Erik Siebert, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned on Friday amid pressure from the Trump administration to launch an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. Siebert will be replaced by a new appointee, two sources familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The New York...

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Friday walked back his remark made earlier in the day that raising the retirement age was among the entitlement reforms being considered by the Trump administration. In an interview with Fox Business, host Maria Bartiromo asked Bisignano if he’d consider increasing the age for full federal retirement benefits, which...

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) posted a video on TikTok commemorating Judith Bernstein, the grandmother of TikTok star Jake Kind who platform users affectionately know as “Mimmy,” who he said taught him in second grade. “She was an incredible teacher,” Shapiro said. “I was proud to have her in the second grade and she taught...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Democrats stand firm on ACA subsidies Senate Democrats shot down a House-passed stopgap bill to fund the government, not budging on their demand that ObamaCare premium tax subsidies be extended ahead of their year-end expiration. © The Hill,...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Questions swirl around TikTok deal details President Trump said Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about the popular video-sharing app’s future under a 2024 law. © Jeff Chiu, Associated Press The Trump administration,...

A key federal advisory panel handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr spent two chaotic days debating potentially significant changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination policy but left the most controversial recommendation for another time. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on Thursday not to recommend the combined...

President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to set up a new visa pathway for expedited treatment, with a fee of $1 million for individuals and $2 million for a corporation to speed up the process of allowing employees to work in the U.S. legally. Trump touted the policy as “sort of like a...

President Trump said Friday a top prosecutor in Virginia who has resisted pursuing charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James should be removed. Trump was asked in the Oval Office whether he wanted to fire Erik Siebert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, over his handling of mortgage fraud allegations against...

President Trump said Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about the popular video-sharing app’s future under a 2024 law. The Trump administration, however, has offered few specifics about the deal. And the Chinese government appeared less certain about the status...