A federal appeals court ruled that the Department of Homeland Security can lawfully detain illegal immigrants nationwide without bond hearings, delivering a major legal win for the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policy.
Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda.
Police arrested at least several demonstrators Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman's death at the hands of an immigration officer.
More Americans are interested in watching Bad Bunny perform in Sunday's Super Bowl's halftime show than Turning Point USA’s Kid Rock-headlined alternative concert, according to a new poll. The YouGov America survey, released Friday, found that 35 percent of respondents prefer the Puerto Rican star’s halftime show, compared to the 28 percent who favor the...
A former congressional staffer was arrested Friday and charged with stealing roughly 240 government cell phones, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced Monday. The former staffer, 43-year-old Christopher Southerland, was a system administrator for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from April 2020 until July 2023 — a role which authorized him to order...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will travel to Denmark in the wake of a recent push by President Trump to acquire Greenland, which is a Danish territory. The group includes Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), as well as Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Madeleine...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that there is no "timeline" for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, but she said it was a “priority.” “[President Trump] has not set a timeline but it’s definitely a priority for him,” Leavitt told reporters at the White House. “I think the president was very clear...
Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, on Monday became the latest Republican in Congress to speak out against the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In a statement Monday, Hill called the Justice Department probe “an unnecessary distraction,” as he underscored his confidence in Powell’s integrity. "I've known...
Sen. Mark Kelly sued the Defense Department on Monday after Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to censure the Arizona Democrat over a viral video urging servicemembers to disobey illegal orders from this fall. “His unconstitutional crusade against me sends a chilling message to every retired member of the military: if you speak out and say something...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday over efforts to censure the senator and lower his retirement rank after he participated in a video calling on service members to reject unlawful orders. Kelly argues the Pentagon’s bid to reduce his retirement rank and military pension would “trample on protections” the Constitution lays out for legislative independence, contending the executive branch has never...
Sen. John Cornyn's (R-Texas) campaign announced on Monday that the senator had hauled in more than $7 million between October and December of 2025 as the senior Texas senator fends off two Republicans in a contested primary. Cornyn’s campaign said the funding burst over the fourth quarter of 2025 came from a combination of his...
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) introduced a bill on Monday that would allow members of Congress to hold onto stocks they already own but ban them from buying new ones. The bill, dubbed the “Stop Insider Trading Act,” prevents lawmakers, their spouses and their dependent children from “purchasing a security issued by a...
President Trump has signed an executive order to protect American workers and retirees from proxy advisors who prioritize political agendas over financial returns.
President Trump will meet with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday, a White House official told The Hill. Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity that he would be meeting with Machado this week. “Well, I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the Senate should halt all of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Reserve because of the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing it threatened the independence of the central bank. She also argued Trump is seeking to put a "sock puppet" in place of...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went on CNN to defend the actions of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Noem insisted the Trump administration is committed to enforcing the law evenly. But the more she talked, the harder that claim was to believe. Noem repeatedly alleged that Good was...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called for a congressional investigation into the Justice Department after the Trump administration announced a probe into the Federal Reserve, calling the move an attempt to coerce the central bank to lower rates. Murkowski said she spoke with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday morning and threw her weight behind...
