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• Michigan man charged with attempting to attack military base on behalf of ISIS

  14-05-2025 19:40 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard was arrested after he allegedly plotted to shoot up a U.S. military site to support the Islamic State group (ISIS).Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, faces charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and distributing information related to a destructive device. He faces up to 20 years in prison for each count if convicted.Authorities noted that Sa
  
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• Live updates: DOJ expects to release Epstein files in batches; Kennedy Center begins adding Trump's name

  19-12-2025 17:44 via thehill.com
  
  LIVE Video: Rubio touts foreign policy moves in first year of second Trump term The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday hits the deadline set by Congress to release documents related to the investigations into and death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed last month, orders Attorney General Pam Bondi...
  
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• Kennedy Center begins to add Trump name to facility

  19-12-2025 17:32 via thehill.com
  
  The Kennedy Center began updating its signage Friday, a day after the institution's board voted to update the name to include President Trump. One image showed a sign outside the building including part of Trump's name. Images shared online showed a blue tarp draped over the front of the building, where the sign was apparently...
  
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• HHS to announce overhaul to child vaccine schedule, aligning with Denmark

  19-12-2025 17:11 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is planning to announce an overhaul to the childhood immunization schedule early next year, recommending fewer shots and aligning U.S. policy with that of Denmark. A source familiar with the matter told News Nation correspondent Libbey Dean that a new vaccination schedule to be released next year would recommend fewer shots, "aligning more...
  
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• At FEMA, $900 million in grants, loans awaits Noem’s approval

  19-12-2025 16:38 via thehill.com
  
  More than $900 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and loans are awaiting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s approval under her controversial policy of personally reviewing major expenditures, an agency source told The Hill. This represents a significant backlog at the emergency management agency, which provides funding that both helps communities prepare for...
  
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• DOJ tried, failed to add third felony charge against Letitia James: Court documents

  19-12-2025 16:12 via thehill.com
  
  Federal prosecutors attempted to persuade a grand jury to tack a third felony charge onto a failed indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) last week but fell short, court filings show. The sought charge was making a false statement to a financial institution, adding to another such charge and one count of...
  
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• Live updates: Justice Department expects to release 'several hundred thousand' Epstein documents

  19-12-2025 15:24 via thehill.com
  
  The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday hits the deadline set by Congress to release documents related to the investigations into and death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed last month, orders Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified records and documents it has that are tied to the disgraced...
  
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• Stephen A. Smith: Trump tried to protect 'very influential people' in Epstein files

  19-12-2025 15:08 via thehill.com
  
  Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized President Trump on Thursday for prolonging the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting the president was seeking to protect “very influential people.” “I think that exists on both sides of the aisle, where there are some notable people that may have been aware of...
  
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• Erika Kirk backs Vance for president ahead of 2028

  19-12-2025 15:02 via thehill.com
  
  Erika Kirk, the chief executive of Turning Point USA and the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced Thursday she’s endorsing Vice President Vance for president in 2028. “For both 2026 and 2028, we’re investing in states and not just in races,” Kirk told a crowd at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference in Phoenix. “So...
  
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• Erika Kirk backs JD Vance for president ahead of 2028

  19-12-2025 15:02 via thehill.com
  
  Erika Kirk, the chief executive of Turning Point USA and the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced on Thursday that she’s endorsing Vice President Vance for president in 2028. “For both 2026 and 2028, we’re investing in states and not just in races,” Kirk told a crowd at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference in...
  
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• Trump on possibility of war with Venezuela: 'I don't rule it out, no'

  19-12-2025 14:55 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Thursday he was not ruling out the possibility of war with Venezuela amid his administration's escalating pressure campaign against the country and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro. "I don’t rule it out, no," Trump told NBC News in an interview. "I don't discuss it," he added, when asked whether his administration's recent...
  
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• Trump suspends green card lottery program used by Brown University, MIT shootings suspect

  19-12-2025 14:01 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Thursday suspended a green card lottery program used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the U.S. The suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, entered the country in 2017 through the diversity visa (DV) program, which makes up to 55,000 immigrant visas...
  
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• Live updates: Justice Department hits Epstein files deadline

  19-12-2025 14:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday hits the deadline set by Congress to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed last month, orders DOJ to release all unclassified records and documents it has that are tied to the convicted sex offender. The files have consumed President Trump's MAGA base, and...
  
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• Trump administration set for long-awaited Epstein files release

  19-12-2025 12:55 via thehill.com
  
  Plus: Brown, MIT shooting suspect found dead; Trump move blows up funding deal; DNC keeps 2024 postmortem private.
  
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• White House inner circle seeks to get Trump on script

  19-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is trying to rein in President Trump, using a primetime address to keep him on script and focused on domestic policy amid slumping poll numbers and campaign-style speeches that tend to veer off-course. Trump touted on Wednesday his administration’s work in its first year of his second-term and previewed what voters could...
  
