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Bill Ackman jumps into NYC mayoral fight, says Sliwa must drop or ‘we are toast’

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman called on NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race on Friday, citing a Polymarket graph showing Mamdani with 90% odds to win.

The Bill Belichick trainwreck just keeps getting worse, and we all know who’s pulling the levers

Belichick won seven Super Bowl rings in New England with one mandate: no distractions....

Graham Platner tries to turn the page on his online comments

Graham Platner is trying to move on from the divisive online posts that threaten...

Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat

NEW YORK — The Vermont state senator involved in the hate-filled Young Republican group...

George Santos, Finally Free to Fly Like Butterflies

It’s a new day for everybody’s favorite lovable rogue, George.

Trump ‘can’t get over me,’ Comey told CNN before indictment

Former FBI Director James Comey told CNN in the months before his indictment that President Trump couldn’t “get over” him. “I often joke I’m the relationship that Trump can’t get over, wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about me and how I'm living my best life,” Comey said in a May 2025...

Iranian president: Trump’s actions could ‘set fire’ to Middle East

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Friday that the Trump administration’s actions could destabilize the Middle East amid deteriorating relations with the United States. “President Trump has said that his administration has come to create peace but the path that they have embarked upon will set fire to the entire region,” Pezeshkian said in an appearance...

Trump’s new tariffs plan raises more questions 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story  Trump’s new tariffs plan raises more questions  President Trump announced new pharmaceutical tariffs on Thursday, threatening a 100 percent tariff on companies who are not building pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in the U.S. beginning on Oct. 1. But...

Here’s who Trump has said should face charges

The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two counts Thursday, just days after President Trump signaled to Attorney General Pam Bondi that the department should prosecute more of the president’s political foes. In a Truth Social post last week, the president asked Bondi why Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and New...

Mikie Sherill’s military records cause a stir

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Mikie Sherill's military records cause a stir Top Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding an investigation into the release of former Rep. Mikie Sherill’s (D) military records weeks before New Jersey’s gubernatorial election.  Greg Nash The...

California AI efforts run up against GOP’s hands-off approach

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  California AI efforts run up against GOP's hands-off approach California state lawmakers have ramped up efforts to regulate AI in their latest session, putting the Golden State on a collision course with a Republican effort to impose a national ban on such policies. © Tayfun Coskun, Anadolu via...

Trump can’t tie disaster aid to immigration policy: Judge

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story  Trump can't tie disaster aid to immigration policy: judge A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies. © AP Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued terms and conditions...

ICE detains Des Moines school superintendent

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday detained the superintendent of Iowa's Des Moines Public Schools, who they say is living in the U.S. without authorization. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE’s parent agency, confirmed the arrest of Superintendent Ian Roberts, 54, in a Friday press release, stating that he received “a final...

Supreme Court lets Trump administration freeze billions in foreign aid

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to allow the Trump administration keep frozen billions of dollars in foreign aid that is set to expire next week, the latest turn in a lengthy legal saga over the congressionally appropriated funds. The emergency intervention came at the administration’s urging to lift a lower court’s ruling ordering it...

Google asks Supreme Court to block Play Store injunction in Epic Games case

Google on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court injunction requiring the company to make changes to its Google Play Store after Fortnite maker Epic Games challenged the app store’s practices and won.  The tech giant asked Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees emergency requests from the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of...

Trump cannot condition disaster and emergency grants on immigration policy, judge rules

A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies. Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued terms and conditions for federal grants, which state that grant recipients must coordinate and cooperate with immigration officials. Twenty Democrat-led states sued over the use...

Trump administration orders federal authorities to ignore California mask law

The Trump administration ordered federal authorities Friday to ignore new legislation in California banning law enforcement officers from wearing masks to conceal their identity.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last Saturday signed the bill — which is slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2026 — making face coverings of local, state and federal officials a...

DOGE put Social Security numbers on cloud server at risk of hacking: Senate Democrat

A report issued Thursday accuses the Department of Government Efficiency of putting millions of Americans’ personal information in an unsecured cloud server. Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the report describes “unprecedented privacy and cybersecurity risks” by the agency, which one whistleblower warned could end with every American needing to be issued a...

Nexstar, Sinclair to end blackout of Jimmy Kimmel

A pair of local TV news providers that since last week had preempted "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over comments the host made regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk will end their blackouts of the ABC show, the broadcasters announced Friday. Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair both said they would bring Kimmel back on their ABC affiliate...

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