Washington, D.C. has experienced a surge in violent crime, with the homicide rate reaching a 20-year high, prompting President Trump to declare a crime emergency and deploy the National Guard to restore order.
President Trump called Wednesday for the resignation of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook following allegations by the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that she committed mortgage fraud. FHFA Director William Pulte wrote on social media platform X Wednesday morning that Cook had designated two of her houses as her primary residences. “Lisa...
More than 750 current and former staff of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop "spreading inaccurate health information" and do more to protect public health professionals in the wake of a shooting at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
A fire was reported aboard the amphibious USS New Orleans (LPD-18) on Wednesday off the coast of Okinawa. “Crews are responding to a fire aboard USS New Orleans this afternoon, Aug. 20, which is in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan,” a Navy statement to USNI read. “We will provide more details as they become available.”...
Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Mexico over alleged cartel ties and faces weapons charges in the country, Trump the administration announced. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to The Hill that Chavez Jr., the son of legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., was...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) lead over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the state’s Senate primary is narrowing, according to a new survey from Texas Southern University's Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center survey. The poll showed Paxton holding a five-point lead among likely primary voters, 44 percent to 39 percent, in a...
Redistricting takes center stage on Wednesday, with California and Texas state lawmakers set to consider their efforts to gerrymander congressional districts to benefit Democrats in the West and Republicans in the Lone Star State. California Republicans have sued the state to stop the effort. Meanwhile, Newsom's social media trolling of Trump is racking up kudos...
If that happens, it will neutralize the federal government’s ability to combat climate change and enforce laws intended to protect America’s wellbeing.
President Trump said Tuesday that it would be “better” if Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met without him first as Trump pushes the leaders to bring an end to the more than three-year-long war in Eastern Europe. The president, who has pushed for a three-way summit with Zelensky and Putin, said...
President Trump is bringing in backup at the FBI, installing a staunch legal ally in a newly created leadership post. Andrew Bailey, Missouri’s attorney general, is joining the Justice Department as co-deputy director of the FBI — a position he’ll hold alongside Dan Bongino, a longtime backer of the president whose role in the administration...
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) criticized President Trump for claiming to be a war hero in the wake of the Iran strikes, arguing it is offensive to those who have served in combat. "Yeah. I mean, look, this is just nuts. This is nuts. And they‘re going to find — his people are going...
