A federal judge has rejected a request to be released pending trial from the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national committees ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former
President Donald Trump, who is an inflation dove, announced Friday morning that he will name Kevin Warsh—whose past record is that of an inflation hawk—to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Trump has been so desperate to lower interest rates that last he
Former Attorney General Eric Holder (D) said Thursday he has “huge concerns” about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s presence during the recent FBI raid of election offices in Georgia, arguing she has “no role” in domestic activities. “I have huge concerns. The
President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that he did not discuss interest rate cuts with his Federal Reserve chair pick Kevin Warsh, insisting that would be “inappropriate.” When asked whether Warsh had committed to him that he would cut interest rates if he
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will join a variety of federal entities investigating the killing of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti, tapping the involvement of a segment of DOJ that reviews excessive force by police. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the
Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" was presented as a new architecture for global stability at Davos, but lacks the necessary components of a functioning international institution and risks creating a U.S.-centric club that sidelines dissenting states and normalizes bypassing
After a magistrate judge left Attorney General Pam Bondi furious by rejecting a criminal complaint against journalist Don Lemon on January 18, she tried to get her revenge Friday morning. The Department of Justice arrested Lemon in Los Angeles on charges related to his
Donald Trump has sued the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department after an agency contractor leaked his tax returns, revealing that he hadn’t paid income tax for a decade—but his lawsuit isn’t likely to stand up to scrutiny. In court documents filed late Thursday,
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised $88 million in 2025, the campaign arm announced on Friday, as the party fights to hold onto the Senate in the midterms later this year. It’s the NRSC’s best off-year fundraising haul since 2021, leaving nearly $20
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that will bring the IndyCar race to the streets of Washington, D.C. this summer as a part of the country’s 250th anniversary. The race’s theme, which will be dubbed ‘Greatness with American Motorracing,’ will take place by
Polling from a group linked to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) found that a generous sum of Americans want Immigration and Customs Enforcement to “tone down” its tactics, according to a report from Punchbowl News. A poll by America One Policies PAC showed that 41 percent of
The Senate is on track to pass a government funding package Friday afternoon after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told colleagues that he will release his hold on the massive spending bill if he gets a vote on legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities. Graham brought the
The billions flowing into these operations are funding a new kind of weapon: industrialized artificial intelligence.
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. Happy Friday! This has been quite the news dump Friday. There’s so much going on. Let’s get into it… In today's issue: DOJ releases millions more Epstein files Congress barrels toward midnight funding deadline
In what appears to be a major escalation, President Trump’s federal agents arrested journalist Don Lemon on Thursday night, his lawyer confirmed in a statement. As of now, the details pertaining to the arrest are fuzzy, but the charge appears to be that he violated federal law
Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: this isn’t about “election integrity.” This is about obsession. An obsession with the fact he lost and a refusal to move on.
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is no longer a liberal fantasy, but a necessity to prevent social fracture and buy time as AI continues to replace jobs faster than institutions can adapt.
The new policy will help cover the cost of verifying the identity of travelers with insufficient ID, the TSA says.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the recent killing of Minnesotans by federal law enforcement officers, calling “savagery” a feature of President Trump's MAGA movement, in an op-ed in The Atlantic published Friday. “This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep
The White House is standing firmly behind its decision Friday to arrest former CNN anchor Don Lemon. “When life gives you lemons,” the White House account posted Friday on social platform X with a chains emoji. The text accompanied a photo of Lemon during his recent coverage
“Agents are at my door,” independent journalist Georgia Fort told followers during a livestream on Facebook early Friday morning. The founder of BLCK Press, a self-described social enterprise newsroom in Minnesota, was filming the moments before she surrendered to federal
The White House is gloating about the arrest of journalist Don Lemon, posting a picture of the former CNN correspondent with the message, “When life gives you lemons” and a chains emoji on X Friday morning. Boasting about a Black journalist’s arrest with a chains emoji was
The Save Our Shrimpers Act has been introduced to Congress to protect American shrimpers by prohibiting federal funds from being used to finance foreign shrimp production and requiring annual reports to Congress on U.S. compliance with USC 262 (h).