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• 5 takeaways from the surprising November inflation decline

  19-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The highly anticipated November inflation report showed prices appearing to grow at a far slower rate, surprising analysts and markets after a year of stubbornly rising costs. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent annually as of November, far slower than the 3.1 percent annual inflation rate economists had expected, according to consensus forecasts....
  
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• US military kills 5 'narco-terrorists' in eastern Pacific, surpassing 100 deaths in boat strikes

  19-12-2025 04:17 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. military struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five “narco-terrorists” and bringing the total number of people killed in the Pentagon's ongoing campaign to over 100.  Three people were killed on the first boat and two people were killed in the strike on the second vessel, the U.S....
  
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• Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal

  19-12-2025 04:00 via thehill.com
  
  A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded that Congress stop President Trump’s efforts to dismantle a key climate agency. A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations over passing a five-bill package of appropriations...
  
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• Senate GOP passes third en bloc group of nominations

  19-12-2025 02:28 via thehill.com
  
  The Senate on Thursday greenlighted 97 lower-level nominees, marking the third tranche advanced by Republicans since they changed the chamber’s rules in September and one of their final acts of the year before departing for the holiday break. Senate Republicans voted 53-43 to put in place dozens of Trump administration choices to fill vacancies across various...
  
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• Massie: Epstein files' release will show whether Bondi, Patel were lying

  19-12-2025 01:39 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday released a 14-minute video explaining what Americans can expect if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does or does not disclose all of its information on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on its Friday deadline. "Let's start with how will you know if they have released all the materials,"...
  
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• Trump signs annual NDAA Defense bill with record military spending

  19-12-2025 00:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, establishing spending at the Pentagon and other priorities for the coming year. The bill approves a record $901 billion in military spending for fiscal 2026, roughly $8 billion more than what the Trump administration requested. It includes a nearly 4 percent pay increase for...
  
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• Senate Dems introduce bill to reverse gun tax cuts, repurpose funding for Medicare

  19-12-2025 00:27 via thehill.com
  
  A group of Democratic senators introduced legislation to reverse gun tax credits in the Republicans’ summer spending bill and use the repurposed funding for Medicare. The Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act aims to strike credits for silencers, shotguns and firearm transfers while in turn using the $1.7 billion in savings for Medicare over...
  
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• Live updates: Trump orders marijuana reclassified, is poised to sign NDAA into law

  19-12-2025 00:26 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reclassify marijuana for "legitimate medical uses" and was set to sign the massive Defense funding bill passed by Congress in recent days. The Kennedy Center's board, which is composed of Trump allies, voted Thursday to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center “because of the unbelievable work President...
  
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• Trump order sets aside Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 as federal holidays

  19-12-2025 00:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump issued an executive order Thursday declaring Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 as federal holidays this year. The order will result in federal agencies being closed and employees excused from duty, next Wednesday through Friday, as Christmas Day is already a federal holiday. Trump noted, though, that agency heads “may determine that certain offices...
  
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• Ohio Dem on Kennedy Center board call says she was muted: Renaming 'was not unanimous'

  19-12-2025 00:04 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex-officio member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, disputed the White House’s claim that the vote was “unanimous” to rename the performing arts center to the Trump-Kennedy Center. In a short video post on the social platform X, the Ohio Democrat said she tried to voice her opposition to...
  
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• Kelly says he wishes someone would tell Trump 'how math works'

  18-12-2025 23:47 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said he wishes someone could have told President Trump "how math works" before touting his administration's successes 11 months into his second term at the White House. "Somebody must have showed him some, like, abysmal poll numbers and said, 'You better get out there in front of the American people and...
  
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• EEOC chair makes appeal to white men who may have discrimination claims

  18-12-2025 23:23 via thehill.com
  
  Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), called on white men to come forward with employment and workplace discrimination complaints.Lucas said Wednesday in a video on the social platform X that white men may have a claim to recover money under federal civil rights laws, and should contact the EEOC...
  
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• Jeffries: Dems expect DOJ to comply with law to release Epstein files 

  18-12-2025 23:10 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats are expecting the Trump administration to release the full files on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, as required by law. "Based on my conversations with some of the top Democrats who've been working on this matter related to the full and complete disclosure of the Epstein...
  
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• Kennedy family members slam move to rename Kennedy Center

  18-12-2025 22:01 via thehill.com
  
  Members of the Kennedy family publicly rebuked the decision to rename the Kennedy Center — a living tribute to former President John F. Kennedy — as the Trump-Kennedy Center. The center’s board — whose members President Trump hand-selected earlier this year —voted unanimously on Thursday to rename the building to honor both U.S. presidents, drawing...
  
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• DOJ charges six more in growing Minnesota fraud scandal

  18-12-2025 21:51 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged more individuals as part of its ongoing and expanding probe into fraud in Minnesota on Thursday. Joseph Thompson, the assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesota, announced charges against individuals accused of defrauding the state’s Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) programs, which offer Medicaid-funded...
  
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