Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got a key moment of respite late this week that could help him bat back a plethora of controversies. The moment came on Thursday, when Adm. Frank Bradley reportedly told lawmakers at a closed-door session on Capitol Hill that he had received no
In case you missed it, President Donald Trump fell asleep on television this week. There he was, in the middle of a meeting with the members of his Cabinet, completely set adrift on memory bliss as the pool cameras rolled, locked on his dozy face. Before you worry too much,
Gasoline prices are down while electric and natural gas costs are up, turning the issue of energy affordability into a political Rorschach test. Democrats are lambasting the White House for high power bills, while President Trump and his allies tout low prices at the pump.
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith blasted President Trump for calling the affordability crisis a Democratic “con job,” saying that he “wants to act as if there’s no concern.” “He has to say that right now because it’s an issue and a concern for the American people,” the host of
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said President Trump was furious with her after she signed a House petition compelling the release of all government files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “We did talk about the Epstein files and he
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said Friday that a National Guardsman injured in last week's shooting in Washington is “slowly healing” and that his parents reported he has begun to “look more like himself.” In a message posted on the social platform X, Morrisey
Lawmakers in the House are debating next steps on potential regulations for how college athletes can be compensated.
Vice President Vance dismissed online speculation about the state of his relationship with second lady Usha Vance, saying the couple’s marriage was “as strong as it’s ever been.” “With anything in life, you take the good with the bad,” he said in an interview with NBC News.
President Trump praised a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) panel’s vote to change guidance for hepatitis B vaccinations as a “very good decision” in a Friday night post on his social platform Truth Social. “Today, the CDC Vaccine Committee made a very good decision to END
Upending decades-old guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted to no longer issue a blanket recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Throughout the meeting, many panelists made misleading claims
The Texas lawmaker said in an interview he'd be willing to cooperate with a House Judiciary "weaponization" probe.
A trustee of the American Medical Association (AMA) denounced a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) panel’s vote to change hepatitis B vaccine guidance as “reckless” and urged the agency to reject the recommendation. “The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice’s (ACIP) vote
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A key federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to do away with the recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine. The vote came after two days of charged, contentious debate among panelists and concerned stakeholders, and it fulfilled a long-held goal
New York City Council member Chi Ossé has dropped a bid to challenge House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a primary after New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani expressed his opposition. “Exploring the possibility of this run was important,” Ossé said in a
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story ACIP approves most consequential changes to vaccine guidance this year The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on
{beacon} Energy & Environment The Big Story Both Democrats and GOP seize on energy prices Gasoline prices are down while electric and natural gas prices are up, making the issue of energy affordability into a political Rorschach test. © Photo Credit Democrats are lambasting
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Friday a “very aggressive” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer used pepper spray against her during a raid in Tucson, Ariz. According to Grijalva, community members in Tucson had stopped approximately 40 ICE officers, most of
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that he received "total exoneration" in an investigative report by the Defense Department's Office of Inspector General regarding a Signal group chat about a military attack in Yemen. But the report contradicts that assessment, concluding
{beacon} Technology The Big Story X faces $140 million fine over violations of EU tech law The European Union (EU) hit billionaire Elon Musk’s social platform X with a $140 million fine Friday for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA), the first time a company has been
The lawsuit racket against lawful gun vendors and manufacturers is really just an end-around to our democratic process.
