Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), the GOP nominee for Florida governor, said Sunday he is “working” with leaders in Haiti to stabilize the country, after the temporary protected status (TPS) of more than 300,000 Haitians migrants in the U.S. expired. “I've actually had meetings with the transitional government and the ambassador for the transitional government,” Donalds...
Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Sunday warned against banning data centers, citing implications for the U.S. in the artificial intelligence race to outpace China. “There's been a push from some states where they're talking about a statewide moratorium and what I've found is that most of this country wants to make...
Former Vice President Mike Pence and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday stressed the importance of Ukraine having the capabilities to deter Russian ballistic missile strikes. During an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Pence said Russian forces have “shifted” to using high-arcing ballistic missiles and cruise missiles to strike Ukraine. Those weapons require Patriot...
Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is set to be under the microscope for a tough Senate hearing on Wednesday, just days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the weekend leading up to the hearing before the Senate...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy eyes nuclear waste deal with five states The Trump administration is eyeing five states that could accept nuclear waste, disposal of which has been a longtime issue with nuclear power. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein The Energy Department said Tuesday that it signed memorandums of...
New York Times opinion journalist Ross Douthat is reportedly set to join CBS News and "60 Minutes" as a correspondent. Douthat, a columnist at the Times and one of the leading voices of its opinion section, is reportedly one of a handful of new journalists who will join CBS ahead of the new season of...
A new analysis released Tuesday shows corporate boardroom diversity among S&P 500 companies has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. The analysis from global advisory search firm Spencer Stuart found that diverse board appointments among S&P 500 companies have been on the decline since 2021 when it peaked at 72 percent....
A federal judge in Houston ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday to release a man who witnessed federal immigration officers fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison wrote that the continued detention of Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego constitutes an “unconstitutional deprivation” of his liberty. Ellison,...
Voters in Georgia's 13th Congressional District are at the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill late Rep. David Scott's (D) seat. Scott passed away in April at age 80, leaving the seat in the blue stronghold open for the first time since 2002. The late Georgia Democrat's daughter Marcye Scott is competing to...
Republican voters in South Dakota will once again head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on a heated gubernatorial primary runoff. Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) is vying for a full term leading the Mount Rushmore State against Republican businessman Toby Doeden. Neither candidate secured over half of the vote in a June 2 primary to avoid runoff....
President Trump on Tuesday said a teen lifeguard who saved a child from roaring waves in Santa Cruz, Calif. will be given the “highest civilian honor.” “We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor,” Trump...
President Trump’s former teleprompter operator, who bet on his speeches, is no longer working in the federal government. A White House official confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday that Gabriel Perez was no longer employed in the government. Earlier this month, the prediction market platform Kalshi announced it flagged suspicious trades on Trump’s speeches to...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) filled in as guest host on former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s primetime show at the pro-MAGA network One America News (OAN). The Monday night broadcast featured Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), election lawyer Cleta Mitchell, comedian Rob Schneider, Citizens Alliance CEO Cliff Maloney and Christian singer and songwriter Sean Feucht. A promo...
In years’ worth of journal entries, Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the origins of COVID-19, the media attention he received during the pandemic and his “unique” relationship with President Trump. The office of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released the entries, which Fauci wrote while he led the National Institute of Allergy and...