Lindsey Graham is so mad about his phone records being investigated that the South Carolina Republican might shut down the whole dadgum government. On Thursday night, Graham refused to support a bill agreed upon by both Donald Trump and Senate Democrats that would have
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is speaking out about President Trump's name being added to the Kennedy Center, saying there are "more important" things than "a name on a building." "I was here when the center was built," the Health and Human Services secretary told ITK on Thursday, when
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said President Trump is endangering American citizens amid his administration’s immigration crackdown in the state. Klobuchar, who entered the Minnesota governor's race Thursday, told MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell that voters want to live in “places
Doug Burgum had a long resume before Donald Trump tapped him to be the secretary of the interior, but the credential that actually got him the job was apparently his wife, according to the president. “I saw them riding horses in a video. And I said, ‘Who is that?’ I was talking
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday it has completed its review of the Jeffrey Epstein files, releasing 3 million additional documents to the public. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Friday that the tranche being released will be one of the last steps
CNN is blasting the Trump administration over the arrest of Don Lemon, a former host at the network who was detained after covering anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters who entered a church in Minnesota to demonstrate earlier this month. Lemon's arrest came
The power to define who can and cannot play in a collegiate sporting event is integral to the NCAA’s ability to administer college athletics.
It was already a pretty weird week, what with Tulsi Gabbard—the official in charge of gathering foreign intelligence— showing up at a Georgia election office for an FBI raid. But then, on Thursday, the president of the United States filed a lawsuit that is an obvious shakedown
A federal judge dismissed some of Luigi Mangione’s charges Friday for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024, preventing prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. Mangione will still stand trial on his two remaining charges, which accuse him of
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) did not mince words when reacting to the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by federal authorities Friday. “Are you F-ing KIDDING ME?! @Donlemonbsky has been arrested by the DOJ?! Exercising your first amendment constitutionally ‘protected’
Pretti was killed not for what he did but for who he was and what he represented.
A controversial new law that could enrich some Republican senators — and a bipartisan effort to repeal the provision — is at the center of a hold by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that is delaying a vote on a funding package. Under the law, senators — but not House members — have
President Trump threatened to levy tariffs on “any and all Aircraft” from Canada after the country stripped certification from a U.S. jet manufacturer. In a Truth Social post Thursday, Trump said his administration would tax all Canadian aircraft sold to the U.S. until the
Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty. Mangione, who is on trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had his federal murder charges dismissed on technicality by a federal judge who determined that the shooting was not simultaneously committed during
The horrible killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and the resulting national outrage have given congressional Democrats perhaps their best chance so far to rein in President Trump’s misuse of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies. But
We’ve known for a while now that Big Oil is freaking out about climate change lawsuits. For months, their lobbyists have been urging Congress to pass a liability waiver so they can’t be sued for climate damages. Recently, the American Petroleum Institute, or API, the industry’s
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke with reporters Friday morning as the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to work its way through files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration has received criticism over how slow the documents,
At least in some respects, this defense document breaks new ground.
A girl was injured after being hit by a car sporting a large Trump flag on Thursday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle then sped away to screams from a crowd of high school students protesting ICE. The incident took place outside Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska. In
Vice President JD Vance’s story about protesters mobbing off-duty ICE and Border Patrol officers in a Minneapolis restaurant is being challenged by local police—and the restaurant manager. On Sunday, Vance posted a story on X about officers at dinner being doxed (in this case,
For all his platitudes in the wake of Alex Pretti’s death, Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care about or respect the slain ICU nurse one bit. In a Truth Social post late Thursday night, the president coldly referred to Pretti as an “agitator” and claimed that his “stock has gone
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) condemned President Trump’s nomination for the next Federal Reserve chair, staying true to his word of opposing all of the president’s nominees until the Department of Justice (DOJ) halts its investigation into the central bank’s current chair. Trump
President Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis last weekend, an “agitator, and perhaps, insurrectionist," and suggested his stock had "gone way down." His comment comes after a newly released
Nearly a dozen people close to the Trump administration skipped out on the world premiere of Melania Trump’s new documentary, Melania —even her own son. Multiple family members were no-shows at the first lady’s big night at the Kennedy Center Thursday, including Barron Trump,
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) condemned the news that former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening. “Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment,” Jeffries wrote in a post on the social platform X.