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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanEx-Trump White House attorney calls Comey’s indictment ‘un-American and despicable’
To discuss the indictment of James Comey and its implications, Geoff Bennett spoke with Ty Cobb. He was a White House attorney in the first Trump administration, managing the response to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian election interference.
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News Wrap: Netanyahu vows to press ahead in Gaza as U.N. delegates walk out in protest
In our news wrap Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech at the U.N. as dozens of delegates walked out in protest, federal officials say they've removed an immigration officer from his current duties after an altercation at a Manhattan immigration court and Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar are ending their blackouts of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night program.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:How the Trump administration is trying to change the way people vote
The Justice Department has sued eight states to compel them to share their voter registration lists with the federal government. State officials oppose the move because of concerns about how the information will be used by the Trump administration. It comes as President Trump continues to target election systems, including mail-in ballots, ahead of the midterm elections. Liz Landers reports.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Brooks and Capehart on the Comey indictment and upending of DOJ norms
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and a government shutdown is looming with both parties in Congress remaining deeply entrenched.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Slovakia amends constitution to recognize only 2 sexes, sparking human rights concerns
The amendment also makes it almost impossible for anyone other than married couples to adopt children. The constitution had already defined marriage as โa unique union between a man and a woman.โ
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Iranian president: Trump's actions could โset fireโ to Middle East
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Friday that the Trump administrationโs actions could destabilize the Middle East amid deteriorating relations with the United States. โPresident Trump has said that his administration has come to create peace but the path that they have embarked upon will set fire to the entire region,โ Pezeshkian said in an appearance...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Scarlett Johansson on taking a role behind the camera to direct ‘Eleanor the Great’
Scarlett Johansson is known the world over for major roles in close to 40 films over the past three decades and is the highest-grossing lead actor in Hollywood. Johansson is now taking on a new role as director. Her debut film, โEleanor the Great,โ is now in theaters. Amna Nawaz sat down with the filmmaker to discuss this latest chapter in her career. It's for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs new tariffs plan raises more questionsย
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trumpโs new tariffs plan raises more questions President Trump announced new pharmaceutical tariffs on Thursday, threatening a 100 percent tariff on companies who are not building pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in the U.S. beginning on Oct. 1. But...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August, report shows
The Commerce Department reported Friday that itspersonal consumption expenditures(PCE) price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier, a tick higher from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in July and most since February.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Belarus proposes new nuclear plant to supply energy to Russian-occupied Ukraine
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenkoraised the plans during a meeting at the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin, who appeared to publicly support the idea.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Here's who Trump has said should face charges
The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two counts Thursday, just days after President Trump signaled to Attorney General Pam Bondi that the department should prosecute more of the presidentโs political foes. In a Truth Social post last week, the president asked Bondi why Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and New...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Mikie Sherill's military records cause a stir
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Mikie Sherill's military records cause a stir Top Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding an investigation into the release of former Rep. Mikie Sherillโs (D) military records weeks before New Jerseyโs gubernatorial election. Greg Nash The...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:California AI efforts run up against GOP's hands-off approach
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story California AI efforts run up against GOP's hands-off approach California state lawmakers have ramped up efforts to regulate AI in their latest session, putting the Golden State on a collision course with a Republican effort to impose a national ban on such policies. Tayfun Coskun, Anadolu via...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Trump can't tie disaster aid to immigration policy: Judge
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump can't tie disaster aid to immigration policy: judge A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies. AP Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued terms and conditions...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:UN Security Council rejects Russia and China’s resolution to delay sanctions on Iran
The U.N. Security Council on Friday rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of meetings failed to result in a โconcreteโ agreement.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:ICE detains Des Moines school superintendent
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday detained the superintendent of Iowa's Des Moines Public Schools, who they say is living in the U.S. without authorization. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICEโs parent agency, confirmed the arrest of Superintendent Ian Roberts, 54, in a Friday press release, stating that he received โa final...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court lets Trump administration freeze billions in foreign aid
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to allow the Trump administration keep frozen billions of dollars in foreign aid that is set to expire next week, the latest turn in a lengthy legal saga over the congressionally appropriated funds. The emergency intervention came at the administrationโs urging to lift a lower courtโs ruling ordering it...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Google asks Supreme Court to block Play Store injunction in Epic Games case
