The “billionaire tax” is a bad socialist idea that is already centuries old. In fact, the first warning about the tax came 200 years ago from a French traveler...
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico on Monday ordered government employees to avoid the border city of Reynosa amid reports of “violent criminal activity.” In a security alert, the embassy noted that its consulate in Matamoros, Mexico, has “received reports of violent criminal activity including roadblocks” in Reynosa. U.S. government employees have been “ordered to avoid...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Federal regulator faces off against states over prediction market rules The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois over the states’ efforts to place restrictions on prediction markets operating within their borders, underscoring the escalating fight between state and federal regulators over the platforms...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases. “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves,” Hegseth said in a video posted on social platform X. Hegseth said his memo directs installation commanders...
A voice actor on the popular animation series “Bob’s Burgers” was seriously injured after crashing his vehicle into a toll plaza in New Hampshire on Tuesday, according to New Hampshire State Police. Eugene Mirman, 51, was traveling northbound on the Everett Turnpike shortly before noon on March 31 when he struck the Bedford Toll Plaza....
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired the technology streaming show "TPBN" in a surprise move for Silicon Valley. The acquisition was announced online by both brands Thursday, though no official cost for the deal was disclosed. OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo said in a blog post the decision comes after the company mulled...
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the U.S.'s "import reliance" as reason for the decision. "I have determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate on the import of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical...
A federal law requiring presidents to preserve and hand over presidential records to the government at the conclusion of their term is unconstitutional, according to a legally nonbinding Justice Department opinion. The 52-page opinion, first reported by Axios, found that the Presidential Records Act of 1978 exceeds congressional authority and “unconstitutionally intrudes on the...
President Trump revamped his tariffs on steel, copper and aluminum in an executive order Thursday to ensure that they align with the “full value” of the imported metals. The value is based on the amount the U.S. pays for the import, not how much it cost to produce in its country of origin. A senior...
The Trump administration lifted sanctions on acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Treasury Department This move follows the extradition of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a U.S. military operation earlier this year. Maduro and his wife were captured and transported to New York where they face drug trafficking charges. The...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sounded new warnings about Russia's intelligence sharing with Iran in an exclusive interview with The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. Zelensky, in his first remarks since President Trump’s Wednesday night address, provided insight on how Ukraine is helping the U.S. in its war against Iran, praised U.S. air defenses and shed more...
The U.S. Embassy in Iraq on Thursday warned Americans in the Middle East to "leave now" as U.S.-Israeli attacks on and retaliatory strikes from Iran intensify and days after an American journalist in Iraq was kidnapped by an Iran-backed militia group. The embassy based in Baghdad warned in a statement that "Iraqi terrorist militia groups...
Sydney Gruters, the wife of Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters, launched her campaign on Thursday for the House seat in Florida’s 16th Congressional District. “As a working mother of three, I see firsthand how much pressure rising prices are putting on families across Southwest Florida,” she said in a release. “From groceries and...
Join The Hill's editors on a deep dive into Republicans' effort to bring an end to the record-long Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. They will also discuss GOP lawmakers' plans for a new budget reconciliation bill and provide analysis after President Trump's Wednesday evening address about the conflict in Iran. The panel includes The...
