 per...
Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady again despite continued inflation pressure. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1,153.18 points, or 2.19 percent, for its worst decline since April 2025 — when President Trump unveiled his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. The S&P dipped by 1.52 percent, falling to 7,316.15...
Anthony Fauci, the former COVID czar, is set to face a contempt vote in a Senate panel next week after he asserted his Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing about his response to the pandemic. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said it was an open question whether Fauci, who...
President Trump brushed off concerns that Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) could hold up acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination in the Senate on Wednesday, saying he heard the process is going “quite nicely. "I don't know what it is, but I haven't heard that there's a problem. I've heard he's going through quite nicely," Trump...
President Trump announced a $22 billion makeover for Dulles International Airport Wednesday that includes new terminals and will do away with the airport's infamous “people mover” shuttles. "Whether you're Republican or Democrat, you don't want to be subjected to this airport. It's a terrible place to be," Trump said in the Oval Office surrounded by...
Indie singer Noah Kahan slammed President Trump on Tuesday over the use of his song “American Cars” in a recent Instagram post by the White House. “Would never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration,” Kahan said in the comments. “Made in America is BACK,” the White House captioned...
President Trump on Wednesday issued a new demand for lawmakers to amend a Russia sanctions bill and grant him authorities to tariff Iran, likely complicating the legislation's path forward as it heads to a vote in the House. Democrats, while largely supporting the legislation, have already raised concerns about the expansive tariff powers it grants...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he’d asked President Trump for a “winter package” consisting of 300 Patriot interceptors to fend off the Kremlin amid Kyiv's war with Russia. The request follows Trump’s approval for Ukraine to manufacture its own interceptors earlier this month. However, Zelensky said the process would take too long. "We...
GIFFORDS, a gun violence prevention advocacy group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), called for Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) to resign Wednesday over allegations that he had domestically abused his ex-wife. Miller, who is running for reelection, has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks amid a contentious legal battle with his ex-wife, Emily...
