Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is claiming that, somehow, the Justice Department has no knowledge on the men who used convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s network to abuse dozens of young women—and it certainly won’t be found in the millions of new documents released
In the latest part of its Epstein files rollout, the Justice Department released a long list of sexual abuse allegations against Donald Trump. Then it temporarily retracted it. The DOJ published three million pages of the Epstein files Friday, more than a month past its
The government is likely to temporarily shut down this weekend after the Senate failed to pass a funding package on Thursday due to challenges from Democrats to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill. Here’s what you need to know about the partial government shutdown.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney praised President Trump's nomination of former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh to serve as its next chair in a post Friday on social platform X. “Kevin Warsh is a fantastic choice to lead the world’s most important central bank at
The U.S. is lifting some sanctions on Venezuelan oil, seeking to allow American firms to trade and sell more oil that is produced there. The move comes as the administration has said it will sell Venezuelan oil following its capture of leader Nicolás Maduro. Previously, two
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying up warehouses across the country to build a massive network of detention centers. Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been spent to create huge immigrant jails, often in small towns, Bloomberg reports . The agency paid $102
Renowned actress Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71, according to multiple reports.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman argued Thursday that Silicon Valley “can’t bend the knee” to President Trump after a second American was killed by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Hoffman, a major Democratic donor, said in an op-ed in the San
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, and if the resolution passes the full House, the Department of Justice will have to decide whether
English musician Brian May, the lead guitar player for Queen, hinted that the band probably wouldn’t perform in the United States in the near future, if at all.
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
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 Department of Justice's (DOJ) 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 the DOJ that reviews excessive force by police. Deputy Attorney General Todd
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 IRS 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, Trump demanded that
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) raised $88 million in 2025, the campaign arm announced 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 million
President Trump signed an executive order 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 Motor Racing," will take place by the
Polling from a group linked to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) found that a generous sum of Americans want Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 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
