Federal judge blocks death penalty for Luigi Mangione 

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 4:11 pm

A federal judge dismissed some of Luigi Mangione’s charges on Friday for allegedly gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024, preventing prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. Mangione will still stand trial on his two remaining charges, which accuse him of causing Thompson’s death while stalking him. It could land him in prison for life.  The Justice Department’s (DOJ) now-defunct bid to execute him...

Crockett on Lemon arrest: 'Are you f---ing kidding me?!'

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 4:10 pm

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex.) did not mince words when reacting to the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by federal authorities on Friday. “Are you F-ing KIDDING ME?! @Donlemonbsky has been arrested by the DOJ?! Exercising your first amendment constitutionally ‘protected’ right gets you locked up, exercising your 2nd gets you killed, and actual...

Death by Border Patrol: How to understand Alex Pretti’s tragic demise

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 4:00 pm

Pretti was killed not for what he did but for who he was and what he represented. 

What is the Arctic Frost provision at the center of Graham's funding hold?

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:57 pm

A controversial new law that could enrich some Republican senators — and a bipartisan effort to repeal the provision — is at the center of a hold by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that is delaying a vote on a funding package. Under the law, senators — but not House members — have the ability to...

Trump threatens airplane tariffs against Canada after country decertifies US jet manufacturer

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:56 pm

President Trump threatened to levy tariffs on “any and all Aircraft” from Canada after the country stripped certification from a U.S. jet manufacturer. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump said his administration would tax all Canadian aircrafts sold to the U.S. until the country re-certifies several products made by the American manufacturing company,...

Watch live: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche holds press conference 

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:36 pm

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will speak with reporters Friday morning as the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to work its way through files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration has received criticism over how slow the documents, required to be made public by law, have been released. DOJ officials have...

Trump's National Defense Strategy document breaks new ground

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:30 pm

At least in some respects, this defense document breaks new ground.

Tillis doubles down on pledge to oppose Trump Fed nominees

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:22 pm

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) condemned President Trump’s nomination for the next Federal Reserve chair, staying true to his word of opposing all of the president’s nominees until the Department of Justice (DOJ) halts its investigation into the central bank’s current chair. Trump early Friday morning announced Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh as his pick to helm...

Live updates: Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair; Senate hits snag in reaching funding deal

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:18 pm

President Trump on Friday morning announced his choice to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, naming Kevin Warsh to the role. “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best,” Trump said of...

Trump: Pretti 'stock has gone way down' after new video

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:14 pm

President Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis last weekend, an “agitator, and perhaps, insurrectionist," and suggested his stock had "gone way down." His comment comes after a newly released video appeared to show Pretti clashing with federal authorities more than a...

Jeffries: 'Zero basis' to arrest Lemon

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:04 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) condemned the news that former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening.  “Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment,” Jeffries wrote in a post on the social platform X. “There is zero basis to arrest him. He should be freed...

Johnson: Nicki Minaj's music not 'necessarily my genre' but she's become a 'friend of mine'

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:04 pm

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may not be a fan of Nicki Minaj's music, but he says he now considers the "Super Bass" rapper a pal. "Nicki has become a friend of mine," Johnson told ITK on Thursday, when asked if he was familiar with any of Minaj's songs before her visit to the Capitol this...

Trump's 75-country visa pause punishes law-abiding US citizens 

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 3:00 pm

Overall, I am baffled by the situation my fiancée and myself find ourselves in.

Top Democrats call for Gabbard to explain presence at Fulton County raid

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 2:50 pm

Intelligence Committee Democrats are demanding Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appear before both chambers' respective panels after she was present during the execution of an FBI search warrant at an election center in Atlanta. Gabbard was photographed at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center, a location President Trump falsely claimed was central...

Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks as Democrats seek to rein in DHS, Noem

By: The Hill

Published on: January 30, 2026, 2:39 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Friday morning as Democrats continue their push to rein in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following two fatal shootings in Minnesota at the hands of federal immigration enforcement officials. Jeffries and others have blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in recent weeks over the...