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WHCA dinner shooting spurs calls for cooler heads, action from Congress

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 11:09 am

▪ WHCA dinner shooting fallout ▪ Royals set to arrive in America ▪ ‘Hell week’ for Congress ▪ Pakistan looks to revive Iran talks Calls are pouring in from across the political spectrum for cooling tensions and action to increase security in the aftermath of a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner on Saturday,...

A child abduction case shows how the media hide the ball on 'gender identity'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 11:00 am

Unfortunately, everyone is being forced to do a lot of news decoding nowadays.

Woman gives birth on Delta flight before emergency landing in Oregon

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 10:54 am

This is the second birth in the skies this month.

Epstein saga casts shadow over King Charles visit to US

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 10:00 am

The controversies surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein threaten to cast a long shadow over King Charles III’s upcoming visit to the U.S., his first American state visit since becoming monarch. The purpose of the king and Queen Camilla’s visit is primarily diplomatic, planned to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence. But as the...

Supreme Court to weigh use of 'geofence warrants' by law enforcement

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 10:00 am

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case with potentially major implications for how law enforcement investigates crimes in the digital age. The justices will weigh whether geofence warrants — an investigatory tool that compels companies to disclose data from cellphones and other devices at a specific place and time — violate the Fourth Amendment’s bar on unreasonable searches and seizures. The...

GOP senators losing confidence in Hegseth amid Pentagon turmoil

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 10:00 am

A growing group of Senate Republicans are losing confidence in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's leadership of the Defense Department and some GOP lawmakers would like to see him "move on," though they say it's President Trump's call. Senate Republicans who spoke to The Hill on the condition of anonymity say Hegseth wouldn’t be confirmed...

This week on The Hill: Lawmakers head into 'hell week' with FISA and reconciliation 2.0

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 10:00 am

The House is heading into a high-stakes week, as lawmakers juggle a budget blueprint for a second reconciliation bill alongside a measure to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance powers — all before departing for recess next week. Most pressing on the agenda is an extension of Section 702 of FISA, which allows...

Former Secret Service agent: Trump administration should consider having fewer Cabinet members at events

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 2:59 am

A former Secret Service agent said Sunday that the Trump administration should be “looking at” scaling back the number of Cabinet officials attending the same events after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington. “Do we need to rethink the idea that we'd have a dozen people in the line...

Justice Department urges group to drop Trump ballroom lawsuit after WHCA dinner shooting

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 1:47 am

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Sunday pressed the preservation group suing the White House over President Trump's ballroom project to drop the lawsuit in the wake of Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. In a letter posted to social media by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the DOJ pressed for the...

Carter, Collins throw elbows in Georgia Senate GOP debate

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 12:45 am

Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Mike Collins (R-Ga.) traded barbs while former college football coach Derek Dooley largely stayed above the fray during Sunday's Georgia Senate GOP primary debate — one day before early voting begins. Carter, Collins and Dooley alongside former Senate candidate John Coyne and retired Brig. Gen. Jonathan McColumn are vying for the Republican nomination to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff...

Trump rips 'disgraceful' Norah O'Donnell for reading WHCA shooting suspect's manifesto

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 12:41 am

President Trump on Sunday criticized CBS News's Norah O’Donnell for reading the reported manifesto of the suspected gunman at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner, calling the veteran reporter a "disgrace." “I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you're horrible people. Horrible people,” Trump told O'Donnell in...

'Upward pressure' on oil prices amid Iran war 'likely to continue': Chevron CEO

By: The Hill

Published on: April 26, 2026, 10:44 pm

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said in a Sunday interview that “upward pressure” on oil prices amid the U.S. conflict in Iran is “likely to continue," as the war stretches into its second full month. “We're in a period where there's been significant supply taken out of the system, and we are facing this upward pressure...

Chevron CEO: Aviation industry issues will 'probably get worse' amid Iran war

By: The Hill

Published on: April 26, 2026, 10:09 pm

Mike Wirth, the CEO of Chevron, predicted Sunday that the aviation industry will continue to suffer from jet fuel shortages arising from Iranian restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. “Inventories of jet fuel in certain parts of the world were at seasonally, relatively low levels before the conflict began. The Middle East refiners...

House Republican calls for Congress to take 'better steps' to address security after WHCA gala shooting

By: The Hill

Published on: April 26, 2026, 9:20 pm

Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that Congress should take “better steps” to address lawmaker security in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner. “I do,” Hamadeh told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” when the latter asked whether the legislative branch “should be doing something different”...

King Charles's US visit to go ahead as planned: Buckingham Palace

By: The Hill

Published on: April 26, 2026, 9:08 pm

King Charles III’s upcoming trip to the U.S. is going ahead as planned after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner, according to Buckingham Palace. “Following discussions on both sides of the Atlantic through the day, and acting on advice of Government, we can confirm the State Visit by Their Majesties will...