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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanGarcia demands investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell prison move
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector generalโs office launch an investigation into the quiet transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell from a correctional facility in Florida to a prison camp in Texas. โWe request that you immediately investigate...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:
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Miran's Senate moment
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trumpโs Fed pick to face grilling in the Senate President Trumpโs latest potential addition to the Federal Reserve Board is set to face the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, marking the first step of the presidentโs...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:What to know about Google's antitrust win
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story What to know about Google's antitrust win Google scored a much-needed win Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the tech giant could hold onto its Chrome browser, rejecting the wide-ranging penalties proposed by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images The government had asked...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Trump targets another offshore wind project
The Trump administration is targeting another offshore wind project, the latest in a string of wind farms whose approvals it plans to cancel. In a Wednesday court filing the administration indicated it plans to vacate and reconsider the approval of the New England Wind 1 and 2 projects. The filing does not give a reason why it...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Florida moves to ban school vaccine requirements
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Florida surgeon general plans to remove all school vaccine mandates Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Wednesday the state is working to eliminate vaccine mandates for schools. AP The Sunshine Stateโs decades-old vaccine requirements for daycare...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Amazon ending Prime free shipping sharing
Amazon is ending its Prime Invitee program, which has allowed members to share their free shipping benefit with a select number of users outside their household. The company announced this week that itโs replacing the program with Amazon Family, which will allow members to share a variety of Prime benefits with one other adult in...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:UN criticizes Israel for dropping grenades near peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
Thepeacekeeping force, the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, described the Tuesday morning incident as โone of the most serious attacks on UNIFIL personnel and assetsโ since the cessation of hostilities in November that ended the 14-monthIsrael-Hezbollah war.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Cassidy, Pfizer CEO: Trump worthy of Nobel prize for COVID vaccine
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Wednesday said President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for rapidly distributing the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic. โPresident Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed,โ Cassidy said in a Wednesday statement on X. His comment comes hours after Bourla said Trump saved...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:More Americans trust Fed over Trump on economy
A new poll has found that more Americans trust the Federal Reserve board to set economic policies for the U.S. than trust President Trump.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Vance speaks after meeting with families affected by Minneapolis shooting
Vice PresidentJD Vanceon Wednesday met with families and victims of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis that killed two schoolchildren and injured 21 people. The visit comes one week after an attacker opened fire during the first Mass of the school year for students of the nearby Annuciation Catholic School.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions in research funding to Harvard
A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administrationโs cuts to more than $2.6 billion infunding researchgrants for Harvard University.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Landmark streetcar derails and crashes in Lisbon, killing 15 people
An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbonโs landmarks and a big draw for tourists derailed Wednesday, killing 15 people and injuring 18 others, emergency services said.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Can you get a COVID shot? Here’s your fall vaccine guide
Many people across the United States are wondering if they will be able to get vaccinated at all, particularly against COVID, after changes to vaccine guidance by the Trump administration.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Israel launches satellite to expand its surveillance throughout the Middle East
In addition to monitoring Iran, Israel gains reconnaissance capabilities in other parts of the Middle East as it conducts what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a โseven-front war,โ with Israeli forces striking targets in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq throughout the 23 months of war in Gaza.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Senate GOP zeroes in on plan to end Trump nominee blockade
Senate Republicans are zeroing in on a rule change, which would be enacted through the โnuclear option,โ that would allow them to expeditiously confirm scores of President Trumpโs executive branch and judicial nominees. The Republicans are hoping to move quickly and home in on a plan on Wednesday, when they convene for a special conference...
