The University of Southern California (USC) has canceled its main commencement ceremony amid criticism over its decision to nix its pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speech. The school announced on Thursday that due to new safety measures, it would not have the main graduation ceremony that normally holds 65,000 people. “With the new safety measures in place...
From "Black Widow's" Scarlett Johannson — seemingly in town to support husband Colin Jost — to "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" star Rachel Brosnahan and rapper Jermaine Dupri, a hodge-podge of performers are poised to head to Washington for Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner. "Saturday Night Live's" Jost is headlining the entertainer and lawmaker-filled media...
A man has been arrested after he disrupted an interview with San Jose, Calif., Mayor Matt Mahan and picked a fight with his security guard. Mahan was participating in an interview with KRON4 Tuesday evening, when a passerby interrupted the shot. The man was apparently talking on the phone, when Mahan said, “We’re doing an...
Microsoft’s cut-throat approach is a national security risk the United States cannot abide.
At least six small tornadoes developed in Missouri and Illinois Thursday evening. One of those went right through a wedding rehearsal dinner.
The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm on the use of alcohol and electronic cigarettes in adolescents, calling the widespread use "alarming" in a new analysis. The WHO, in a report published Thursday, said their findings show a "concerning picture" of substance use in youth, according to data from ages 11, 13 and 15...
A federal judge rejected former President Trump’s latest attempt for a new trial, upholding the verdict and $83.3 million award in his defamation case against writer E. Jean Carroll. In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump’s arguments are “without merit.” “Mr. Trump’s malicious and unceasing attacks on Ms. Carroll were disseminated...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump’s mounting legal woes The former president’s historic criminal trial in New York is colliding with presidential immunity arguments before the Supreme Court and a ‘fake elector’ indictment for Trump allies in Arizona. © Jennah Moon/Pool/AFP The Supreme Court...
Rather than calling a coup a coup, the administration took a position of avoidance.
Justices on the Supreme Court voiced skepticism Thursday to assertions from former President Trump’s attorneys that presidential immunity could extend to an attempted coup or the assassination of a political rival, even as they seemed ready to offer some protections from criminal prosecution. Such a ruling could create a new cycle of legal battles that in turn could...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday his state “will not comply” with recently unveiled changes to Title IX by the Biden administration. “Florida rejects [President Biden’s] attempt to rewrite Title IX,” DeSantis said in a video posted to the social platform X. “We will not comply, and we will fight back.” “We are not...
Students and faculty from colleges and universities around the D.C. area launched a combined demonstration at the George Washington University (GWU) campus early Thursday, continuing national protests against the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war. Hundreds of protesters, including some university faculty, have erected tents at the center of GWU’s campus. The encampment —...
President Biden’s reelection campaign trolled former President Trump for golfing on his day off from court on Wednesday. “We found out where Trump was. He was golfing. Not campaigning. Golfing,” Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa said in a statement, citing a CNN report that he was at his New Jersey golf club Bedminster. “But, when your entire...
Former President Trump has a busy day in court Thursday as his New York hush money trial collides with presidential immunity arguments before the Supreme Court. David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, has retaken the stand in Manhattan where he continues providing a timeline of his agreement to bury bad news about...
Jews are attacked and reviled on campuses, schools are shutting down and young people are supporting extremist organizations. What can be done?
NEW YORK — The onetime editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer discussed potentially being pardoned by former President Trump for “electoral fraud” in 2016, according to text messages read out loud during Trump’s hush money trial Thursday. In the text messages, Editor Dylan Howard and one of his family members discuss Howard traveling to California in...
A coalition of Democrats called on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to quickly remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), signaling impatience over the agency's ongoing review of cannabis's designation. The lawmakers were led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and John Fetterman (Pa.) and Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Earl Blumenauer...
The U.S. birth rate fell to a record low after seeing a bump during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The provisional number of births in 2023 was 3,591,328 — a 2 percent drop from the previous year, which saw 3,667,758 births. "Last year,...
Human rights advocates see the Biden administration’s expansion of detention-reliant immigration enforcement as a betrayal, guided by political headwinds rather than operational necessities. In a letter to President Biden delivered Thursday, 200 organizations voiced “outrage over your administration’s expansion of the cruel and unnecessary immigration detention system.” The groups, most of them longtime opponents of...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began distributing more than $5 million in refunds to Amazon Ring customers Tuesday, enforcing a settlement with the tech giant over claims that Ring failed to protect consumer privacy. The FTC claimed in a 2023 complaint that Ring allowed employees and contractors improper access to records from the company’s security...
A member of Vice President Harris's security detail was removed over a behavioral issue, the Secret Service confirmed to The Hill. The Secret Service special agent, who was working on the vice president's departure from Joint Base Andrews on Monday morning, “began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing,” Secret Service chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi...
A steep decline in battery costs will be the primary driver in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in the years ahead, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projected. Battery costs have declined more than 90 percent in about a decade, according to the IEA, and by 2030 total storage costs could fall up...
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on Wednesday said criticism from former President Trump after she testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol have had a "tremendous" impact on her life. "I mean, in short, it's been tremendous," Hutchinson said Wednesday in an interview with CNN when...
The political party scene is popping, with more than 25 events poised to be held in honor of this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Here's a running list of all the parties, galas and other gatherings taking place around Washington timed to coincide with Saturday's big night. All events listed are by invitation only. ...
Vice President Harris will kick off a multistate tour Monday to tout economic opportunities for Black Americans in an effort to mobilize the critical voting base for Democrats ahead of November's election. The Economic Opportunity Tour will begin in Atlanta before an event in Detroit the following week. During the tour, Harris will emphasize the...
