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Cowardly politicians still can’t bring themselves to acknowledge biological reality, and it’s putting women at risk

In 2025, some Democrats are still too cowardly to say that biological men don't belong in women's spaces and sports. In fact, they want to act like it simply...

Smoking gun: Gavin Newsom’s ‘Plant Police’ set the stage for deadly Palisades fire

New policies on state parkland appear to have barred local firefighters from fully extinguishing an...

Brad Lander’s last (we hope) lunacy: a ‘climate’ hissy fit

Heading out of office on a characteristically pathetic note, city Comptroller Brad Lander mounted...

Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

House GOP eyes bill to add citizenship question to census

House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said Friday that his committee will take up a bill to add a citizenship question to the 2030 census.

New York Times editorial measures Trump’s shift toward autocracy

The New York Times published a project Friday outlining what its editorial board argued is an alarming shift toward authoritarianism by President Trump during the first 10 months of his second administration. "The clearest sign that a democracy has died is that a leader and his party make it impossible for their opponents to win...

NASA tests low-volume supersonic jet that could slash air travel time

NASA and Lockheed Martin debuted their first test run of a low-volume supersonic jet that’s expected to allow air passengers to travel faster than the speed of sound.   The X-59 aircraft soared Tuesday from Lockheed Martin’s facility in Palmdale, Calif., to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Kern County, Calif. The plane, after departing, makes...

Live updates: Trump calls for Senate to discard filibuster, reopen government; SNAP benefits at risk

President Trump said late Thursday that the Senate should get rid of the filibuster so it could pass the government funding bill with a simple majority. “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get...

Cannabis use may boost tobacco addiction risk in young Americans, study finds

New research from UC San Diego found that cannabis use among youth may be responsible for 13% of new cases of regular tobacco use in the US, suggesting that cannabis use should be considered a major risk factor for later tobacco addiction.

Raising deposit insurance limits will leave taxpayers on the hook

Expanding deposit insurance to subsidize smaller midsized banks doesn’t reduce risk: It transfers it to taxpayers. 

Hegseth tells China’s defense chief US will ‘stoutly defend its interests’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday told China’s defense minister that the U.S. will “stoutly defend its interests” in the Indo-Pacific region. Hegseth said emphasized “the importance of maintaining a balance of power” in the region in his discussions with Chinese admiral Dong Jun, which took place on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast...

Mamdani is untested and unserious — he should be unelectable  

Zohran Mamdani is not a serious person. How do we know? Because, with just a few days to go before Election Day, he has not expressed his views on New York City ballot proposals two through four, which strike at the heart of the “affordability crisis” he pretends is central to his campaign. I say “pretends”...

Gambling raid, ICE arrests show how Idaho’s local news lost touch with its community

When reporting so dramatically diverges from the deeply held values of a community, it erodes trust not only in the press but in society itself.

Kamala was right: Timing matters 

We live in a 24-hour news cycle, where every hour of silence becomes its own story, every delay spawns a thousand hot takes, and every vacuum gets filled. 

Whole Hog Politics: What’s at stake for Trump’s agenda on Tuesday 

On Tuesday, the first act in the story of Donald Trump’s remarkable political resurrection comes to a close. The statewide contests in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as some other races around the country, put us at the one-year mark since Trump’s 2024 victory and give us the first straight-up contest between the parties...

Tensions mount as SNAP deadline set to hit

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ SNAP deadline imminent ▪ Trump draws questions with nuclear test move ▪ Dems’ redistricting response progresses ▪ Prince Andrew to lose royal title Tensions are rising in both parties as more than 40 million low-income Americans are poised to go without grocery assistance starting...

Home prices post weakest gain in more than 2 years

Home prices are now rising at roughly half the pace of inflation.

DC Mayor Bowser says residents will receive SNAP, WIC benefits in November

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Thursday said the city will fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the separate program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for the month of November amid the government shutdown. “We know that SNAP and WIC play a critical role in helping thousands of Washingtonians, and millions of Americans,...

Trump calls on Republicans to use ‘nuclear option’ and get rid of Senate filibuster

President Trump on Thursday called on Senate Republicans to initiate the "nuclear option" and get rid of the filibuster, which would allow them to end the government shutdown and pass legislation with a simple majority. "It is now time for the Republicans to play their 'TRUMP CARD,' and go for what is called the Nuclear...

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