Feds drop charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol

Two Chicago residents accused of boxing in a government vehicle were previously indicted on charges of assaulting a federal agent.

Slotkin: Trump should 'button it up' over troops furor

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said she believes President Trump should “button it up” regarding his suggestion that six Democratic members of Congress should be imprisoned or even executed. Earlier Thursday, the president called the lawmakers “traitors” for urging active duty

Following indictment, Florida Dem escapes expulsion vote — at least for a time

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) has escaped an expulsion vote — for now. The Florida Democrat was indicted by the Justice Department on Wednesday evening on charges of stealing emergency disaster funding to enrich her family and underwrite her campaign.

A small group of MAGA women in Congress is defying Trump, GOP leadership

A small group of women known as some of the fiercest MAGA stalwarts in the House have led the way in pushing back against President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on some of the most high-profile issues of recent months — many involving the victimization of women. These

Hegseth says terror designation provides Pentagon with 'new options' to go after Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. government’s decision to designate Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization provides the Defense Department with “new options” to go after the alleged drug cartel, which officials alleged is headed by

New York Dem Nydia Velázquez stepping down after 3 decades

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D) is stepping down after more than a dozen terms. “For more than three decades, I have had the privilege of a lifetime serving the people of New York City in the United States Congress,” Velázquez said in a Thursday statement. “After much

What to know about Trump’s plan to fight state AI laws

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story What to know about Trump’s plan to fight state AI laws President Trump is taking aim at state artificial intelligence (AI) laws that his administration sees as threats to the growing industry and the U.S’s ability to dominate it.

Dem leaders up in arms at Trump for touting death penalty for lawmakers

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Dem leaders up in arms at Trump for touting death penalty for lawmakers House Democratic leaders hammered President Trump on Thursday after the

San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan launches bid for Pelosi seat

San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) is running to succeed retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Chan, a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors since 2021, said Thursday she is running “for all the people who are being shut out by the system” and touted her

Mourning Dick Cheney — and the US House

The former vice president’s funeral marked the end of a certain kind of Congress.

Democrats say Trump flubbed requirements for setting refugee cap at all-time low

Democrats accused the Trump administration of again failing to meet its requirement to consult with Congress on plans for refugees as the White House pushes to cut admissions to the lowest level in the program's history. President Trump in October announced the lowest-ever

GOP's Mast drops opposition to Syria sanctions repeal — with conditions

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told The Hill on Thursday that he will support the repeal of sweeping sanctions on Syria but wants language that would impose penalties if the interim government in Damascus fails to meet certain

Revised CDC Website About Autism and Vaccines Is Not Evidence-Based

Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine advocate who is now Health and Human Services secretary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its website to say that its previous statement that “vaccines do not cause autism” is “not an evidence-based

Fetterman calls Trump posts 'dangerous,' 'deeply wrong'

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) slammed President Trump for calling a group of Democratic lawmakers “traitors” on Thursday. “I strongly reject this dangerous rhetoric,” Fetterman wrote on the social platform X. “Do not threaten Members of Congress. Republican or Democrat. It’s

FDA: Baby formula tied to infant botulism cases still on store shelves

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Thursday that recalled baby formula products linked to cases of infant botulism are still available for purchase at stores in multiple states, as the number of confirmed cases of the illness has reached 31. The FDA said it has

Jeffries says he's open to censure reform

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he's open to adopting new House rules making it tougher to censure lawmakers amid a wave of those resolutions hitting the floor this week. "I'm open-minded about what the possibilities are in terms of getting the

CDC reverses its stance on vaccine-autism link

Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research — {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC reverses its stance on vaccine-autism link The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially dropped its long-held stance that vaccines don’t cause

DOJ opens probe into handling of Schiff mortgage investigation

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken the unusual step of launching a probe into one of its own investigations, assembling a federal grand jury in Maryland to review the mortgage fraud allegations made against Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). The probe raises questions for two

Thune: 'I certainly don't agree' with Trump suggesting death penalty for Democrats

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday he did not agree with President Trump’s suggestion that a group of Democratic lawmakers be locked up or punished by death after they urged military service members to resist unlawful orders. Thune decried the comments

GOP rep does '6-7' gesture while presiding over House

Unfortunately, “6-7” has reached the House floor. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) thought it was a good idea Tuesday to use the slang term, which has been increasingly used by teenagers to describe, well, anything. Moore, serving as Speaker pro tempore, asked for those in the chamber

Top Dem Reveals How JPMorgan Chase Helped Epstein Hide His Crimes

A report released by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden on Thursday called for Congress to further investigate JP Morgan Chase over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein, one of the bank’s biggest clients, and his alleged sex-trafficking organization. Before Epstein was arrested in

Trump proposes to open up drilling off California and closer to Florida

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump opens new drilling in Eastern Gulf, off California The Trump administration proposed Thursday to open up new oil and gas drilling off the coast of California and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. © Alex

The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral

In their first full week back after the shutdown, lawmakers voted five times on measures to rebuke colleagues, eating up hours of floor time.

Senate panel advances Trump’s pick to chair key crypto regulator

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday voted to advance President Trump’s new pick to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a low-profile agency that is poised to take on a key role regulating cryptocurrency. The panel voted 12-11 along partisan lines to

Jon Stewart rips Trump, tech leaders over Saudi crown prince visit

Comedian Jon Stewart went after President Trump and tech leaders over a visit this week with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “Jon, what do you think about all of the CEOs attending the White House dinner for MBS [Mohammed bin Salman]?” Brittany Mehmedovic, Stewart’s

Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ

Democratic senators clashed with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the Senate floor Thursday when the GOP leader proposed a resolution to clarify that any damages won by Republican senators from lawsuits against the Department of Justice (DOJ) would go to the U.S.

