A federal appeals court on Monday set aside limits a lower judge had placed on federal agents and their ability to use crowd control tactics on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota.
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, according a person familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by federal officers.
The arrest of China‘s top uniformed military officer and a separate member of the Central Military Commission decreases the short-term threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan (2026). But it likely increases the medium-term threat (2027-2030). Zhang Youxia is accused of corruption and of undermining the Communist Party’s interests. His downfall is a big deal. […]
DOES AMERICA HAVE THE RESOLVE TO DEPORT ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS? The United States experienced a mass incursion of illegal border crossers in the years 2021 to 2025. Estimates vary, but in that period, at least 9 million people entered the U.S. illegally. Rather than turn them back, former President Joe Biden allowed most to stay, with […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said he will meet with President Trump in the "near future," leaving open the possibility for more peace talks between Ukraine and Russia before the end of the year. "We are not losing a single day," Zelensky wrote on the social platform X. "We have agreed on a meeting...
The news business is in decline, with television news becoming increasingly irrelevant to younger generations, cable news audiences aging, and awards for "fairness" being given to those who share a single worldview.
Throughout history, entrepreneurs have always dealt with uncertainty. Today, in most countries — and especially in this one — it's an almost annual shifting of political winds.
As the horrors continue to mount in Sudan’s genocidal war, most of what we hear about is man’s inhumanity towards his fellow humans. But beneath that reality is a spark of humanity, whereby thousands of Sudanese are standing up at great cost to themselves to save their neighbors. Doctor Jamal Eltaeb, head of traumatology at a...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump asserts executive power ▪ Health care deal possible ▪ Trump orders strikes on ISIS in Nigeria ▪ Texas, Florida target Muslim civil rights group President Trump has pushed to expand the power of the chief executive to new heights throughout 2025, setting...
Republicans in Texas and Florida are leading efforts to target Muslim advocacy organizations in what civil rights advocates say is a coordinated effort to present Islam as a “national security threat.” According to advocates, these politicians — including state and federal lawmakers as well as GOP Govs. Ron DeSantis (Fla.) and Greg Abbott (Texas) —...
A key GOP senator is expressing optimism that Republicans and Democrats will agree to a deal that would extend expiring health care subsidies, but the effort faces an uphill climb in winning the backing of leaders in both parties. Without a deal, health insurance premiums are projected to spike by double digits next month, yet...
Turkish police on Thursday said they arrested 115 ISIS suspects allegedly tied to plots related to Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office said the "ISIS Armed Terrorist Organization was planning to carry out actions targeting our country, especially non-Muslim individuals, within the scope of the upcoming Christmas and New Year events,” according...
Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, offered his first Christmas sermon as pontiff on Thursday, praying for peace from wars and freedom from economic distress. A crowd of 26,000 gathered to hear the words of the pontiff during the annual “Urbi et Orbi” address from the Central Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “If he...
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday endorsed his son Flavio Bolsonaro for the 2026 presidential election from a hospital bed in Brasilia after undergoing treatment for a hernia. “With the commitment of not allowing the popular will to be silenced, I make the decision to nominate Flavio Bolsonaro as a pre-candidate for the presidency...
The United States on Thursday launched strikes against ISIS in Nigeria, President Trump announced, citing the targeting of Christians in the region. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent...
