The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting suspect reportedly wrote a chilling anti-Trump manifesto in which he assails the president as a "traitor" and "pedophile" and details his desire to kill administration officials.
Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters on Sunday blamed the political left for the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner, calling the attack "the inevitable result of a radicalized left that has normalized political violence."
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche cited the chaos of Saturday night's shooting in a blunt message to Congress: Stop "playing games" with funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. rode to the rescue of illegal immigrant Dreamers six years ago, ruling that President Trump's attempt to roll back the Obama-era DACA program broke the rules.
Rep. Ro Khanna on Sunday called for a bipartisan commission to address political violence in the United States after gunfire broke out Saturday night at White House correspondents' dinner.
Former late-night host David Letterman responded to ABC taking comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the air on Wednesday night, hammering President Trump’s administration for purportedly creating “managed media.” “And then my good friend Jimmy Kimmel. I just, I feel bad about this because we all see where this is going, correct? It’s managed media and it’s...
The Senate is expected to vote on a pair of stopgap spending packages on Friday as lawmakers seek a way to avert a government shutdown ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline. Early in the day, the House is set to vote and potentially pass the GOP’s seven-week “clean” continuing resolution, sending it over to the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story House Republicans plan to jam Senate with spending bill House GOP leaders are telling members that the chamber may not return until after Oct. 1 after passing a short term funding stopgap in a move that...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr on Thursday said it may be “worthwhile” to consider investigating ABC’s “The View” amid controversy about late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s firing. “I would assume you could make the argument that ‘The View’ is a bona fide news show, but I'm not so sure about that,” Carr said...
Democrats on Capitol Hill are fuming after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel over comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and are accusing Republicans of backing censorship and trampling on the First Amendment. Democrats are directing their ire in particular at Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr, who applauded the suspension,...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is moving to shut down a major organ procurement organization amid actions to reform the nation’s organ transplant system. The HHS said an investigation uncovered “years of unsafe practices, poor training, chronic underperformance, understaffing, and paperwork errors.” If completed, the move would mark the first...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Key Republican raises concerns about TikTok deal Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns Wednesday about the ongoing reliance of a potential TikTok spinoff on an algorithm from its China-based parent company as the Trump administration nears a deal on...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced on Thursday that it will help support California’s redistricting ballot measure by directing their organizing team toward mobilization efforts ahead of the November election. The DNC said it will employ a 41,000-person volunteer team to encourage Californians to get involved in the election effort. These volunteers will be involved...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Anna Gomez on Thursday said the Trump administration, via the FCC, is "weaponizing its licensing authority in order to bring broadcasters to heel." "I see this as a part of this administration's campaign of censorship and control," Gomez, who was appointed by former President Biden, said at the Axios Media...
Senate Republicans confirmed four dozen of President Trump’s nominees Thursday, the first tranche of his stalled choices to get over the finish line after the GOP changed the chamber’s rules last week to break a months-long blockade put up by the Democrats. After weeks of warnings, Republicans late last week pulled the trigger on the...
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn expressed confidence the newspaper will defeat a defamation suit brought by President Trump this week. "He's wrong on the facts, he's wrong on the law. And we'll fight it and we'll win," Kahn said at an Axios Media Trends Live event on Thursday. Asked if The Times would...
