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Meghan Markle’s jam and flower sprinkles are finally here — and so is her inauthenticity

Meghan Markle is living on a higher plane and helping us slobs understand how the other half lives: They recycle jars.

Judge was right to drop charges against Eric Adams — freeing him to do his job AND run for reelection

Judge Dale Ho made the logical decision in permanently dropping corruption charges against Mayor...

Anti-DEI fight just beginning, NIH cuts won’t kill bioscience and other commentary

Amid the Trump anti-DEI push, notes City Journal’s Heather Mac Donald, “private and public...

Stand firm, Speaker Johnson — proxy voting makes a mockery of Congress

For over 200 years, Congress has stood as a deliberative body, its members bound...

Farewell to Val Kilmer — a Hollywood icon and dear friend

Val Kilmer. To the public, a movie star. To me, a devoted friend.

Trump signs order targeting law firm Perkins Coie

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at stripping security clearances and government ties to Perkins Coie, a major law firm that did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign. The order, which Trump signed in the Oval Office, directs the attorney general and director of national intelligence to “immediately take steps consistent...

Trump eyes chemical safety rule rewrite

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump eyes chemical safety rule rewrite The Trump administration will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that increased safeguards for workers at chemical plants, announcing the plans Thursday. © Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP The Trump administration asked a...

AI chatbots infected with Russian disinformation: Study

The world’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are infected with Russian disinformation, according to a new study that was published Thursday.  The research done by the news monitoring service NewsGuard found that the Moscow-based disinformation network dubbed “Pravda” — which is Russian for “truth” — has been spreading falsehoods on the internet, including attempts...

GOP signals CHIPS Act not going anywhere

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump's call to repeal CHIPS Act faces GOP scrutiny Republican lawmakers say President Trump's call for Congress to "get rid of" the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act will be dead on arrival on Capitol Hill. © Greg Nash Republican senators said they’re...

Dems draft resolution to condemn GOP leaders over ‘illegal immigrant’ smear against Hispanic Caucus chair

House Democrats have drafted a resolution to condemn Republican leaders after the GOP’s campaign arm falsely portrayed a Hispanic lawmaker as an “illegal immigrant.” Led by Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), the resolution denounces the attack on Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) by the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) as a “vile” and “xenophobic” smear. It seeks...

Second measles death reported as outbreak grows in Southwest

A second person has died from measles as the outbreak of the disease in Texas and New Mexico continues to grow, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. The person was unvaccinated and a resident of Lea County, N.M., where at least 10 cases of the disease have been reported. It lies just across...

Evening Report — Democrats adrift as Trump charges ahead

Presented by National Council on Aging {beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Greg Nash Democrats seek winning message to combat Trump DEMOCRATS ARE SCRAMBLING to identify new leaders and a message that resonates with the public as President Trump and his GOP allies charge ahead with his sweeping agenda. Trump’s swift upending...

US, Ukraine planning peace talks in Saudi Arabia

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US, Ukraine planning peace talks in Saudi Arabia U.S. and Ukrainian officials are looking to set up a meeting next week in Saudi Arabia aimed at structuring the framework for a ceasefire with Russia and establishing...

Trump’s Ukraine envoy on intelligence support pause: ‘They brought it on themselves’

Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, said Thursday the foreign nation knew an abrupt pause in U.S. intelligence sharing was at risk and their continued choices caused the final blow. “Very candidly, they brought it on themselves, the Ukrainians,” Kellogg said during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.  The Trump administration...

Fox News’s Baier on interviewing Trump: ‘There’s a lot to fact-check’

Fox News host Bret Baier weighed in on what it was like to interview President Trump, noting that there’s “a lot to fact-check.” Baier sat for an interview with NOTUS for a newsroom forum Wednesday, just hours after Trump delivered a joint address to Congress. He was asked what the most challenging part of interviewing...

Democrats ask for investigation into whether Musk is using government position to influence X advertisers

Democratic senators are asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether tech billionaire Elon Musk, a senior adviser to President Trump, is leveraging his government position to pressure advertisers into spending more on his social media platform, X. In a letter dated Wednesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the five senators pointed to recent...

Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ revoking protected status for Ukrainians

President Trump said Thursday he’s looking at whether to revoke temporary protected status for thousands of Ukrainians in the United States who fled that country’s war with Russia, but that no final decision has been made. “We're not looking to hurt anybody, and we're certainly not looking to hurt them,” Trump told reporters in the...

CFPB allowing some offices to resume functions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is allowing some offices to resume their functions, as the Trump administration faces a legal challenge over its stop work order and other efforts to overhaul the consumer watchdog. Mark Paoletta, CFPB’s chief legal officer, sent an email to employees Sunday clarifying that they should still be performing statutorily...

Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and the art of the bad deal

It is regrettable that President Trump continues to indulge in this fantasy and present it as a sign of his brilliant dealmaking.  

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