Critics slammed Portland's 41st annual tree lighting ceremony for political messaging and removing Christmas references while maintaining holiday traditions like Santa Claus visits.
Trump officials vowed to quickly appeal Comey's case after a judge dismissed it — but those efforts could portend fresh legal challenges amid multiple setbacks.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer on Friday slammed the Heritage Foundation after its president, Kevin Roberts, spoke out in support of Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Loomer called out Roberts as a “hypocrite” after his recent interview with host Dana Loesch, where he indirectly condemned comments made by Carlson and Fuentes, and following...
Former President Obama is hitting the campaign trail this weekend to try to boost his party in off-year elections. Getting Obama, the party’s biggest star, on the road is an effort to ensure voters get to the polls, though there are questions about whether the former president still has the kind of standing to make...
President Trump's fresh push for Republicans to abandon the Senate filibuster is showing little sign of success, even as lawmakers struggle to find a way out of the ongoing government shutdown. Trump’s call for Senate Republicans to use the “nuclear option” underscores his growing frustration with the government shutdown as it enters its second month. But...
Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Friday called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to give them copies of the orders issued to strike boats in the Caribbean that the Trump administration says were trafficking drugs. They released two letters addressed to Hegseth. The first was sent on Sept. 23, establishing the legal...
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday sided with civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over an executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her decision that the responsibility for election regulation is in the hands of the states and Congress, as...
The Pentagon has given approval to the White House to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, potentially fulfilling President Volodymyr Zelensky's desire for more weapons in his country's war with Russia if President Trump provides the final green light, CNN reported Friday. The Hill has reached out to the White House and the Pentagon for...
In on the joke, Vice President Vance on Friday shared a photo of himself wearing a wig, resembling the viral online meme where he is depicted as bloated and smiling. The photo, shared in a post on the vice president's profile on X, is a close-up of Vance's face, with curly brown locks around his...
President Trump sat down with CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell on Friday for an interview that will air Sunday on “60 Minutes.” The interview, which took place at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, will air Sunday at 7:30pm ET on Sunday. The sit-down is the first time Trump has done an interview with the network...
The U.S. launching strikes within Venezuela is looking increasingly likely as the Trump administration continues to bolster the buildup of military assets in the region, turning up the pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom U.S. officials have characterized as an "illegitimate leader.” The administration has identified military facilities in Venezuela used to smuggle narcotics...
President Trump indicated Friday he would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if given "the appropriate legal direction" after a federal judge ordered officials to spend an emergency fund for the program. SNAP benefits are set to lapse Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown, and Trump administration officials have been adamant that they would...
States are resorting to last-ditch efforts to preserve access to groceries for their residents as the federal government was ready up until its Oct. 31 deadline to stop sending out food benefits while the government shutdown drags on. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would not be delivering Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Open enrollment day arrives with no subsidies in place Saturday marks the first day people who buy their own health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace can sign up for coverage, and they are going to be...