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Pritzker suggests Texas National Guard preparing for Chicago deployment
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) suggested the Trump administration is preparing the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago amid the president's threats to federalize law enforcement in the Windy City. "We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois," Pritzker said during...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Trumpโs use of US military in LA illegal, judge rulesย
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trumpโs use of US military in LA illegal, judge rules A federal judge ruled Tuesday that National Guard troops ran afoul of the law in Los Angeles when President Trump deployed them in June to assist in immigration...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Pentagon to send military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
The Pentagon has approved the transfer of some of its military and civilian lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, the Defense Department confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested that the Pentagon identify โqualified Judge Advocates and civilian attorneys...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:California's biggest irrigation district throws support behind disputed diversion project
Californiaโs biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden Stateโs historic battle with drought but also faces widespread local opposition. The Imperial Irrigation District โ the biggest district not only in California, but also the nation โ declared on Tuesday that it was...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Google keeps Chrome, has to share data
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google avoids a breakup A federal judge declined to order the search giant to sell off its Chrome browser, as sought by the DOJ. Jeff Chiu, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Tuesday barred Google from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize its search engine, browser...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Top cyber officials leave Defense Department
Two senior homeland security and cyber officials have left their roles at the Department of Defense (DOD) in another shake-up at the executive department. Ashley Manning, the principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, and Jonathan Owen, the acting deputy assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense integration and defense support to civil...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Walz says he will call Minnesota special session on gun reform
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said he plans to call a special session of the state Legislature to consider tougher gun laws after a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school last week left two children dead and nearly two dozen people injured. Walz told reporters on Tuesday he plans to propose a โvery comprehensiveโ package...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Paul: Gay CDC official's 'lifestyle' disqualified him from government
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said a gay leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who resigned last week in protest of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had "no business being in government" due to the "lifestyle" he led. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDCโs Center...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:House GOP seeks to cut HHS budget
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House GOP seeks to cut HHS budget A House appropriations subcommittee was poised to advance legislation Tuesday that includes deep cuts to many health agencies and programs. The Hill, Greg Nash The spending bill for the...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:What’s in the batch of Epstein files just released by a House committee
Congress is back in Washington and the clock is already ticking. Lawmakers have less than one month to avoid a government shutdown. Also on the table is a fierce fight over billions in spending cuts and the release of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein case files. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:U.S. military strikes Venezuelan drug boat in Caribbean, killing 11
President Trump announced Tuesday that the United States sank a boat after it left Venezuela carrying drugs. It is the first known military strike in the region since the president ordered an increased presence in the Caribbean. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Judge rules Trump’s National Guard deployment in LA was illegal
In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June was illegal, U.S. Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, the death toll from Sunday's earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to more than 1,400 and an entire village in Darfur is gone after a landslide devastated the region.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Republicans move to squash GOP Epstein rebellion
House GOP leaders are racing to squash any internal rebellion over Jeffrey Epstein, launching a series of moves designed to appease the Republicans demanding more information be released on the late financier and convicted sex offender. GOP leaders on Tuesday added a last-minute vote to this weekโs calendar, providing rank-and-file Republicans with a formal outlet...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Republicans release first batch of Epstein files
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday made public a batch of files it said it received from the Justice Department (DOJ) in response to its subpoena for documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee said the information released Tuesday, posted in multiple files and folders on Google Drive...
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog
The Trump administration will temporarily assign military lawyers to act as judges in immigration cases. Geoff Bennett discussed questions surrounding the move with James McPherson. He was the undersecretary of the Army during the first Trump administration, and also had a 25-year career in the Navy, where he served as that service's top lawyer in uniform.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Epidemiologist breaks down new restrictions on COVID shots
Many Americans who want to get the newest COVID vaccines may now have a harder time doing so. The Food and Drug Administration limited approval for the shots to adults 65 and older or those who are "high risk" for severe disease. The vaccine was previously available to individuals six months of age and older. Amna Nawaz discussed the changes with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina of Your Local Epidemiologist.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:How Jeanine Pirro became a central figure in Trump’s D.C. takeover
In President Trumpโs continued push for greater control over Washington, D.C., heโs relying more on his close friend and former Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro. Sheโs the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and as William Brangham reports, she brings her outspoken, controversial style to one of the top law enforcement jobs in the nation's capital.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:‘It should be very concerning to everyone,’ says wife of detained DACA recipient
Last month, 28-year-old Catalina โXรณchitlโ Santiago was boarding a domestic flight when she was detained by Customs and Border Protection officers at the El Paso airport. For years, she has legally lived in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Despite that, she remains in ICE detention in Texas. Amna Nawaz spoke with Santiago's wife, Desiree Miller, about the case.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:How Lebanon is planning to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year
The Lebanese government approved a U.S. plan to disarm Hezbollah, the group whose military wing was recognized by previous governments as a parallel security structure to Lebanonโs armed forces. The agreement calls for Hezbollahโs disarmament by the end of the year, in return for Israelโs withdrawal and cessation of hostilities. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from Beirut.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Mace leaves meeting with Epstein victims visibly upset
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday left early from a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting with victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, appearing visibly upset when she emerged from the committee room. Mace wiped tears from her face and averted reportersโ eyes as she walked past them, signaling she would not...
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