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Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, Vice President Hsiao says
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has repeatedly threatened to annex it, by force if necessary. In recent years, Beijing has ramped up its military intimidation of the island,sending jets and shipsnearby almost daily.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:
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Indiana's Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants
Indianaβs Camp Atterbury and New Jerseyβs Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth announced the decision in a Tuesdayletterto Rep. Herb Conaway (D-N.J.), the House Committee on Armed Services and other members of Congress outlining that both locations...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Live updates: Trump touts cryptocurrency law but doesn't answer Epstein questions
President Trump signed the first major cryptocurrency bill into law Friday afternoon, touting its landmark status. He hailed the GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for dollar-backed digital tokens called stablecoins, as βa giant step to cement the American dominance of global finance and crypto technology.β But he ignored questions about the topic consuming...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Druze-Bedouin clashes reignite after government forces pull out of southern Syria
Syrian government forces prepared to return to a southern region Friday after renewed clashes broke out between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced in a worsening humanitarian crisis.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:With Colbert exit, Canada will lose the talk show host most attuned to our whims and politics
Whatever the reasons, next year's cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will see the departure of the host in the current era of late night television who kept Canada in his sights, as the relationship with the U.S. turned from friendly with occasional friction to antagonistic.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church
Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and injured 10. The wounded included a priest who had developed a close friendship with the late Pope Francis.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Explosion at Los Angeles law enforcement training facility leaves 3 people dead, officials say
A Friday blast at a Los Angeles County Sheriffβs Department training facility killed three members of its arson and explosives unit, marking one of the department's worst losses of life from a single incident, the sheriff said.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Most U.S. adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds
About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Most β about 6 in 10 β think it will do more to hurt than help low-income people.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump signs law creating regulations for dollar-linked ‘stablecoin’ cryptocurrencies
The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, which are tied to assets like the U.S. dollar to reduce price volatility compared with other forms of cryptocurrency. It passed both the House and Senate with wide bipartisan margins.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Trump appointees pushed more marble in Federal Reserve building renovation White House now attacks
The Fed's architects said the central bank had wanted glass walls to reflect the Fed as a transparent institution, but three Trump appointees to a local commission felt marble best fit the building's historic character.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Witnesses to Felix Baumgartner’s fatal paragliding crash heard large boom as it spun to the ground
The cityβs mayor confirmed the death of 56-year-old Baumgartner, who was renowned as the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:EU and UK hit Russia with new sanctions. Moscow’s energy revenue and spies are targeted
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the new measures, describing them as a βtimely and necessaryβ step amid intensified Russian attacks.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Men deported by U.S. to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time
The Trump administration has sent hundreds of Venezuelans and others to Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama, and deported eight men earlier this month to South Sudan, also an African country.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Trump revives old grievances in Oval Office rant, accusing Obama of treason
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Trump sues Wall Street Journal reporters after Epstein letter story, court records show
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Trump sues Wall Street Journal reporters, owners after Epstein story, court records show
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CBS ending Colbert's 'The Late Show:' 'This is purely a financial decision'
CBS is nixing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," rocking the late-night TV landscape in a move the network cited as a "financial decision." "'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," CBS said in a Thursday announcement.The network said it would...
