Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to change the way it enforces immigration bonds to make the system more equitable amid a skyrocketing immigration detainee population. In a Monday letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Alejandro Padilla (D-Calif.) and Reps. Jerrold Nadler...
A federal grand jury indicted an Alabama man for allegedly threatening the sheriff and district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., over their involvement in former President Trump’s criminal case. The indictment, unsealed Monday, charges Arthur Ray Hanson II, 59, with two counts of transmitting interstate threats. Prosecutors say he left voicemails on Aug. 6 threatening...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) will hit the campaign trail in Virginia on Saturday as part of an effort to boost Democrats running in the commonwealth’s legislative elections, according to details released exclusively to The Hill on Monday. Moore will make campaign stops throughout the day with various Democratic candidates, including state Sens. Monty Mason...
The three-star U.S. general dispatched to Israel to advise the country on the risks to a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip had returned stateside as of last week, a senior defense official confirmed Monday. Israel in recent days has ramped up its ground operations in the Gaza Strip, in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host local public school students and military-connected children Monday for Halloween at the White House. The event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Watch the video above.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) launched a probe Monday into a D.C. investigation of a conservative judicial activist. The two Republicans sent a letter to Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb to demand answers on his investigation into Leonard Leo, a conservative judicial activist, and nonprofit organizations...
A federal judge Monday ordered federal agents to stop cutting razor wire at Texas's border with Mexico, granting a temporary win to Texas officials who sued to halt the practice. In a ruling filed Monday, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses granted a temporary restraining order that prohibits the federal government from removing, disassembling, degrading or...
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby on Monday bashed Russian President Vladimir Putin for not condemning the protest that took place at a Russian airport when a plane landed there from Israel. A crowd stormed the airport in Dagestan, a predominantly Muslim republic in southern Russia, reportedly looking for Israeli passengers. Russian police took over the...
President Biden spoke with United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain on Monday after union leadership reached a deal in recent days with the three major U.S. auto companies to potentially end weeks of strikes at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Biden, who had appeared with striking autoworkers in Michigan in September, called it a...
It’s fly vs. fly in the skies over Los Angeles.
Halloween is fast approaching and, for most kids, it's a fun time filled with activities, dressing up and, of course, trick-or-treating.
Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Wesley Bell (D) announced Monday he is dropping out of the state’s Senate race and will instead challenge Missouri Rep. Cori Bush (D) in the House. Bell, the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney, said at a news conference that several people urged him to launch a campaign for the House instead...
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) clashed with Fox Business host Stuart Varney over the Texas Republican's push for spending cuts with the next government funding deadline just weeks away. Asked by Varney if his top priority is avoiding a shutdown next month, Roy said, "I would tell you my top priority is trying to honor my...
Multiple children in North Carolina were found to have elevated levels of lead, and fruit puree pouches may be to blame.
President Biden will name a senior Interior department official as the department’s No. 2 official on an acting basis, a person familiar with the Biden administration’s plans told The Hill. The administration is expected to name Laura Daniel-Davis, Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary for land and minerals management, as acting deputy Interior secretary. She will...
U.S. and coalition forces in the Middle East have come under attack 23 times since mid-October, a senior defense official said Monday. Between Oct. 17-30, American troops were attacked with rockets and drones 14 times in Iraq and nine times in Syria, the official told reporters. Most of the attacks were “unsuccessful” as they were “successfully...
As the New England Patriots were preparing to win their sixth Super Bowl title, high above Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta a different face-off was taking place. During Super Bowl LIII’s pregame flyover, members of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team avoided a mid-air collision with an unauthorized drone operating in restricted airspace. Thankfully, the...
The White House on Monday issued veto threats against two GOP-led House appropriations bills expected to come up for a vote this week as lawmakers seek to avoid a government shutdown in November. The administration expressed its opposition to two funding bills likely to come up on the House floor in the coming days —...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby on Monday afternoon are slated to hold a press briefing. The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET. Watch the live video above. One subject that could come up is the sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence...
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 was freed overnight during ground operations, the IDF said Monday. The IDF released a statement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, saying Pvt. Uri Megidish was now home with her family. “She is home. PVT Megidish was abducted by...
A new report on how medical students view the future of their careers has found that a quarter of aspiring physicians in the U.S. say they are considering quitting their studies, with many expressing concerns about their mental health and how they can find a study-life balance. The report "Clinician of the Future: Education Edition,"...
President Biden on Monday is slated to sign a highly anticipated, sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence into law. The order is focused on seizing on the emerging technology and managing its risks, and includes several new actions which focus on areas like safety, privacy, protecting workers, and protecting innovation. The event is scheduled to...
If we have learned anything from the history of the speakership, it is that both intra- and inter-party divisions can turn an election of Speaker into a nasty and often prolonged process.
A United Nations agency said Sunday in a statement that it was worried civil order was starting to break down in Gaza, where millions are facing scarce food and medicine amid the Israel-Hamas war. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), established in 1949, said thousands of people...
A 71-year-old man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Muslim mother and her son pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday. Joseph Czuba was charged for the killing of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and for wounding the boy’s mother, Hanaan Shahin, on Oct. 14 in Plainfield, Ill., in...
