The controversial Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by the Senate last month with the support of every Republican senator besides Mitch McConnell (R-KY), has made cleaning up America’s diet a focus of the department’s agenda. Unlike many of Kennedy’s more divisive positions, such as his assertion that vaccines are giving […]
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employee was accused of a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Wednesday release. According to the release, Serina Baker-Hill, of Detroit, was charged with allegedly attempting to defraud FEMA and lying to federal agents. Baker-Hill, 55, was...
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell announced he'd be taking a week off from his nightly show, citing his "exhaustion" with the first few weeks of President Trump's second term. “I’m exhausted at day 52, and so I’m going to take next week off. And I’m telling you that now because I know you don’t like it...
The Trump administration’s plans to detain migrants in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, hit another roadblock this week after all 40 such individuals held there were sent back to the United States, with no future deportation flights scheduled to the island. A defense official confirmed to The Hill Thursday there are “zero” migrants being held at Naval...
President Trump is scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte around noon EDT Thursday. The meeting comes as Trump demands that European countries spend more on their own security, including the ongoing costs of supporting Ukraine's defensive war against Russia. Rutte has sought to keep the world's most powerful military alliance united as European...
President Trump will give a speech focused on "law and order" at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, according to the White House. The president is set to argue that there has been a weaponization of justice based on politics, a common theme of his, and also discuss his plans to combat crime. “President...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced he will not run for Senate in Michigan, keeping the door open for a potential presidential run in 2028.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday that Republicans are open to giving Democrats an amendment vote on a monthlong stopgap funding patch in exchange for votes to help Republicans pass a yearlong spending bill to avert a government shutdown. Thune told reporters he has yet to speak directly with Senate Minority Leader Chuck...