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, is slated to co-host Fox News’s “The Five” next week in an effort to promote the release of her late husband’s book "Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life." The book was
Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) said Friday he will lift his remaining holds on President Trump’s nominees to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the department approved disaster recovery funds for his state. Budd had holds on Sean Plankey, who was nominated to be director
The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was reportedly engaged in a nasty years-long custody battle with the White House press secretary’s brother before she was detained by Immigration and Customs enforcement last month, WBUR reported Friday. Bruna Ferreira—a 33-year-old
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said President Trump’s voters may be an issue for the Republican Party during next year’s midterms because this “big pool” of people may not show up to vote without him on the ballot. “I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has
The two survivors of the early September boat attack by the U.S. military did not seem to radio for backup or appear to have other communication devices available after their vessel was struck, the top official overseeing the Caribbean operation told lawmakers during Thursday's
Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the "box" at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights organization said in a 61-page digital report that the box, a 2-by-2-foot cage
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear arguments over the legality of Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the 1868 constitutional detail that entitles any person born on U.S. soil to an American passport. In doing so, the nation’s highest judiciary has set the
Vanity Fair will part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi, the reporter who wrote in a new book about a romantic relationship she says she had with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a new report. Nuzzi's contract as a West Coast editor
Vice President Vance shared a list of the three progressive politicians who he said, in an interview with NBC News published Thursday, he has come to appreciate. In a wide-ranging interview that touched on his marriage, his chances of running in 2028 and antisemitism in the
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) has announced that he will not seek reelection in wake of the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the state’s new district map. “I will continue working with the same urgency and determination as if next year were my last, which in public office it
President Donald Trump and Republican governors are colluding to try to rig the 2026 midterm elections in their favor through gerrymandering. They’re helped by the fact that rural voters in large swaths of many states are largely abandoning the Democrats, who already suffer
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release jury transcripts from Florida's investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith made the order in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which
Donald Trump’s attempt to nab more Republican congressional seats and keep his party in control of Congress just got a boost Friday when Indiana’s House of Representatives passed a new legislative map. The new map, which seeks to give Republicans control of all of the state’s
The New Democrat Coalition on Friday urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over an unclassified inspector general report that found he endangered service members by communicating about sensitive military intelligence in a Signal group chat. “Time and time again, the
Pawlenty acknowledged there is danger in "stigmatizing any ethnic group, any racial group, any religious group."
Trump and his allies are heaping pressure on holdout Republicans in Indiana, while Democrats eye gains elsewhere.
We’re about to get more Epstein documents. Trump-appointed Judge Rodney Smith of the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida on Friday ordered the release of previously secret grand jury transcripts from 2005 and 2007 investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is expressing concern about Netflix's planned acquisition of moviemaker Warner Bros., saying the deal could raise major questions about antitrust and competitive imbalance. “This deal looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare," Warren said Friday in
The Supreme Court on Friday took up whether President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions are constitutional, adding another major confrontation with the president to the justices’ docket. Trump signed the executive order on his first day back in the White House,
The Department of Homeland Security has innovated a cringey new way to spread its blatantly made-up statistics documenting its ethnic cleansing campaign: introducing DHS Wrapped! In the latest installment of the Trump administration’s weird attempts to appeal to Gen Z , the
Next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting promises to be one of the most interesting in recent memory.
The Trump administration is invoking racist tropes in a policy document, claiming that Europe is facing “civilizational erasure.” The White House’s new National Security Strategy, posted Thursday night, called the European Union antidemocratic and seemed to make an openly
President Trump released his national security strategy late Thursday night with a focus on building up a larger military presence in the Western Hemisphere, balancing global trade, tightening up border security, and winning the culture war with Europe. The sweeping strategy
A Brazilian Harvard law professor has agreed to self-deport after he was arrested on allegations he fired a BB gun near a synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur.
The Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot spoke to investigators for four hours on Thursday, prosecutors have revealed. Brian Cole Jr. made his first court
The Indiana state House passed a new set of congressional lines Friday that would add two Republican pickup opportunities ahead of 2026. The new map, which was only introduced by Republicans just days ago, passed by a 57-41 vote and would favor Republicans in all nine
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday condemned President Trump’s remarks about Somali immigrants in which he described the group as “garbage.” Walz said it was “unprecedented for a United States president." “We’ve got little children going to school today who their president
Republicans could face another blue wave in 2026 if they don't address the economy and Trump's low approval ratings, as voters are feeling the squeeze of inflation and are looking for a check on his power.