The federal government reportedly launched a probe into the actions of special prosecutor Jack Smith who investigated President Trump’s criminal cases beginning in 2022. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Saturday officials would look into Smith’s potential violation of the Hatch Act, which restricts government employees from political involvement, according to NBC News. The…
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) said the Democratic Party is failing to connect with voters due to insensibility. “I think voters feel like Democrats have sort of been a‑‑holes to them,” McBride told Politico’s Dasha Burns during an interview for “The Conversation” set to air Sunday. McBride, a first-term lawmaker, made history in November by becoming…
According to the FDA, the contamination was discovered by the company during “internal testing of their products.”
ICE’s recruitment of 10,000 new officers stems from more than $46 billion in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
President Trump on Friday directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the appointee of former President Biden. Trump said on Truth Social that the commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, had “faked the Jobs Numbers” before the 2024 election in order to boost…
More than half of American adults — 59 percent — say they do not expect to get the COVID-19 booster shot this autumn, according to new poll findings from health care policy group KFF. Poll results show 23 percent of U.S. adult respondents said they will “probably not” get the vaccine, while 37 percent…
Several Senate Democrats are calling for an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to settle a lawsuit blocking Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks. Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) raised concerns to the DOJ inspector general Friday about the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that peace talks with Ukraine have been stalled due to “inflated expectations” as leaders continue to urge the Kremlin to shift course. “All disappointments come from inflated expectations,” Putin told reporters Friday, according to The New York Times. “In order to solve the issue in a peaceful way, we…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday afternoon that whether a deal is reached on 160 stalled nominees hinges on talks between the White House and Senate Democrats, and didn’t sound confident an agreement could be reached before the weekend. Thune said “a number of people involved” from the White House are in discussions…
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) accused Texas Republicans of silencing Latino voters with their proposed redistricting plan in a letter first obtained by The Hill on Friday. In a letter addressed to Cody Vasut, chair of the Texas Committee on Redistricting, and vice chair Jon Rosenthal, Espaillat described the new congressional map…
