Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) said he’s received threats over his Thursday statement urging the Trump administration to help cool the nation’s political temperature after the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “My office has received an extraordinary number of
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FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly criticized subordinates in a tense Thursday morning meeting over their handling of the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killer. More than 200 agents joined the online call, which was first reported by The New York Times. An official
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story States prep for COVID-19 vaccine upheaval Vaccine policy is rapidly fracturing along party lines under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and states are prepping for
Reviving an unfounded claim he has made for several years, President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 overstated the number of Americans who died in 2024 of drug overdoses, saying that he believed 300,000 or "350,000 people died last year from drugs." A spokesperson for the Centers for
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health this week reported the death of a school-aged child due to a rare complication occurring from a measles infection experienced as an infant. In a statement Thursday, the health department said the child had become infected
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump proposes to cut emissions reporting program The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep the
More than 70 reproductive groups are asking the Trump administration to call off the planned destruction of roughly $10 million of usable birth control products. Planned Parenthood is leading the most recent charge to save the contraceptives and sent a letter Friday to
Since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, social media users have shared posts showing, quoting or paraphrasing remarks the posts attribute to the conservative activist. Many readers have asked us to provide the facts on whether Kirk, the founder of the youth
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to publicly support the whooping cough vaccine as Louisiana experiences one of the worst outbreaks in recent
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, is demanding that The Wall Street Journal retract its reporting incorrectly linking the shooter in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination with the transgender community. Kirk, the 31-year-old
As details began to surface about Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, MAGA partisans online scapegoated the higher education system, which they claimed must have radicalized the alleged gunman. Robinson was
Ghislaine Maxwell has spent years attempting to distance herself from Jeffrey Epstein. Although she’s currently serving 20 years in the clink for recruiting and grooming women for Epstein’s sexual abuse, the well-connected British socialite has insisted that she too was a
FBI Director Kash Patel is taking heat over his handling of the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s assassin from key figures in the MAGA movement in which he initially became a star. Patel stumbled in the early hours after the shooting when he indicated on X that a suspected shooter
A midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy was injured Thursday after mistaking law enforcement for an active shooter due to online misinformation. After concerns of an active shooter were posted anonymously on a chat platform, the campus in Annapolis, Md., was placed on lockdown
Actor Sean Penn reflected on meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Thursday interview with late night host Jimmy Kimmel amid rising tensions in eastern Europe. Penn and Putin crossed paths during the Moscow International Film Festival in 2001 during a dinner with
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) issued a rare public rebuke Friday against fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over Abbott's recent executive order aimed at regulating the sale of THC products in the state. Abbott's executive order on Wednesday directed state agencies to stop
Utah Governor Spencer Cox expressed regret on Friday that he was unable to blame Charlie Kirk’s assassination on an immigrant. At a press conference, the Republican governor spoke about the ongoing investigation into the conservative activist’s death. “For 33 hours, I was … I
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, while speaking at the University of Notre Dame Friday, addressed Charlie Kirk's killing and stressed the need to "learn to have disagreements in a civil and collegial way.” At the start of her appearance to promote her new book,
Trump administration health officials are planning to link the deaths of more than two dozen children to the Covid-19 vaccine based on information from a database of unverified reports, The Washington Post reported Friday. Health officials plan to include the deaths of 25
Utah's governor is seeking to lower the temperature amid heightened fears over rising political violence {beacon} SPENCER COX made an impassioned plea for the nation to “choose a different path” and end the scourge of political violence in the wake of the killing of
The Trump administration is proposing to repeal requirements for companies to report their emissions of planet-warming gases — allowing them to keep the government and public in the dark about how much they are contributing to climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency
With his feverish fantasies about occupying Chicago dashed, President Donald Trump on Friday announced he’s moved on. He now plans to send federal troops to Memphis, with the blessing of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee. “We’re going to Memphis,” Trump told Fox and Friends , calling
Boeing could receive a $3.1 million fine from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a series of safety violations. The agency announced the penalty Friday, citing a 2024 midair emergency and failures to meet aircraft worthiness inspections. These incidents have
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Democrats worry they could stumble into shutdown Centrist Democrats fear their party could blunder into a government shutdown this month as leadership takes a
White House border czar Tom Homan is threatening to detain more immigrants than Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has beds for. “We’re almost at capacity,” Homan told reporters at the White House on Tuesday, after announcing raids in Boston and Chicago earlier this week.
Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) has decided to end her comeback bid for her old House seat, citing stigmatization of mental health struggles she has faced. Caraveo, who represented Colorado’s 8th Congressional District for one term before narrowly losing reelection last
Friday court filings offer additional insight into the basis for an FBI investigation into President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, discussing his book in detail while completely redacting an episode in which a foreign entity hacked his personal email.
An immigrant was killed and a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was injured in Chicago on Friday during an enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ICE officers conducted a traffic stop in Franklin Park, Ill., to
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Uber on Friday, accusing the ride-hailing platform of discriminating against riders with disabilities by “routinely” denying service to wheelchair users and passengers with service dogs. The government alleges that drivers frequently refuse
California lawmakers passed legislation this week to prevent health providers from releasing transgender patients’ confidential medical records in investigations of gender-affirming care in states that ban treatment for minors. Senate Bill 497, introduced in February by Sen.
Trumpworld is no longer convinced that FBI Director Kash Patel is up to the job. A multiday manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer came to a dramatic close Friday morning when 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was turned in to the authorities by his own relatives, unassisted by the
South Korean workers detained by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) returned home Friday, after law enforcement raided a Georgia plant in search of illegal immigrants. Hundreds of employees landed at Incheon International Airport in Seoul, greeted by family, friends
The lines in east Asia, after the Beijing victory show featuring its military might, are now drawn more sharply than ever.
A Utah student who asked conservative activist Charlie Kirk a question Wednesday, right before Kirk was shot and killed, said he wished he would have asked something different. “I had been fluctuating between different ones. Now that I know, for sure I would’ve asked a
Missouri Senate Republicans on Friday passed a new set of congressional lines that aims to add one pickup opportunity for the GOP in the U.S. House ahead of 2026, sending it to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) for his signature. The Missouri Senate advanced a new House map that
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding a study on the widely debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, according to a government funding notice. While numerous large studies have disproved a connection between autism and vaccines — a cornerstone of the
Discord said Friday that the person accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk did not use the platform to plan the shooting or promote violence, after officials revealed he sent messages over the app. Law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson after a
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is warning civilian and military employees that the Pentagon is “tracking” any comments from them that celebrate or mock the Wednesday assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “We are tracking all these very closely — and will
FBI Director Kash Patel ended his update on the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, with a message to Kirk that included a reference to Valhalla, prompting speculation online.
Imagine that President Donald Trump actively wanted to encourage radical right-wing groups and “lone wolf” individuals to wage open violent warfare on anyone they deem a leftist anywhere in America. If Trump wanted to send that precise message, he could hardly do much better
President Trump’s tariffs and massive GOP tax cuts are set to have competing effects on the economy, according to the latest outlook report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which shows an increased stagflationary mix for the rest of 2025. Tariffs are expected to rein
The United States should push its Arab partners to bar Hamas from establishing any presence within their borders.
Trader Joe’s is bringing its vaguely nautical vibes to a slew of new cities in the coming months.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is headed to Israel on Saturday for discussions on the Gaza Strip in the wake of an Israeli strike on Qatar. Rubio, who is also the acting national security adviser, will reaffirm U.S. commitment to Israel’s security, the State Department said in
The nonpartisan scorekeeper estimates the president’s tariff policies will also cool, and then rev up, the economy over the next three years.
Charlie Kirk, a Turning Point USA founder, was fatally shot while encouraging dialogue over violence, and the response to his death has been depressingly predictable, with partisan actors on both sides weaponizing the tragedy for political gain.
The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has resulted in a very intense debate about his politics and approach. In the latest edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon , TNR contributors Ana Marie Cox and Meredith Shiner say that the press is largely whitewashing Kirk’s
