California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a pardon Friday to Somboon Phaymany, erasing his 1997 conviction on 10 counts of premeditated attempted murder and effectively shielding him from being deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and now on the brink of war with the United States.
Governments and companies around the world scrambled Saturday to determine the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down some of the Trump administration sweeping global tariffs.
Bill Maher predicted Friday on his HBO show that voters will deliver a rebuke of the Trump administration’s immigration policies at the ballot box this November. “My prediction is this stuff, your party is going to get the dogs---- kicked out of you in the midterms,” Maher told one of his guests, Sen. John Kennedy...
Airports across the U.S. have canceled over 9,000 flights for the weekend as parts of the country brace for what's expected to be a major winter storm, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware on Saturday. American Airlines had the largest number of canceled flights at 1,546 between Saturday and Sunday. Southwest canceled 1,243 flights and...
As the eastern two-thirds of the United States braces for a potentially-devastating stretch of winter weather, Americans are rushing to prepare for the storm, which includes making sure some items aren't left in their vehicles.
Texas Democrats Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are set for a Saturday showdown in the first debate of their closely watched Senate primary. The stakes are high for both campaigns, as new polling shows Talarico with a single-digit lead over Crockett, whose entry into the race last month added a new layer to...
A tumultuous period between the United States and its traditional allies took another lurch Friday, as NATO nations expressed outrage over remarks from President Trump the previous day. The new furor began when Trump downplayed the willingness of the U.S.’s partners to sacrifice on behalf of the alliance. “We have never really asked anything of...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Fed board of governors member Lisa Cook faced a choice ahead of this week’s Supreme Court oral argument: show up, or sit it out? They chose visibility, forming part of a crowd of economic and legal heavyweights in the justices’ lines of sight as they mulled the future of the Fed’s protections from the executive branch. Some others involved in recent high-profile Supreme Court cases have stayed away for their own...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday he is back in the Lone Star State after a viral photo showed him on a plane as the state prepared for a massive winter storm. “I’ve returned home from my work trip. It’s 66 degrees & beautiful. A storm is expected tomorrow night,” Cruz posted on the social...
With dangerously-cold arctic air already settling over a large swath of the U.S. Friday, at least 177 million people are under watches or warnings for ice and snow.
An FBI agent in Minneapolis who attempted to probe the death of a 37-year-old woman killed by a federal immigration officer earlier this month has resigned, according to multiple reports. Tracee Mergen left her job in the bureau's Minneapolis field office after facing pressure to discontinue an inquiry into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Oscar-winning director James Cameron was candid during a recent interview about why he chose to leave the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic and permanently relocate to his 12,000-acre New Zealand farm, saying he wanted to live in a place that “believes in science.” “Five or six months after the pandemic hit … [New Zealand] had...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story California sticks with WHO as US exits Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) affirmed his state’s continued departure from current federal health policy by announcing Friday that California will be the first state to join a World Health Organization (WHO)...
