Migrant encounters at the southwest border rose nearly 27 percent from July to August, driven mostly by apprehensions made by the Border Patrol away from ports of entry. U.S. officials last month encountered 232,972 people entering the United States without authorization through the southwest border, up from 183,494 in July, according to numbers released by...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) has added to calls from Democrats for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after the senator and his wife were indicted on federal bribery charges Friday. "The allegations in the indictment against Senator Menendez and four other defendants are deeply disturbing. These are serious charges that implicate national security...
Two Virginia Beach parents are suing their local school district over its refusal to adopt Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin’s new model policies for the treatment of transgender students. A lawsuit filed this week alleges the Virginia Beach School Board, which narrowly voted down a proposal to adopt the Youngkin administration’s policies at a meeting last...
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, said she had to flee Washington, D.C. for safety after she testified before the Jan. 6 Committee. “I could not go back to my apartment,” Hutchinson told reporter Tracy Smith in an interview set to air Sunday on “CBS New Sunday Morning.” Hutchinson, the former assistant to...
President Biden will travel to Michigan next week in support of striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to The Hill. Biden's trip marks a significant display of support for organized labor as UAW members in 20 different states strike amid a contract dispute with the...
Former Attorney General Eric Holder called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (D) to step down on Friday after he was indicted on bribery charges. “As both a leader in the Democratic Party & the former Attorney General and given the nature of the charges, I call upon Senator Menendez to resign,” Holder said on...
Justice Elena Kagan said Friday it would “be a good thing” for the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics, but she acknowledged "complicated issues" that have held up the nine justices from reaching an agreement in their closed-door conferences. “I think it would be a good thing for the court to do...