CAIR sues Texas over terrorist designation

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’s (CAIR) legal arm has filed a lawsuit challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) designation of their group as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a stance at odds with the U.S. government. CAIR is the nation’s largest Muslim civil

Netanyahu says Israel will keep ‘qualitative advantage’ despite F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the United States has assured his country's "qualitative advantage" in the Middle East despite President Trump's plan to sell F-35 advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The sale concerned Israeli and some U.S. officials

Energy Department reorganizes, a move it says will help it align with Trump priorities

The Energy Department announced a reorganization on Thursday that it says will better reflect the Trump administration’s priorities. An organizational chart released to the public no longer lists the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. According to the department,

Democrats Who Sent Message to Troops Respond to Trump’s Hanging Threat

On Tuesday, multiple congressional Democrats made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community of their duty to the Constitution, not to President Trump. The comments—made by military and intelligence veterans Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and

TSA conducting review after passenger gets meat cleaver through security

It was a shocking moment last week at Portland International Airport when a person passed through security with a meat cleaver in their carry-on bag.

ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued

ICE is claiming the computer ate its records the day after it was sued for abuse. 404 Media reports that after ICE’s Bridgeview Detention Center outside Chicago was sued October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees, the agency said that two weeks of video footage that could have

John Thune offers to tweak controversial phone records language

Senior Biden adviser knocks Democrats' 'betrayal': 'It was disloyal'

A senior adviser to former President Biden slammed the Democratic Party for its “betrayal” of the leader during the 2024 campaign. “There have been three people who ran against Donald Trump, Joe Biden was the only one who ever beat him. I thought what happened in the party was

Ex-Trump aide says 'White House needs to course correct' on economic messaging

A former aide to President Trump during his first term said Thursday the White House needs to fix its economic messaging or risk significant Republican losses next November. “The White House needs to course correct its messaging asap or they will lose the midterms,” Caroline

Murphy says he's 'sure there are Democrats' in Epstein files: 'So what?'

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Thursday some Democrats' names are likely to appear in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) documents on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but brushed off the impending implication for when the documents are released. "So what?" Murphy told

Trump at Odds with CIA Assessment on Khashoggi Killing

President Donald Trump brushed aside a reporter's question to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince "knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that." But Trump's claim

5 notable moments from Dick Cheney’s funeral

Former presidents, vice presidents and other elected officials gathered on Thursday to mourn former Vice President Dick Cheney at Washington National Cathedral. Former President George W. Bush, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), former Assistant Defense Secretary Pete Williams,

Cassidy calls HHS change to vaccine-autism language 'deeply troubling'

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Thursday said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removing language from its website refuting the theory that vaccines are linked to autism was "deeply troubling." Late on Wednesday, the CDC walked back its long-held position that

3 more Indiana Republicans report swatting incidents amid redistricting push

Three more Indiana state Senate Republicans reported this week that they were victims of swatting incidents amid a push from national Republicans to have GOP holdouts change their minds about redistricting. Indiana GOP Sens. Dan Dernulc, Spencer Deery and Rick Niemeyer all said

Who is Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Democrat indicted for alleged FEMA fraud?

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) has come under fire on Capitol Hill after a grand jury indicted her for allegedly stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to bankroll her campaign. Prosecutors allege that the South Florida congresswoman and her

Coast Guard denies report it won’t classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols is “categorically false.” “The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses or other extremist imagery as prohibited

US Army chief ‘optimistic’ as Trump, Zelensky expected to discuss 28-point peace plan

The White House says Army Secretary Dan Driscoll felt optimistic following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is now planning to speak with President Trump about the 28-point peace plan reportedly hashed out mostly with Russia in recent weeks. "Sec.

Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks after Trump targets 'seditious' Democrats

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Thursday afternoon after Democratic leaders blasted President Trump over a post suggesting some lawmakers be executed over their "seditious" behavior. Jeffries called the message "disgusting and

Judge blocks DC National Guard deployment

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., amid his crackdown on local crime, the latest blow to the president’s efforts to deploy military forces in Democratic cities without the backing of local leaders. U.S.

Immigration crackdown in Charlotte is over, sheriff says

U.S. Border Patrol officers have wrapped up their immigration crackdown in Charlotte, N.C., less than a week after their arrival, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said. McFadden's office said they were notified by federal officials that "Operation Charlotte's Web" was

Trump Suffers Massive Loss Over National Guard Deployment to D.C.

The National Guard’s takeover of Washington was not legal, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Thursday. Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the Pentagon had “exceeded the bounds of their authority” by ordering troops into the nation’s capital for “non-military, crime-deterrence missions”

Is This Finally and Blessedly the End of the Larry Summers Era?

It seems Jeffrey Epstein’s tentacles reached much further than any of us could have imagined, with Larry Summers, one of the nation’s most prominent economists, being caught in the web . I have nothing to add to the specifics of his involvement with Epstein. It would have been

U.S. Coast Guard Will No Longer Consider Swastika a Hate Symbol

The U.S. Coast Guard is no longer going to consider the swastika a hate symbol. The Washington Post reports that a new policy will take effect next month at the military branch that will reclassify the swastika, used by the German Nazi Party and adopted as a global symbol of

Trump Prosecutor Attacks Judge After He Questions if She’s a “Puppet”

Drama continues to follow interim U.S. Attorney and former Trump defense lawyer Lindsey Halligan, as she had a heated exchange with a federal judge who suggested she may be the president’s “puppet.” Halligan spoke to the New York Post exclusively about the spat, which occurred