Google on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court injunction requiring the company to make changes to its Google Play Store after Fortnite maker Epic Games challenged the app storeโs practices and won. The tech giant asked Justice Elena Kagan, who oversees emergency requests from the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Trump cannot condition disaster and emergency grants on immigration policy, judge rules
A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from conditioning disaster and security funds for states on their immigration policies. Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued terms and conditionsfor federal grants, which state that grant recipients must coordinate and cooperate with immigration officials. Twenty Democrat-led states sued over the use...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:House Democrats release partial Epstein records referencing Musk, Gates and Prince Andrew
The pages from Epsteinโs schedule show he was in touch with prominent figures like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel. There is no evidence those people knew about how Epstein was sexually abusing teenage girls.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Sinclair brings Jimmy Kimmel’s show back to its ABC affiliate stations, ending blackout
Sinclair Broadcast Group is bringingJimmy Kimmelโs late-night showback to its ABC affiliate stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout for dozens of cities across the U.S. over remarks the comedian made in the wake of conservative activistCharlie Kirk's killing.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Trump administration orders federal authorities to ignore California mask law
The Trump administration ordered federal authorities Friday to ignore new legislation in California banning law enforcement officers from wearing masks to conceal their identity. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last Saturday signed the bill โ which is slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2026 โ making face coverings of local, state and federal officials a...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:DOGE put Social Security numbers on cloud server at risk of hacking: Senate Democrat
A report issued Thursday accuses the Department of Government Efficiency of putting millions of Americansโ personal information in an unsecuredcloud server. Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the reportdescribesโunprecedented privacy and cybersecurity risksโ by the agency, which one whistleblower warned could end with every American needing to beissued a...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Nexstar, Sinclair to end blackout of Jimmy Kimmel
A pair of local TV news providers that since last week had preempted "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over comments the host made regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk will end their blackouts of the ABC show, the broadcasters announced Friday. Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair both said they would bring Kimmel back on their ABC affiliate...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Assata Shakur, fugitive Black activist who escaped life sentence for killing police officer, dies in Cuba
In her telling, and in the minds of her supporters, she was pursued for crimes she didn't commit or that were justified. The FBI put Shakur on its list of โmost wanted terrorists.โ
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Duffy says states must withdraw commercial driver licenses from foreigners who overstay visas
The Transportation Department will immediately tighten up the requirements for noncitizens to get commercial drivers' licenses after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers who never should have received licenses.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:More federal agents will join fight against crime in Memphis next week, Tennessee governor says
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday that the troops will be part of a surge of resources to fight crime in the city that includes 13 federal agencies and state troopers. The National Guard troops will be from Tennessee, and they will be deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service to support local law enforcement.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Political divide stalls Minnesota gun control efforts a month after deadly church shooting
As Minnesota mourned amass shooting at a churchthat left two schoolchildren dead and 21 people injured, Gov. Tim Walz promised tocall a special sessionfor the Legislature to pass solutions to gun violence and school safety. But a month later, talks seem to have stalled.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of China panel, demands urgent briefing on TikTok deal
In a statement released Friday, the chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party praised the proposed deal as "an important stepโ in transitioning ownership of the TikTok platform to American hands but he emphasized that โdivestment was not the law's only requirement.โ
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: Day 4 of the 2025 United Nations General Assembly
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations on Friday, it will be at the helm of a country that is increasingly being treated as a pariah, even by some of its longtime allies.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:DOJ sues 6 states for not providing private voter data
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued six states on Thursday, including California and New York, for not providing sensitive, private voter data the department asked for. โClean voter rolls are the foundation of free and fair elections. Every state has a responsibility to ensure that voter registration records are accurate, accessible, and secure โ states...
Published on: September 25, 2025 | Source:Trump celebrates Comey indictment: 'Justice in America'
President Trump on Thursday hailed news that his Justice Department had indicted former FBI Director James Comey, one of his most prominent critics, days after the president called for action against Comey and others. "JUSTICE IN AMERICA! One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former...
Published on: September 25, 2025 | Source:Ex-FBI Director Comey charged with making false statement and obstruction, AP source says
The indictment makes Comey the first former senior government official to face prosecution in connection with one of Trumpโs chief grievances: the long-concludedinvestigation into Russian interferencein the 2016 election.
Published on: September 25, 2025 | Source:Trump faces heat over Argentina bailout
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Grassley raises alarm about soybeans, Argentina โbailoutโ Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday that American farmers have been overshadowed and outsold by Argentinian soybean production, slamming President Trump for agreeing to soften the South American countryโs...
Published on: September 25, 2025 | Source:Swalwell says โI fully expectโ to be prosecuted over criticism of Trump administration
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a vocal critic of President Trump, said Thursday he โfullyโ expects to be prosecuted by the Trump administration over his criticism but said he refuses to shy away from exercising his right to free speech. "Iโm ready for it. I fully expect it,โ Swalwell said on โCNN News Central,โ when asked...
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