Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of serving as Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice in a decadelong sex trafficking ring, wants immunity and other conditions in exchange for testifying to Congress about his alleged list of wealthy clients.

THE KEY QUESTION ABOUT THE EPSTEIN ISSUE IS: WHAT IS THE ISSUE? Perhaps fearing that without constant reminders the public might lose interest in the Jeffrey Epstein matter, the Washington Post has conducted a text message poll of 1,089 people to ask “how closely are Americans following news about government files from the federal investigation of […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) yearslong pursuit of the presidency is running into a problem: He is trying to portray himself as a moderate, while California Democrats keep pushing him to govern as the progressive disaster he has been. California Democrats are attempting to ban the sale of new Glock handguns and similar off-brand guns, arguing […]

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story CDC director poised for confirmation Susan Monarez was poised to be confirmed to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, putting a longtime government scientist at the helm of an agency being upended by Health...

Senate Republicans are moving swiftly to clear key hurdles in their effort to pass a set of spending bills before the August recess and get the ball moving toward avoiding a government shutdown in two months. Appropriators are crafting a three-bill package that covers full-year funding for the departments of Agriculture (USDA), Veterans Affairs (VA),...

President Trump on Tuesday claimed that the Wall Street Journal wants to settle the defamation lawsuit he filed after the outlet reported on a letter Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein. “It's in the lawyer's hands. I've been treated very unfairly by The Wall Street Journal,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, when asked...

India has overtaken China as the leading exporter of smartphones to the U.S., as Apple continues to shift production in the face of the Trump administration’s tariffs, according to new research released Monday.  Canalys, a global tech market analyst firm, found that 44 percent of U.S. smartphones were manufactured in India in the second quarter...

A new analysis on the Trump administration’s tariff policies found several industries could face cost increases of up to 4.5 percent. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth found prices rising from 2 to 4.5 percent, with particular vulnerability to the manufacturing sector and the repair and maintenance industries, including auto repair shops. Researcher Christopher Bangert-Downs...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday announced that she would not run for Georgia governor in 2026, throwing cold water on speculation that had been swirling for months. In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene decried "constant rumors" about her political ambitions, including chatter that she might launch a campaign...

Democrats on the Senate Health Committee launched an investigation on Tuesday into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s firing of all members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory panel.  Led by ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, the lawmakers asked for detailed information...