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Harris admits Biden ‘got tired,’ denies ‘conspiracy’ to hide mental decline

Vice President Kamala Harris revealed President Joe Biden's fatigue at 81 and called Democrats reckless for leaving reelection decision to him in new book.

Baltimore residents reject narrative from city leaders about violent crime dropping: ‘Not going low’

Baltimore residents described feeling unsafe amid drug deals, shootings and property crimes, despite local Maryland officials citing historic crime reductions.

Elon Musk agrees with JD Vance on the ‘big lie the Democrats told about violent crime’

Business tycoon Elon Musk agreed with Vice President JD Vance who wrote that the bulk "of violent crime is committed by a very small group of people and we should be throwing them in prison."

Legal experts predict Trump will win National Guard battle despite federal judge ruling

Trump faces legal challenges over National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, but the president is threatening similar action in Chicago, New York and other cities.

Supreme Court rightly rules for immigration enforcement in Los Angeles

The Supreme Court has been forced, once again, to step in and overturn an injunction issued by a Biden-appointed lower-court judge, this time in Los Angeles, where open-borders activists sought to ban virtually all immigration enforcement in Southern California. Justice Brett Kavanaugh took the unusual step of offering a concurrence shedding light on the majority’s […]

Abrego Garcia pushes to toss criminal charges he says amount to ‘vindictive’ prosecution

Mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia is moving to dismiss his criminal case in Tennessee, arguing he was the subject of a vindictive and selective prosecution by the Trump administration. The motion is filed by those who feel they have been unfairly singled out by prosecutors and charged when others similarly situated would not have...

Noem: Trump wants border wall painted black so it is too hot to climb

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that President Trump wants the U.S.-Mexico border wall to be painted black so that it would be too hot for migrants to climb over.  “Now, if you look at the structure that's behind me, it's tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also...

Trump White House launches TikTok account

The Trump administration launched its first TikTok account Tuesday as the fate of the social media app in the U.S. remains unclear. "Every day I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation," President Trump says in the first video shared to the account. "I am your voice."...

Trump eyes Intel stake

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump administration weighs Intel stake The Trump administration is considering taking a stake in Intel as a means of boosting the struggling U.S. chipmaker, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday. © Luis M. Alvarez, Associated Press Lutnick indicated the money for the stake would come from previously allocated Biden-era funding....

House Republican calls for ‘action’ from Johnson to end redistricting

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) called for “action” from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) amid a redistricting battle in his state. Johnson on Monday had gone after California Democrats’ proposed House map and said he was taking measures to halt the new congressional lines. “Democrats across the nation have played politics with redistricting for decades, and...

Pediatric group bucks RFK Jr. on kids’ COVID shots

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Pediatric group bucks RFK Jr. on kids' COVID-19 shots In a shift away from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s stance on widespread COVID vaccinations, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that parents...

IRS wrongfully fired thousands, watchdog finds

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump admin broke rules with IRS firings: watchdog The IRS broke its own rules when it fired thousands of employees earlier this year on the orders of the Trump administration, the Treasury Department found last week....

Gabbard strips security clearances of 37 intelligence officials, including many with Biden ties

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence officials, sharing the list in a move that prompted swift criticism that the Trump administration was politicizing clearances. Among those on the list are several Biden administration officials, including Maher Bitar, who joined the National Security Council (NSC) after...

USDA cutting off support for renewables

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Agriculture seeks to stop funding solar, wind The Agriculture Department is curtailing its support for solar and wind energy on farmlands. © Greg Nash In a Monday post on the social media platform X, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department “will no longer deploy programs to fund solar...

Trump cancels Bedminster vacation to work on Ukraine-Russia talks

President Trump canceled his August vacation to his Bedminster resort to work on talks to end the Ukraine-Russia war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. Leavitt said Trump considered continuing peace talks while at his New Jersey golf resort but decided to stay at the White House instead. “This is normally the time...

Novo Nordisk, GoodRx selling Ozempic at half cost for customers paying cash

Novo Nordisk and GoodRx announced a partnership this week to sell products Ozempic and Wegovy at half their normal cost to patients who pay for the medications with cash. Starting this week, customers will be able to buy a month's supply of Novo Nordisk's semaglutide pen products for $499 through GoodRx. The list price for...

North Carolina building explodes after car strikes gas line, video shows

An explosion at a building in Wilmington, North Carolina, sent a tower of smoke and debris into the sky on Tuesday, video of the incident shows.

Malaria case in New Jersey resident who hasn’t traveled under investigation

New Jersey health officials said they are investigating what could be the state’s first locally acquired case of malaria in more than three decades. The New Jersey departments of Health and Environmental Protection announced Monday they are looking into a case of malaria reported in a Morris County, N.J., resident who has no recent history...

Mexico: No border enforcement collaboration deal with DEA

Related video: Fighting Drones: In Battle, On The Border – And In Your Backyard Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said law enforcement officers would not be cross-collaborating with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) “Project Portero” targeting narcotic smugglers. “The DEA put out a statement yesterday saying that there is an agreement with the...

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