ATLANTA — The Trump administration is considering an executive order to regulate artificial intelligence that would prevent states from putting guardrails on the technology, arguing there should be only one set of rules. The move has stirred concern among child-safety advocates
Vogue’s former Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour called out Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for urging airline passengers to “dress a little better” to encourage more civil behavior. “It was ironic to hear our Secretary of Transport urging the public to be polite the same week
At least one person is dead after a shooting at Kentucky State University (KSU) in Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. The Frankfort Police Department (FPD) said on Facebook that one person has died and another is in "critical condition." Kentucky
President Trump will give remarks Tuesday evening from Pennsylvania about his economic agenda, which he has graded an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus." Since returning to the Oval Office in January, Trump has made sparingly few domestic trips to tout his agenda. But with the 2026
Providing tax credits to caregivers to relieve them of their financial and personal burdens could benefit millions of Americans and the broader economy, advocates backing legislation to do so said Tuesday at an event hosted by The Hill. Lance Robertson, a former assistant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he’s less concerned about President Trump potentially running for a third term in office, pointing to the 79-year-old’s age and potential well-being. “I've softened, to your question, on this notion of a third Trump term because time of
A D.C. Circuit panel issued a Tuesday order dissolving an administrative stay on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military transgender ban. In a 2-1 ruling, the court said a lower court didn’t offer Hegseth enough deference in issuing its stay. “The Hegseth Policy likely does
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is calling on the U.S. to follow Australia’s lead and ban children younger than 16 from using social media. “When it comes to our adolescents, it’s either going to be adults or the algorithms. One of them is going to raise the kids,”
President Trump is watching closely as Netflix and Paramount battle for control of the entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. While Netflix is projecting confidence its agreement to acquire the valuable Warner Brothers studios will hold with investors and clear government
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) expressed his enthusiasm about Democratic firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) running for Senate. “Am I hiding my glee? I’ll try to wipe the smile off my face, I would say it’s a gift,” Cornyn told Semafor in an interview discussing former Rep.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says his 9-year-old son recently took his phone and tried to call President Trump. In an interview published this weekend with Jack Cocchiarella, the potential 2028 presidential contender was asked about his most recent conversation with Trump.
Democrats are looking to wrest GOP control from the Miami mayor's office for the first time in nearly 30 years in Tuesday's closely watched runoff. Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, is hoping to succeed the city's current term-limited mayor, Republican
Roughly 4 in 10 voters say the country is on the right track, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, an uptick from last month as Americans weathered a record-long government shutdown. The figure has hovered around 40 percent since the start of Trump’s second term but
A small group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by moderate House Republicans, on Tuesday launched another effort to extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as lawmakers try to find a combination of ideas that could break the current impasse. The latest
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor torched a lawyer Tuesday for suggesting that Elon Musk didn’t buy his way into the White House. While hearing oral arguments in a case on campaign finance law, Sotomayor warned that if the Supreme Court removed the limits on coordinated
U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer will testify before a Senate Appropriations Committee panel on Tuesday afternoon on the state of the U.S. economy. The hearing comes as President Trump has doubled down on his economic agenda, even as concerns around affordability have grown and
The White House said Tuesday it has the “utmost confidence” in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Mary Makary and dismissed calls for his ouster from prominent anti-abortion groups as “uninformed attacks.” Leaders of the anti-abortion groups SBA Pro-Life America
The Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican proposal to replace enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Act with health savings accounts that would receive federal contributions to pay out-of-pocket expenses, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)
The Omega privy-mark Lincoln pennies will soon be available at auction.
The State Department called on Cambodian and Thai forces to cease hostilities, as fighting between the two sides threatens a ceasefire backed by President Trump earlier this year. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is “concerned” by the fighting in a Monday press
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is taking aim at the Trump administration’s violent and excessive immigration actions. On Tuesday, Pritzker signed a bill that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights
On Monday, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced that it has opened a civil investigation into conditions within facilities operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) and Colorado Department of Youth Services (DYS).
