House Democrats are demanding more details about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s dealings with the Salvadoran government as the country agreed to imprison more than 200 men in its most notorious facility. A Tuesday letter from the top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) announced on Tuesday that she’s running for the Wyoming Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R), who said last week she would be retiring after her current term. “In the House, as I did in my private law practice, I have fought every
Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer. The former two-term senator, 53, wrote in a lengthy social media post that was diagnosed last week with “metastasized, stage-four” pancreatic cancer, “and am gonna
President Trump said it’s a “terrible thing” that photos of former President Clinton and other high-profile people were published when the Department of Justice (DOJ) released files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I don't like the pictures of Bill
A bunch of masked male Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in tactical gear broke into the women’s bathroom of Cato nutrition bar factory in New York, even forcing a stall open while a woman in there used the toilet. They can be heard telling her to pull her pants up.
President Trump on Tuesday condemned a New York Times report outlining his proximity to Jeffrey Epstein amid the disgraced financier's illegal activities tied to an underground sex trafficking ring. “The Failing New York Times, and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations,
The government found a photograph of Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell on Steve Bannon’s phone. So, why did they redact it? Buried in the latest trove of documents released by the Department of Justice Monday, one email appeared to be from a federal investigator who said
European leaders have refused to accept the new geopolitical reality, stumbling forward and hoping Russia will just give up, despite there being zero indication that will happen.
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . There’s a lot of commentary that Democrats are declining with the “working class.” Those analyses are usually grounded in declining Democratic support among voters
The Justice Department early Tuesday released its third installment of files tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including some documents that mention President Trump. Survivors of the late sex offender and bipartisan lawmakers have blasted the
If Attorney General Merrick Garland “weaponized federal law-enforcement” under Biden, he was using a water-pistol against a howitzer.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to remove President Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Beatty, an ex-officio board member for the center, said in the complaint that adding the president's name to the venue is a “flagrant
Epstein files leaked on Monday night confirmed what so many people already suspected: President Trump spent much more time with Epstein—and young women—than he’s said he has. An email from an assistant U.S. attorney from January 2020 reads, “For your situational awareness,
What do Jeffrey Epstein, Larry Nassar, and Donald Trump all have in common? Buried in the latest trove of documents released by the Justice Department Monday, a postcard addressed to “L.N.” or Larry Nassar, the former U.S. gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually abusing
McKinsey has labeled the pattern “the Great Exhaustion,” noting that one in five workers now report outright burnout.
The Justice Department released thousands of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein overnight, including files that reference President Trump. The big batch of Epstein files includes nearly 30,000 additional pages of documents. Some, the Justice Department
The Education Department on Monday said it would launch an investigation into Brown University following a shooting earlier this month that resulted in the death of two students. Officials say the school potentially violated the Clery Act, which requires institutions of higher
The singer said Monday that he had been sick for several weeks, prompting an MRI.
Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave Monday as it undergoes a comprehensive review of its security protocols and response to the Dec. 13 shooting that left two students dead and nine injured. The school’s president, Christina Paxton, announced
The recalled shrimp was sold nationwide under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands.
From conservative personalities taking stunning swipes at each other at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference to a mass exodus from the Heritage Foundation, the ideological civil war over the future of the post-Trump right has shifted into a new stage that will set the
Principled conservatives adhere to time-tested principles, such as the U.S. Constitution, fiscal responsibility, and free enterprise, while liberals and progressives adopt goals instead of principles, often bypassing Congress and intervening in businesses.
Personnel is policy, and this is the number one reason the MAHA agenda has been stymied.
