Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, is accusing President Trump of blaming Wednesday's fatal plane crash near D.C. on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in order to “distract” from a rocky start to his second term.  Speaking to MSNBC, Johnson said the president should be supporting the families affected by the crash and...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter obtained by The Hill. “The State’s Personnel Code, administered by the Department of Central Management Services (CMS) and by you as its Director, requires the rejection of...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), an influential member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced on Friday that he will vote for Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence. Cornyn, who said earlier this week that he had “questions” about Gabbard’s views on expanded surveillance authority under Section 702 of the...

The White House on Friday called for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to apologize for remarks pledging to push back against the Trump administration's agenda.  Jeffries at a press briefing stressed "the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that...

Officials investigating the deadly plane crash outside of Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this week will brief the public Friday afternoon on where things stand in the recovery process. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the probe, has urged the public not to speculate on what caused the fatal collision Wednesday evening between...

Putin has been carefully flattering Trump, setting the groundwork for a high-profile meeting that could bolster his position both domestically and abroad.

A small tweak to an email encouraging federal employees to take a buyout indicates the Justice Department wouldn’t vouch for the legality of the program. The Trump administration is battling skepticism about a buyout package from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offering eight months of pay for those who resign from their roles. Across...

North Carolina’s former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) said he would terminate his lawsuit against CNN on Friday following its report released during his gubernatorial run last year about inflammatory comments he made on a pornographic website. “The fact of the matter is this: the price we have paid in entering the political arena will...

The White House confirmed on Friday that tariffs against goods from Canada, Mexico and China will take effect Saturday, as President Trump has threatened. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in her second press briefing of the Trump administration that the tariff plan would go forward. The briefing takes place a day after several of...

Since taking office just two weeks ago, the Trump administration has become the target of multiple lawsuits over the President’s executive orders and agenda, including his immigration policy, federal aid freeze and DEI shutdowns.