Watch live: Trump to court young voters at TPUSA event in Arizona

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 7:03 pm

President Trump is headlining Turning Point USA's (TPUSA) event in Arizona on Friday afternoon, as Republicans seek to bolster support ahead of November. The “Build the Red Wall” event comes at a time when Trump's backing among young voters is slipping as the conflict in Iran persists and as affordability concerns continue to mount. A...

Tufts student detained by ICE returns to Turkey

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 6:56 pm

Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student that was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, has completed her Ph.D. program and is returning to her home country of Turkey, her lawyers announced on Friday. Öztürk was detained by ICE in 2025 after she co-authored an opinion piece for the student newspaper criticizing her school’s response to...

NJ Transit announces $150 World Cup train tickets: 'We are not making profits'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 6:56 pm

As the World Cup approaches, there is growing controversy in the greater New York-New Jersey area over the high train ticket prices to MetLife Stadium.

Psaki on Democrats' 25th Amendment talk: 'It's not going to happen'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 6:51 pm

MS NOW host Jen Psaki attempted to shut down hopes from Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump from office amid criticism of his rhetoric and strikes on Iran.  “I have no issue with people saying they're for invoking the 25th Amendment, but it's not going to happen,” Psaki, former President Biden's...

Live updates: Iran says Strait of Hormuz open; RFK Jr. defends Trump's sanity

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 6:23 pm

Iran announced Friday morning that the Strait of Hormuz is “completely” open amid the temporary ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon. President Trump reacted enthusiastically to Iran’s announcement but said the U.S. blockade remains in place. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled once again Friday by a House panel. Kennedy defended the...

Aaron Carter’s mom creates GoFundMe to get singer star on the Walk of Fame

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 6:20 pm

Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub due to sedatives and gas inhalation.

French widow detained by ICE after GI husband's death released, returns to France 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 5:46 pm

After being held in a U.S. immigration detention facility for the past 16 days, an elderly French woman returned home to France on Friday. Marie-Thérèse Ross was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Alabama on April 1 for overstaying her 90-day visa. She had previously been at a federal immigration detention center in...

Trump schedules controversial drilling auction in Alaska wildlife refuge

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 5:18 pm

The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for the rights to drill in a controversial spot: a wildlife refuge in Alaska. The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for the right to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is set for June 5. The Trump administration declined to immediately say...

FAA seeks flight cuts at Chicago airport to head off summer delays

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 5:13 pm

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will cut down on flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in anticipation of summer travel delays, the agency announced Thursday.  The FAA will limit the number of flights at the airport on a daily basis this summer to 2,708. There are currently 3,080 planned flights on peak days of summer...

The special relationship has a habit of survival — but no assurance of it 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 5:00 pm

Despite recent tensions, the U.K. and U.S. have maintained a special relationship for over 80 years due to their strategic utility, but for the relationship to endure, the U.K. must become more powerful on its own terms with a stronger defense, diplomatic and development strategy.

Strait of Hormuz reopens, but Trump has a catch

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 4:52 pm

📉 Plus: Oil prices dramatically fall, stock market jumps {beacon} Happy Friday! The National Zoo’s new baby elephant made her big debut. She made a friend and I cannot handle how cute it is. Oh, and both the NHL playoffs and the NBA playoffs begin this weekend!   In today's issue: Iran says Strait of...

Duffy: Effort to recruit gamers as air traffic controllers 'wildly successful'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 4:44 pm

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is targeting video gamers to serve in air traffic controller roles, an effort Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described as “wildly successful.”  “This has been wildly successful, and if you think just what these gamers are doing on screens, they're talking and there's a lot of things going on,” Duffy said...

GOP Sen. Katie Britt: House-passed bill to extend Haitian refugee status DOA in Senate

By: The Hill

Published on: April 17, 2026, 4:43 pm

Sen. Katie Britt (Ala.), the chair of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee and a leading GOP voice on immigration issues, says a House-passed bill to extend legal protections for Haitian refugees is “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Britt offered a stinging rebuke to 10 moderate House Republicans who voted with Democrats Thursday to...