U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act.
Reporters Without Borders unveiled a new room in the Uncensored Library, a virtual library within Minecraft created as a loophole for journalists to disseminate articles censored in their home countries.
The U.S. flag was raised Saturday over its embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two countries since former President Nicolas Maduro was captured by American troops in January.
President Trump declared that the U.S. has beaten Iran “both militarily, economically, and in every other way” in a Truth Social post on Saturday, and called on countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz to “take care” of the closed passage. “The Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) and other state officials are testifying before the Senate Thursday morning amid Trump administration's probe of fraud allegations in the state's social services programs. The hearing also comes in the wake of controversy over the Trump administration's deportation efforts in Minneapolis. Border Czar Tom Homan said Thursday during a...
Four Democratic-led states that were targeted by over $600 million in Trump administration funding rescissions are suing to have their public health grants restored. Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind over $1.5 billion in public health and transportation funding...
FBI field offices across the country are warning about the ongoing rise in romance scams as more people turn to online dating and social media to find love ahead of Valentine’s Day. Officials said that scammers will often create fake profiles on dating sites or social media apps to lure people into connection and manipulate...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) blamed Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during a heated exchange in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing Thursday morning. Pretti and Good were fatally shot by federal immigration authorities last month in Minneapolis during the Trump administration’s immigration...
Nebraska is set to turn over its voter rolls to the Department of Justice following a state Supreme Court ruling that backed the Trump administration. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen on Wednesday said Nebraska’s highest court struck down a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Common Cause, which had sought to block the release of...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Wednesday sharply criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for seemingly surveilling lawmakers’ search histories of the Jeffrey Epstein files. During Bondi’s testimony Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Getty photographer Roberto Schmidt captured a list of items that Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) searched in the...
Top House Democrats and members of the Steering and Policy Committee will speak Thursday morning on holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accountable as the battle for funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) persists. Their remarks come as Democrats in both chambers have pushed their GOP colleagues to support reforms at DHS following two...
The White House made a last minute effort to avoid a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security ahead of the funding deadline to keep the agency fully operational. A White House official confirmed to The Hill that it sent legislative text of an offer to Democrats on Capitol Hill on Wednesday evening. However, Democrats...
Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Thursday morning from Minneapolis on the Trump administration's immigration operation in the city — which is still reeling from two fatal shootings by federal agents last month. President Trump sent Homan to oversee "Operation Metro Surge" after protests spread across the state following the deaths of Renee...