Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign for misrepresenting his previous interactions with Jeffrey Epstein are “absurd.” “It’s absurd. Howard Lutnick is a great Commerce Secretary. He’s done an extraordinary job for the country,” Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and a growing number...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Tuesday that he expects the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis to end in a matter of days. Walz told reporters that he spoke with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles earlier that morning and with White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday. He noted that while...
The U.S. will participate in the World Health Organization's (WHO) upcoming meeting on the composition of the influenza vaccine despite officially withdrawing from the global group last month. The WHO will meet on Feb. 26 in Turkey to discuss the composition of the 2026-2027 flu vaccine for the northern hemisphere. "The vaccine composition meeting will...
NEW YORK (AP) — James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Dawson’s Creek” and in later years mocking his own hunky persona, has died. He was 48. “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully...
The Pentagon and Department of Agriculture signed a Wednesday memorandum of understanding to partner on securing American farmland vulnerabilities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins both signed the MOU allowing the department to expand its research cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as an extension of the National Farm...
The government is flirting with shutdown drama, immigration policy is in chaos, and Congress is struggling to pass basic, functional legislation. But sure — let’s launch a federal inquiry into Bad Bunny’s half-time show.
A key official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) indicated Wednesday that he believes the nation’s threshold for the declaration of major disasters is too low as various changes loom for the agency under the Trump administration. During a congressional hearing, FEMA associate administrator Gregg Phillips slammed what he described as an "artificially low threshold" for...
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) brief restriction of airspace above El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico resulted from the Pentagon planning to test anti-drone technology despite the FAA’s reservations, according to multiple reports. Earlier Wednesday, a Trump administration official told The Hill that the temporary closure, which grounded flights for over seven hours at...
President Trump on Wednesday afternoon will hold an event at the White House to tout his administration's support for coal mining. Trump in his second term has made moves to nix climate change rules and restrictions on power plants that use coal and other fossil fuels, despite experts' warnings about the effect it will have...
Turning Point USA’s YouTube channel added 1 million subscribers after its alternative half-time show Sunday. It’s a big win, regardless of whether you personally liked Kid Rock’s performance.
As one variant of the flu virus starts to decline, another is rising to take its place.
The federal deficit and national debt are expected to grow by trillions of dollars over the next decade, according to 10-year projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO projected that the U.S. budget deficit will reach $1.9 trillion in fiscal year 2026 — around 5.8 percent of GDP — and roughly the...
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended a two-and-a-half hour meeting on Wednesday with no agreement on how to move forward with Iran. "There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated," Trump said in a TruthSocial post...
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is endorsing Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate primary, making the first Senate endorsement in his race against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). Heinrich told Semafor that Talarico is “running a really smart campaign” and making a “very accessible” pitch to voters in the Lone Star State. The outlet cited another...
House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would fund every agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) except Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Office of the Secretary. The move comes as the stopgap measure to fund DHS at existing...
As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches into its second week, the FBI said Wednesday that they are now examining roadways along the Catalina Foothills in Arizona. The federal agency’s Phoenix bureau said its agents are “conducting an extensive search” of this area, looking for information related to the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily closed the airspace over El Paso, Texas, and southern New Mexico on Wednesday morning, prompting disruptions for travelers and questions from lawmakers. The FAA initially imposed a 10-day stoppage, effective at 1:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, on flights into and out of El Paso International Airport (ELP) and the Doña...
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday said she is ending a task force launched last year to target politicization within different U.S. intelligence agencies, a task force she said was meant to be temporary. "The Director's Initiatives Group (DIG) was created as a temporary effort to surge resources to deliver on high-priority...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the six Democrats who participated in a video urging service members to disobey illegal orders last fall “should be indicted,” even as a grand jury on Tuesday refused to do so. “I think that anytime you’re obstructing law enforcement and getting in the way of these sensitive operations, it’s...
Close to three-quarters of Americans back some form of change to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency that has been mired in controversy in recent weeks. In an NBC News Decision Desk Poll released Wednesday, 72 percent of respondents supported abolishing or reforming ICE, while 29 percent said it should “continue in current form.”...
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said “something needs to be done” on the issue of affordability in America or Republicans will be imperiled in the upcoming midterm elections. “Fiscal conservatism has not been talked about at all during this administration,” Haley told Fox News's Brett Baier on Tuesday evening. “And I think now...
A pair of Senate Democrats on Wednesday warned that the Justice Department’s attempt to indict six members of Congress who reminded active duty military members they are able to refuse unlawful orders represents a “master alarm flashing for our democracy.” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), standing with Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), derided the move by the...
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was a celebration of America's cultural diversity, which was a defeat for Team MAGA in the culture wars, as evidenced by the failure of the Melania Trump documentary and the controversy surrounding Kid Rock's lyrics.
Rep. Mark Alford (R-Texas) is suggesting the Federal Communications Commission investigate pop star Bad Bunny over his halftime performance during Super Bowl LX on Sunday. "On the Bad Bunny bad performance at the Super Bowl ... we're still investigating this. There's a lot of information that has come out about the lyrics," Alford said during...
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. ???? Plus: New movement in Nancy Guthrie search {beacon} It’s Wednesday. Who else has the Olympics streaming while they work? ????♀️ In today's issue: Authorities question man in Nancy Guthrie case Bondi on Capitol Hill Schumer says Dems will block DHS funding FAA abruptly lifts...
