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Chappell Roan walks back Brigitte Bardot tribute after criticism

Pop singer Chappell Roan on Monday walked back her previous praise for French actress and model Brigitte Bardot following her death after learning about Bardot's political views. "Holy s‑‑‑ I did not know all that insane s‑‑‑ Ms. Bardot stood for,” Roan wrote on her Instagram

DOJ sues Virginia over tuition aid for migrants

The Justice Department (DOJ) is challenging a Virginia law that that makes some migrants illegally in the country eligible for in-state tuition, filing a lawsuit against the state Monday. Virginia law extends eligibility to people who established residence in the state at

George Clooney, family get French citizenship

George and Amal Clooney, along with their twin daughters, Ella and Alexander, were awarded French citizenship Friday. The French government listed their names in the naturalization decree published Saturday. Amal Clooney, a prominent human rights lawyer, was listed under her

Trump administration targets fraud in Minnesota

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Trump admin targets Minnesota ▪ Trump consumed with foreign policy ▪ U.S. strikes facility in Venezuela ▪ Iowa state Senate election A fraud scandal plaguing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has

What to know about Iowa's state Senate special election

Voters in Iowa will head to the polls Tuesday to pick a new state senator in a special election that could allow Republicans to regain a supermajority in the upper chamber. The GOP held a supermajority in the 50-member state Senate until Democrats broke it in an August special

Trump fills end of 2025 with foreign policy

President Trump is consuming himself with foreign policy matters as the first year of his second term comes to a close, even as concerns about the U.S. economy are set to consume the Republican Party in 2026. Trump is spending the final weeks of the year at his Mar-a-Lago

RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck

It’s difficult to understate the deleterious impact that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had on America’s public health policy. In a little over a year, the nephew of one of the most prodigious leaders in U.S. history transformed from an unserious third-party presidential candidate

Marty Supreme Is a Love Letter to the Underdog

“I’m really in pursuit of greatness,” said Timothée Chalamet earlier this year at the Screen Actors Guild Awards after winning the best actor prize for his turn as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown (2024). His chutzpah was startling but also weirdly charming given the

5 takeaways on Trump-Netanyahu meeting at Mar-a-Lago

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were in lockstep on Monday during a press conference following their lunch meeting at Mar-a-Lago, ramping up pressure on Hamas to disarm and threatening to renew attacks on Iran if it seeks to build up its ballistic

First round of Rural Health Fund payments divvied out

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story First round of Rural Health Fund payments divvied out The Trump administration on Monday issued the first round of payments from its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program

Trump: US made Christmas Eve strike on Venezuela facility

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump: US made Xmas Eve strike on Venezuela facility President Trump during a recent radio interview revealed that the U.S. “knocked out” a “big” facility in Venezuela. ©

SBA halts grants to Minnesota in wake of fraud scandal

Small Business Administration (SBA) head Kelly Loeffler said Monday that her department is halting annual grants to Minnesota, amid an investigation into alleged fraud in COVID-era lending programs. Loeffler said on the social platform X that the SBA is pausing yearly funding

Trump gives Hamas vague deadline to disarm or be 'wiped out'

President Trump said Monday that Hamas must disarm within a "very short period of time" as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, warning of deadly consequences if the group does not follow through. "They're going to be given a very short period of time to disarm. And we'll