Lately I’ve been wondering what it might be like for the residents of the embattled Twin Cities to receive one of those trademark email solicitations from the Democratic Party. You know the ones: The sender is Chuck Schumer, the subject line reads “THIS IS THE END,” and the
From an app on his phone, the Speaker of Ukraine’s Parliament can monitor the plunging temperatures in his Kyiv apartment — the direct result of Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. While lobbying for more support for Ukraine in Washington, D.C., Ruslan
There are some limits, even for President Trump — or so it seemed on Friday. The latest furor began late Thursday night with a social media post from the president. The post amplified a flagrant and undeniably racist clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle
Donald Trump is trying not to make a big deal of the fact that he won’t be attending Super Bowl LX when it kicks off on Sunday. The game, which is being held in Santa Clara, California, is just “too far away,” said the president, who regularly flies across the world on a
Republicans are digging in on their push for a partisan voting requirements bill as they aim to combat Democratic demands to reform immigration enforcement. But they face a minefield of internal division over how to get the legislation through both chambers of Congress. The
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday said it is an "absolute lie" that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim that the president made earlier in the day. "Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it," Schumer said in a post on the
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a cover-up for blaming a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. "No one believes this cover up from the
President Trump on Friday said he "of course" condemns a since-deleted racist video posted on his social media account depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but declined to apologize for the post. Trump told reporters on Air Force One
A federal judge has granted the New York Attorney General's Office's motion for a temporary restraining order to prohibit the shutdown of the Gateway Tunnel project.
Tucson TV station KOLD said on Friday it received a new message, via email, tied to the Guthrie case. The station said it couldn’t disclose its contents.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump administration orders CDC to claw back $602M from blue states A directive from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Thursday ordered the Centers for
An Arizona judge on Friday struck down three state laws that limited abortion access, including a ban on telemedicine for abortion, ruling that the laws violate the state's constitution. Maricopa Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled that the restrictions predated a
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{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Elon Musk returns to political spending Elon Musk is back in the political fray, giving Republicans a boost in the run up to the 2026 midterm elections. © Jeffrey Phelps, Associated Press The Tesla CEO had injected hundreds of
Former President Clinton on Friday called for a public hearing after he and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said they will testify as part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His call for
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) implored President Trump on Friday to take down a racist video posted to the president’s Truth Social account showing former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes, according to a source familiar. The post was removed
A notable number of Republican lawmakers broke sharply with the White House on Friday after President Trump posted — and later deleted — a video on social media that included a clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes. Republicans
The Trump administration will reapprove the controversial herbicide dicamba for use on cotton and soybeans with some restrictions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the decision to reapprove the chemical for two years in a statement late Friday afternoon.
Pastor Mark Burns, an ally to President Trump, said Friday that the White House staffer who posted a since-deleted racist video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes "should be fired immediately." "The President made it clear to me that
The European Union (EU) on Friday accused TikTok of violating the bloc’s tech laws with its “addictive design” features. The preliminary finding from the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, points to features like infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications, as
New York state lawmakers have proposed a bill to pause the construction of new data centers for three years to study the environmental and economic impact of AI technology.
Spending to build, expand and rehabilitate manufacturing sites in the U.S. has declined since President Donald Trump took office, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Yet, Trump has repeatedly boasted that “factory construction” is up 41%. The post Manufacturing Construction
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will begin allowing lawmakers to review the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files starting Monday in the wake of criticism that the administration has improperly shielded the identities of various people. “I am writing to confirm that the
Nearly 137,000 Iowans stand to lose their access to the Affordable Care Act marketplace if Representative Zach Nunn has his way. The Hawkeye State Republican has gone on a tear against the ACA, slandering the health insurance solution as a form of modern-day human bondage while
"Mesdames et messieurs," the announcer said at the beginning of the opening ceremony, meaning "ladies and gentlemen" in French.
The State Department announced it will initiate the delivery of an additional $6 million in supplies to Cuba as tensions between the two countries continue. The new round of supplies comes in response to a humanitarian crisis in Cuba partly driven by Hurricane Melissa, one of
Republicans suddenly seemed shocked that President Trump is capable of racism after he posted a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes Thursday night. On Friday morning, longest-serving Black Senator Tim Scott called the video “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for an investigation Thursday into Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for attending the Grammy Awards, where various artists criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jackson was nominated in the Best Audio Book,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 50,000 points for the first time in the 140-year history of the stock index. The Dow gained more than 1,200 points Friday, rising 2.5 percent to close at 50,115 points. The S&P 500 index rose 2 percent on the day, and the Nasdaq
The U.S. Marshals Service is defending a federal agent after a video of him violently kicking a small dog made waves on Friday morning. The agent, part of the Memphis Safe Task Force that the Trump administration unleashed on the city last summer, can be seen in the video
Billie Eilish's brother and musical collaborator, Finneas O'Connell, on Wednesday ripped into "powerful old white men" who criticized his sister's comments about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. "Seeing a lot of very powerful old white
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Under Donald Trump’s administration, the National Institutes of Health have slashed more than half a billion dollars in medical research on some of the leading causes of death in America. A report published Friday by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the ranking member of the
Workers in Tennessee have made history. On Thursday, the United Auto Workers announced that it had finally reached a tentative agreement with management at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which unionized in 2024. If the workers approve the deal, it’ll be the
Kid Rock offered a preview of what to expect Sunday when he headlines the “All-American Halftime Show,” an alternative Super Bowl performance hosted by Turning Point USA. In a video posted Thursday with conservative media pundit Benny Thompson, the "All Summer Long" singer
Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at an FBI raid in Fulton County, Georgia, last week has led to some finger-pointing within the Trump administration. On Thursday, President Trump was asked why Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was at the raid in which ballots from the
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) announced Friday he will retire at the end of his term, becoming the 30th House Republican to not seek reelection in an indication of what will be a difficult midterm year for the GOP. "Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime.
President Trump has struck a new deal increasing beef imports from Argentina despite facing push back from Republicans and allies in the agricultural sector. Argentina’s foreign ministry said in a statement the agreement was signed Thursday and grants “an unprecedented
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Missouri's attorney general challenging Starbucks’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. John A. Ross, the U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri and an appointee of former President Obama, dismissed
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) blasted the direct-to-consumer (DTC) TrumpRx platform launched by the administration Thursday, denouncing it as a "glorified coupon book." The Trump administration launched its DTC discount drug portal TrumpRx.gov Thursday evening. The website allows
While he was in the process of being confirmed to run America’s public health policy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swore several times over that his heavily scrutinized 2019 visit to Samoa, and the island’s subsequent measles outbreak, had “nothing to do” with his vaccine skepticism.
Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights advocate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., accused the National Park Service on Thursday of “sanitizing history” amid reported changes at a Mississippi house museum commemorating civil rights activist Medgar Evers. Evers, the
Amodei’s decision comes just three months after President Donald Trump blessed him with a “Complete and Total endorsement for Re-election."
Tom Barrack has been working to stabilize Syria under the leadership of Ahmed al-Sharaa, while President Trump has supported the reintegration of the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces, in order to create a more stable and prosperous region.
“It was somewhere on that street. It was a white van, full-sized, with no printing on the sides. It was parked on the street,” Brett McIntire said.
The importance of updating the VA’s dated record system with precision cannot be overstated.
North Carolina is no longer a moonshot, or the cherry on top of a good cycle — it’s a necessity.
An anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activist from Minneapolis is facing charges including cyberstalking after he allegedly threatened federal law enforcement officers on social media, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Kyle Wagner, 37, was arrested