A bipartisan effort to force a binding House vote on releasing the “Epstein files” has picked up Republican support, though just how many in the GOP ultimately support the measure won’t be seen at least until the lower chamber returns from its August recess. The bipartisan bill from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna…
The Trump administration must release Kilmar Abrego Garcia on his criminal charges in Tennessee, and immigration authorities must allow him to return to Maryland on supervision without taking him into custody, two judges separately ruled Wednesday. The rulings allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to restart Abrego Garcia’s immigration proceedings in Baltimore and try to detain…
Missouri is suing Planned Parenthood for allegedly lying to patients about the risks of the abortion medication mifepristone. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Jefferson City arguing that Planned Parenthood’s claims that the abortion drug is safer than many other medications including penicillin and Tylenol are untrue and violate…
President Trump’s favorability has fallen among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people in the United States, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. In the poll, Trump was seen as “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” by 26 percent of Asian American, Native Hawaiian…
Sports commentator Pat McAfee says he met with an Ole Miss student who was at the center of a false online rumor he discussed on his popular ESPN show and apologized to her for feeding into the viral attention the claims received. “We weren’t clear at that point where the story originated from. It was…
An internet trade group asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block Mississippi from enforcing its age-verification law against nine major social media platforms. NetChoice asked the justices for an emergency intervention after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week without explanation lifted a block that had protected platforms like Facebook and Instagram from…
House Republicans are moving to create a long-delayed select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — more than six months after it was initially announced. A resolution to create the subcommittee was filed on Wednesday, GOP leaders tell The Hill, after months of it being put on the backburner and lawmakers hashing…
The nation’s capital emerged as the location with the highest threshold to be the top one percent of earners, a new study found. The new study by personal finance site SmartAsset analyzed households that bring in enough money annually to be considered among the top one percent of earners in each state and the nation’s capital. The study…
President Trump will deliver the keynote address at a White House artificial intelligence summit, just hours after the administration unveiled a new framework for its AI policy. The 28-page “AI Action Plan” places a heavy emphasis on boosting U.S. innovation, building out data center infrastructure and promoting American technology abroad. The president is also expected…
The Army spent around $30 million on the military parade to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which also fell on the day of President Trump’s 79th birthday. “I can confirm the total for the Army festival and parade cost approximately $30 million,” an Army spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday. The initial…
