History confirms Republicans rejected a once-in-a-lifetime immigration opportunity ( thehill.com )
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Hispanic Caucus urges new direction in immigration talks ( thehill.com )
The CHC’s Tuesday proposals also come as the group has been purposefully excluded from Senate negotiations on border policy, which reportedly have centered on ways to curtail asylum and further fortify the border without addressing calls to overhaul the legal immigration system and appeals to give longtime undocumented...
Trump can delay paying full E. Jean Carroll damages until after appeal: report ( thehill.com )
Former President Trump can delay paying E. Jean Carroll the $83.3 million a jury decided he owes her until after he exhausts all appeal options he has vowed to seek, The New York Times reports....
Climate change could critically harm $253 billion US fishing industry, experts tell senators ( thehill.com )
US police killed a record number of people in 2023 ( thehill.com )
In 2023, police in the U.S. Killed over 1,300 people, marking a steady increase in police killings, as reported by Mapping Police Violence....
Trump on Iowa’s subzero temps: ‘Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it’ ( thehill.com )
Former President Trump encouraged his Iowa supporters to caucus for him at any cost, joking that due to extreme winter weather, “even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”...
Federal judge rules ban on firearms in post offices unconstitutional ( thehill.com )
A federal judge in Florida ruled a U.S. law that prohibits people from having firearms in post offices to be unconstitutional, the latest court decision declaring gun restrictions violate the Constitution....
Abbott: ‘We’re not shooting people’ who cross the border because feds ‘would charge us with murder’ ( thehill.com )
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said shooting people who cross the border is the only tool the state is not using to deter migrants because the Biden administration would sue the state for “murder.”...
Avian flu surges in Northern California, threatening national poultry, egg supplies ( thehill.com )
Voter confronts DeSantis on Trump approach: ‘Why haven’t you gone directly after him?’ ( thehill.com )
A voter in Iowa pressed Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Wednesday over why he hasn’t directly “gone after” former President Trump, citing DeSantis’s falling poll numbers....
Kevin McCarthy submits official House resignation ( thehill.com )
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) submitted his official resignation from Congress on Tuesday, effective Dec. 31....
Apple will require court order to give push notification data to law enforcement ( thehill.com )
US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza ( thehill.com )
Sullivan says 9 U.S. citizens, 1 green card holder missing after Hamas attack ( thehill.com )
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that nine Americans and one green card holder were still unaccounted for following the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7....
‘Aliens,’ or a foreign power? Pentagon UFO chief says someone is in our backyard ( thehill.com )
This week, the director of the U.S. government’s UFO analysis office stated that there is “evidence” of concerning unidentified flying object activity “in our backyard.” According to physicist Seán Kirkpatrick, who heads the congressionally-mandated All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, this alarming UFO activity can...
Trump 2.0: The climate cannot survive another Trump term ( thehill.com )
Michigan rep quits Democratic Socialists of America over NYC rally ( thehill.com )
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is revoking his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over its promotion of what he said was an antisemitic rally in New York City....
Rand Paul says ‘without question’ Fauci belongs in jail ( thehill.com )
This would be pretty funny if he weren't elected to a major institution....
Over 60 percent of Gen Z have an anxiety disorder ( thehill.com )
California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers ( thehill.com )
House sends Senate bill to avert government shutdown ( thehill.com )
The House on Saturday approved a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration hours before the midnight funding deadline....
Trump says Biden will be blamed for shutdown, urges GOP to dig in ( thehill.com )
Former President Trump urged Republicans to dig in as a shutdown looms over Washington, arguing Sunday that President Biden will take the blame if the federal government closes. Congress faces a Se…
First US Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine ( thehill.com )
The first U.S. Abrams tanks pledged to Ukraine have arrived in the country and are being prepared to send into battle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday....
Fox News survey finds Trump widening his lead in GOP race ( thehill.com )
Gun rights group sues New Mexico over order banning guns in public in Albuquerque ( thehill.com )
A gun rights group sued New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) and other state officials on Saturday over an emergency order banning firearms from being carried in public in Albuquerque....