The chain removed “67” from its ticket order system after groups teen flocked to locations to hear the number called.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday spoke with reporters as the Trump administration faces criticism over the U.S. military's strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been under the microscope in recent days, after
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division are pretending to care about prisoners’ human rights in an apparent effort to get conspiracy theorist, former state official, and convicted 2020 election fraudster Tina Peters out of a
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing to obtain a copy of the Justice Department memo prepared to justify the legality of boat strikes in the Caribbean that have killed at least 88 people. The suit is the latest effort to get an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
In a disparaging attack on Somalia in which he said he didn’t want people of Somali descent in the United States, President Donald Trump said Somalis “ripped off” Minnesota "every year" for “billions of dollars," an apparent reference to a fraud investigation, and suggested
The Trump administration has moved to strip millions of student debt holders from the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, repayment plan. The White House proposed a joint settlement with Missouri Tuesday that will force borrowers onto other repayment plans. “As part of the
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, warned Tuesday that allowing sales of Nvidia’s more powerful H200 chips to China could help the country “catch up” to the U.S. on AI computing power. “Right now, China is far
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) changed the name of former Adm. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman who served as the agency's assistant secretary under former President Biden, to her birth name, or "dead name," on her official portrait. HHS confirmed on X
Gene Simmons, KISS bassist and recent Kennedy Center honoree, will testify Tuesday afternoon before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property about the American Music Fairness Act. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Darrell
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that he had no plans to lower airport food costs. “So the question is lowering the cost of food in airports, and again, it’s interesting, it’s market demand and supply,” Duffy said during a press conference also featuring Health
The Education Department announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit that would end the Biden administration’s Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) income-driven student loan repayment plan. The SAVE plan, considered one of the most generous student loan
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R) announced on Tuesday that he’s launching a bid for New York governor, challenging Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for the GOP nomination and capping off weeks of speculation over whether he would jump into the race. “New York is desperate
European Council President António Costa on Tuesday urged President Trump to respect the European Union (EU) and its decisions after Trump publicly called its leaders “weak.” “We respect the choice of Americans, and they need to respect the democratic choices of our citizens,”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said on Tuesday that Republican women are starting to speak out publicly against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) because he “sidelines" them and doesn’t follow through on promises to consider their legislation. In an interview on CNN’s “The
Enrolled in the SAVE plan? You may soon need to change how you repay your federal student loans.
Rather than constraining economic growth to preserve pre-industrial temperatures, sound policy would accelerate the development that has made the world more livable.
The debate over whether it’s permissible to destroy alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean without a formal declaration of war by Congress has prompted some members of the tech community to make an even bolder statement: violent repeat criminals shouldn’t just be killed —
Donald Trump is blaming his predecessor, Joe Biden, too much, and his aides are trying to get him to stop. Trump’s economic policies have caused food prices to go up and increased affordability issues, but the president remains in deep denial, calling affordability a Democratic
The federal government shutdown has had a disproportionate impact on Tribal Nations, highlighting the need for modernization of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act to improve housing security and promote self-determination.
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s Tuesday. I’m so over this polar vortex. I moved to Washington to escape the frigid temps!! 🥶 In today's issue: • Judge OKs Ghislaine Maxwell file release • Trump’s Pa. trip kicks off midterm scramble • President
Republican Emilio Gonzalez and Democrat Eileen Higgins are facing off Tuesday in a runoff election that will decide who will run Miami, the second-largest city in Florida, in what’s seen as another bellwether of the national mood ahead of 2026. Gonzalez, a former Miami city
Former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters was attacked in prison, according to her attorney Peter Ticktin. “About 6 months ago, Mrs. Peters was threatened with harm. Her life was threatened by a group of inmates, to stab her and to kill her. This was reported to the FBI and
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R- Ga.) said Tuesday she feels “very sorry” for President Trump after he called her “very dumb” and denied his former close ally still embraces “America first” values. “I feel very sorry for President Trump. I genuinely do. It has to be a hard place
AI, automated systems and robotics have the potential to reduce prices and address the cost of living crisis, but policymakers need to embrace these technologies and reduce red tape in order for them to be implemented.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Monday said President Trump was “lying about affordability” as citizens face rising costs for electricity and household food items. “He's been lying about the impact of his policies. And I want to make sure that we're setting the record
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) may have “violated the Constitution” by informing migrants of their rights if approached by immigration officers. “We're certainly going after and looking into all of that with
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rollout Tuesday of the U.S. military’s new AI platform just fell flat on its face. “The future of American warfare is here, and it’s spelled A-I,” Hegseth said in a video on X , announcing GenAi.Mil, the new “American-made” AI platform that will
