Her brief tenure as Homeland Security secretary was marked by gross incompetence, constant mendacity, political tone deafness and, frankly, a disturbing narcissism.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) on Friday said he filed for reelection as an independent in the redrawn 6th Congressional District instead of the 3rd District he serves due to California's redistricting measure that voters backed last year. Proposition 50 allowed California to bypass its independent redistricting commission and pass a new Democratic-friendly House map prior...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its probe into claims made by President Trump that former President Biden and his aides illegally used an autopen to sign officials documents after failing to build a criminal case, multiple outlets reported. U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro's office led the inquiry but it was shelved in...
The Trump administration is seeking to expedite the removal of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, days after a federal judge in Texas ordered their release from an immigration detention center. The federal government filed a motion earlier this week to end asylum claims for the Ramos family, according to the...
From an app on his phone, the Speaker of Ukraine’s Parliament can monitor the plunging temperatures in his Kyiv apartment — the direct result of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. While lobbying for more support for Ukraine in Washington, D.C., Ruslan Stefanchuk shows The Hill that it’s only slightly above freezing in his kitchen...
There are some limits, even for President Trump — or so it seemed on Friday. The latest furor began late Thursday night with a social media post from the president. The post amplified a flagrant and undeniably racist clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. The firestorm that followed was intense and broad,...
Republicans are digging in on their push for a partisan voting requirements bill as they aim to combat Democratic demands to reform immigration enforcement. But they face a minefield of internal division over how to get the legislation through both chambers of Congress. The House is scheduled to vote next week on the Safeguard American...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday said it is an "absolute lie" that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim that the president made earlier in the day. "Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it," Schumer said in a post on the social platform X. "Only one man can...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a cover-up for blaming a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. "No one believes this cover up from the White House, especially since they originally defended the post,"...
President Trump on Friday said he "of course" condemns a since-deleted racist video posted on his social media account depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but declined to apologize for the post. Trump told reporters on Air Force One while heading to Palm Beach, Fla., that he "just looked...
A federal judge has granted the New York Attorney General's Office's motion for a temporary restraining order to prohibit the shutdown of the Gateway Tunnel project.
Tucson TV station KOLD said on Friday it received a new message, via email, tied to the Guthrie case. The station said it couldn’t disclose its contents.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump administration orders CDC to claw back $602M from blue states A directive from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Thursday ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind...
An Arizona judge on Friday struck down three state laws that limited abortion access, including a ban on telemedicine for abortion, ruling that the laws violate the state's constitution. Maricopa Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled that the restrictions predated a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2024 allowing abortion access. Como noted that the restrictions...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story New nuclear talks between US, Iran? U.S. and Iranian officials held indirect talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in Oman as Tehran looks to find a diplomatic off-ramp to evade potential strikes threatened by President...
