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Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS to hear ObamaCare free care case Ever since ObamaCare became law, Americans have been guaranteed certain preventive care will be free, no matter what insurance they have. Getty Experts say a Supreme Court case set for...
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ACLU asks Supreme Court to block ‘imminent’ wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court on Friday to immediately intervene to block the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants being held in Texas to El Salvador under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act. The ACLU’s emergency application says many migrants are already on buses, “presumably headed to the airport” to...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Van Hollen recounts tearful exchange with mistakenly deported man
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was completely in the dark about his family’s battle to secure his release and the intense political debate over his future when the Maryland Democrat met with the mistakenly deported man in El Salvador this week. “When I told him that his wife and family...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Republicans deny Democrats' requests for El Salvador oversight trips
House Republican committee chairs are denying Democrats’ requests to travel to El Salvador and visit its CECOT prison facility as scrutiny builds on the Trump administration’s handling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) this week denied...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:US begins pulling hundreds of troops from Syria
The U.S. military is withdrawing hundreds of troops from Syria, a shift the Pentagon is framing as a “consolidation” that reflects the changing security environment in the country. “Recognizing the success the United States has had against ISIS, including its 2019 territorial defeat under President Trump, today the Secretary of Defense directed the consolidation of...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Van Hollen on Abrego Garcia meeting: ‘Nobody drank any margaritas’
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (R-Md.) on Friday tried to debunk conspiracy theories that he was having a margarita with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, saying government officials there placed glasses down on their table to make it look like they had been drinking. Van Hollen also criticized the Salvadoran government for trying to glorify...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Man with terminal cancer aims to spend his remaining time volunteering in every U.S. state
After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis earlier this year, a San Antonio, Texas, man is on a mission to volunteer in every state.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump administration seeks to turn mass deportations into an efficient business ‘like Amazon’
If President Donald Trump’s administration has its way, the capacity to hold tens of thousands more migrants will soon be added around the country as the U.S. seeks an explosive expansion of what is already the world’s largest immigration detention system.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump's chip tariffs
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Potential chip tariffs spook tech industry President Trump's threats to tariff semiconductors are stoking alarm within the tech sector as companies brace for ripple effects across the industry. Ted Shaffey, Associated Press The Trump administration launched an investigation this week into the effects on national security of...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:'White House Crashers': Vince Vaughn visits Oval Office
Actor Vince Vaughn visited President Trump in the Oval Office, creating a moment of levity for the White House social media team.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:US sets ticking clock on Russia-Ukraine talks
Presented by Ericsson {beacon} THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is threatening to walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace talks if the two sides don’t come to a speedy agreement. With talks dragging on, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday the clock is ticking on U.S. involvement. “We are now reaching a point where we need...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Courts weigh White House work-arounds to keep AP iced out
The White House’s battle with The Associated Press is far from over. Though a judge ordered key officials to restore the wire service’s access to certain White House spaces, the Trump administration has found work-arounds to keep the AP iced out in certain places over its refusal to use the term Gulf of America in...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Rubio says State Department to restrict visas of at least 250 Nicaraguan officials
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the State Department will restrict visas for at least 250 Nicaraguan officials, pointing to human rights violations made by the Nicaraguan government, led by co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are husband and wife. “The United States is taking decisive steps to impose visa restrictions on more than...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Unusual sell-off in the dollar raises specter of investors losing trust in the U.S. under Trump
Economists worry that the recent drop in the dollar is so dramatic that it reflects something more ominous as President Donald Trump tries to reshape global trade: a loss of confidence in the United States.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump's tariff problem
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump's 'chancy bet' to pay down US debt Experts say they wouldn’t bet on President Trump’s tariff plans as an answer to the nation’s debt problems. The Associated Press As Trump faces pressure from both...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:U.S. strikes Yemen oil port in deadly escalation of Trump’s campaign against the Houthis
A U.S. airstrike on an important oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed more than 70 people and wounded many others, the Iranian-backed rebel group said Friday, marking a major escalation in the military campaign President Donald Trumplaunched against the factionlast month.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Florida State students return to campus, gather at memorials after deadly shooting
Students dropped off balloons, candles and teddy bears at a memorial Friday morning near Florida State University's student union where a 20-year-oldopened fire, killing two men and wounding six others.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza while Huckabee visits Jerusalem as U.S. ambassador
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Sean (Diddy) Combs loses bid to delay sex-trafficking trial set to start in May
A U.S. judge on Friday denied music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs's bid to delay his upcoming sex-trafficking trial by two months.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Mass layoffs at CFPB put on hold after judge blocks Trump administration
During a hearing on Friday, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson expressed concern that administration officials aren't complying with her earlier order that maintains the agency's existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve the bureau.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Sen. Van Hollen holds briefing after meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported from the United States last month, told a visiting U.S. senator that he was moved from a notorious Salvadoran prison to a detention center with better conditions.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Wisconsin high court rules governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using veto
The split ruling from the liberal-controlled court on Friday affirms the partial veto power of Wisconsin governors.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:National Archives releases 10,000 pages of records related to 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
The Friday release continues the disclosure of national secrets ordered by President Donald Trump. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says in a statement the RFK files' release will "shine a long-overdue light on the truth."
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Tourists among 4 killed in cable car crash south of Naples
Three tourists were among four people who died when a cable car crashed south of Naples, Italy, including a British and an Israeli woman, an Italian official said Friday.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:U.S. strikes on a Yemeni oil port kill 74 people, Houthis say
U.S. airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said Friday, marking the single-deadliest known attack under President Donald Trump's new campaign targeting the rebels.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:U.S. will walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace effort if either side too difficult, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday "we will take a pass" on trying to resolve the war in Ukraine if either Russia or Ukraine makes it too difficult to end the conflict. "It's coming to a head right now," he said.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Why Chinese president Xi Jinping's southeast Asia tour matters amidst Trump's tariffs
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Luigi Mangione indicted on U.S. federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a required step as prosecutors work to make good on the Trump administration's order to seek the death penalty for what it called a "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination."
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Abrego Garcia's wife issues statement on domestic violence protective order
The wife of a Maryland man who the United States government mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador stood in defense of her husband while acknowledging that she filed for a civil protective order four years ago. "After surviving domestic violence in a previous relationship, I acted out of caution following a disagreement with...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:US forces hit Yemen oil port in ongoing strikes against Houthis
U.S. forces on Thursday hit a major fuel port in western Yemen used to supply Houthi rebels, the first such airstrike publicly announced since Washington began an air campaign against the militant group in March. “Today, U.S. forces took action to eliminate this source of fuel for the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and deprive them of...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Trump administration targets Harvard’s tax-exempt status and international students
The Trump administration has escalated itsongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to revoke the university's ability to host international students as the president called for withdrawing Harvard’stax-exempt status.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Maryland senator says he was denied entry to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says he was denied entry into an El Salvador prison on Thursday while he was trying to check on the well-being of ofKilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by theTrump administrationin March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Trump and Powell set for showdown as tariffs rattle markets
President Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are facing off over how the central bank will respond to the economic impact of the White House's trade war. Trump and Powell appear to be locked on a collision course with each other as the Fed has maintained a pause in rate cuts in response to...
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Investigators say FSU shooter is son of deputy who used mother’s former service weapon
A shooter at Florida State University in Tallahassee killed two people and injured six more. According to officers, the suspect in custody is a 20-year-old FSU student and the son of a deputy sheriff. William Brangham reports.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court sets date in May to hear arguments on Trump’s birthright citizenship order
The Supreme Courton Thursday kept on hold President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May.
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