With the controversial Epstein vote in the rearview mirror, it is time for Congress to focus on the debt crisis — to avoid continued inflation and the prospect of a meltdown of the U.S. economy. The debt crisis is the premier national security issue of our time. An America
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ GOP skeptical on Venezuela goals ▪ Second batch of Epstein files released ▪ Trump unveils new warships named after himself ▪ Weiss defends pulling ‘60 Minutes’ segment Republicans are divided on
Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on Venezuela to oust President Nicolás Maduro, with some Republicans warning that "regime change" has a history of backfiring on the United States. Senate Republicans largely support
A distinguished Venezuelan economist is warning that the Trump administration’s decision to impose an oil export embargo via a military blockade could cause “the first famine in the modern history of the Western Hemisphere.” Francisco Rodríguez, who teaches at the University of
As we are in the season of giving, here is a list of the billionaire businessmen—plus one widow of a billionaire businessman—who gave President Trump everything he wanted this year. Their avarice puts Ebenezer Scrooge to shame and would even make the Gilded Age robber barons
Boys, boys, boys. This year has been the year of the Crisis of Masculinity, or maybe the year of the Male Loneliness Epidemic, or maybe, if we’re getting spicy with it, the year of the Great Feminization . A fascination with the problems of boys and young men is nothing new.
Earlier this year, Angelia Hoomes’s back pain was so severe that she couldn’t bend down to put a cookie sheet in the oven. She was hiring others to load and unload her dishwasher. Any time she wasn’t taking care of her now 2-year-old granddaughter, she was lying in bed,
In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program. Producers killed an interview with Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower who had evidence that cigarette companies knew their products were addictive and carcinogenic. CBS’s lawyers were worried
For a short time in my life, part of every day’s work was to call the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get the level of the Ohio River at the Pike Island Locks and Dam. Now, even a basic AI model can get that kind of information, publish it and offer a brief paragraph...
Veteran hard-liners have new perches of authority and rising influence among Republican senators.
The race to succeed President Trump is gearing up following Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk’s endorsement of Vice President Vance, marking one of the first major endorsements ahead of the 2028 Republican primary. Kirk’s backing of Vance, who has not announced whether he is
The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing one “narco-terrorist.” U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) shared a 27-second video of the strike on X, adding that the vessel was “operated by Designated Terrorist
At least six people were killed when a Mexican Naval plane crashed in Galveston Bay off the Texas coast on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The office of the Secretary of the Mexican Navy said on X Monday evening that the aircraft, with eight people on board, was
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday lifted restrictions on the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s findings from his investigation into President Trump’s handling of classified records — but she gave the president a 60-day window to challenge her order.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk’s oral version of the Wegovy weight loss pill, the first such pill approved for use. Novo Nordisk said in a Tuesday release that the GLP-1 pill is intended for once-daily use to “reduce excess body weight and
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned new foreign-made drones from being sold in the U.S. on Monday, citing national security concerns. In a notice, the FCC said it was adding uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and their critical components made in foreign countries
China on Monday accused the U.S. of violating international law in seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela, appearing to take the side of Caracas as Washington looks to take a third oil tanker this month. “The U.S. practice of arbitrarily seizing other countries’ vessels
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President Trump said on Monday that the U.S. government will, for now, keep the oil and two oil tankers that the U.S. Coast Guard seized off the coast of Venezuela this month. "We’re going to keep it. Maybe we’ll sell it. Maybe we’ll keep it. Maybe we’ll use it in the
A federal judge on Monday ruled the Trump administration must allow Venezuelan men it deported to a megaprison in El Salvador to return to the U.S. to fight their case, including disputing that they were part of a gang. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg
President Trump lashed out at Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday, warning that “he better watch his a‑‑.” “He has to watch it because he’s got drug factories. They make cocaine in Colombia,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on the heels of an announcement about the
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are tangling over potential consequences for Department of Justice (DOJ) officials after the department failed to share every document tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as required under law. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)
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Jim Beam, the Bourbon company, is stopping its main distillery's production this year. “We plan to pause distillation at our main distillery on the James B. Beam campus for 2026 while we take the opportunity to invest in site enhancements,” the James B. Beam Distilling Co. said
Will Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio run against each other in the 2028 Republican primary? Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Monday he does not see it happening. Lawler told host Kasie Hunt on CNN’s “The Arena” that “frankly, I think it’s more likely that