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Trump's latest executive order creates new classification of federal employees
President Trump penned a new executive order on Thursday to form a new classification of noncareer federal employees who will be hired to βhelp faithfully implement the Presidentβs policy agenda.β The employees will be listed under the classification "Schedule G" and will engage in "policy-making or policy-advocating work," according to the White House. Schedule G...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Jeffries: Epstein saga is a monster of Trumpβs own making
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that President Trumpβs struggle to contain the MAGA outcry over the Jeffrey Epstein files is a monster of his own making. βDemocrats didn't put this into the public domain,β Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. βThe conspiracy theory provocateur-in-chief is the one β along with his extreme...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Gov. DeSantis blindsided Florida county officials with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ plans, emails show
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors and bypass laws and regulations.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:GOP Finance chair: 'I don't believe' Trump can fire Powell
Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Thursday that he does not "believe" that President Trump can fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Hill was asked during a press conference if he thinks there are any circumstances in which Trump βcould and shouldβ fire Powell, whose term as...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Stablecoin bill clears House
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Stablecoin bill clears House in key crypto victory The House passed a bill setting up a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, sending it to President Trumpβs desk and marking a major win for the industry. Greg Nash Lawmakers voted 308-122 on Thusday to pass the GENIUS Act...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed at least 54 people in 24 hours, officials say
Rainfall has triggered flash floods and inundated several villages as the country experiences 82% more rainfall this month compared to the same period in July 2024, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:The programs facing funding cuts as rescissions package nears final approval
The clock is ticking for Congress to claw back more than $9 billion of federal funding for programs, including foreign aid and public media. Friday night is the final deadline for the House to pass the so-called rescissions package, which is a priority for President Trump. Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:National Urban League declares ‘state of emergency’ for civil rights in the U.S. under Trump
One of the nationβs oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a βstate of emergencyβ for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in response toPresident Donald Trump's upending of civil rights precedents and the federal agencies traditionally tasked with enforcing them.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: DOJ says officer convicted of killing Breonna Taylor should get 1-day sentence
In our news wrap Thursday, the Justice Department is recommending a one-day sentence for the former police officer convicted of killing Breonna Taylor in a botched home raid, President Trump is suffering from chronic venous insufficiency, a fire at a newly opened shopping center in Iraq killed more than 60 people and three died when an Israeli shell hit Gaza's only Catholic church.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Mexican president accuses El Chapo's American lawyer of defamation on cartels
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the defamation lawsuit against El Chapo's American lawyer on Tuesday, rejecting his allegations of corruption in her administration. New York attorney Jeffrey Lichtman previously defended three of the cartel leaderβs sons and said they could detail the governmentβs misconduct under her leadership. "Moral and political authority is required to govern...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Ken Burns calls public media funding cuts ‘shortsighted,’ but vows ‘we will continue’
Congress is moving toward revoking a billion dollars in already approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that steers funds to public media stations. William Brangham discussed the potential impact on PBS with one of the network's most acclaimed filmmakers, Ken Burns. His documentaries covered subjects like the Civil War, baseball, Vietnam, country music and more.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:FDA reverses course on Juul
Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA reverses course on Juul The Food and Drug Administration is allowing Juul Labs to keep its electronic cigarettes on the market about three years after the agency banned the companyβs products. Photo credit The agency said the company can sell...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Planned Parenthood CEO says blocking it from Medicaid funding is ‘devastating to patients’
Since President Trump signed his sweeping domestic policy bill into law, a key provision that prevents Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving Medicaid funding has already been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. William Brangham discussed the legal challenge with Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:The latest Iran nuclear airstrike assessment
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story The latest Iran nuclear airstrike assessment The Trump administration is pressing back on a new intelligence assessment that contradicts President Trumpβs repeated assertions that U.S. airstrikes βobliteratedβ Iranβs nuclear facilities last month. Maxar Technologies via Associated...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Amid a violent week in Syria, a look at the stability of the new government
In Syria, violence continued between rival factions even after a ceasefire deal. Government troops withdrew overnight from a region as Israel said it would not allow Syrian forces south of Damascus, extending its attempted control of the area. Stephanie Sy reports on the new nation's fragile stability.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Businesses raising prices due to tariffs
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Fed says businesses passing along tariff costs Higher costs from tariffs were reported by businesses in all of the Federal Reserveβs 12 regional districts, and many made the choice to raise prices as a result. ...
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:IRS to share personal data with immigration agents to aid deportation efforts
The Trump administration is giving personal data to immigration authorities to aid its crackdown. The AP reported ICE is getting access to Medicaid data and ProPublica found the IRS is building a program that would give immigration agents unprecedented access to sensitive taxpayer data, including home addresses. William Brangham discussed more with Christopher Bing of ProPublica.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Idaho judge lifts sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case
Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence bypleading guiltyearlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022.
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