Jeffries: ICE officers assisting at airports is 'last thing' Americans need

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 3:06 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports starting Monday. “The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill...

Participation in society shouldn’t require a smartphone — America needs offline accessibility

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 3:00 pm

Smartphone ownership and constant connectivity are now assumed. Apps, mobile wallets and digital IDs — often available only through smartphones or smartwatches — are increasingly required to access public services. 

Homan: ICE officers will not assist with airport security operations amid TSA staffing shortage

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 2:40 pm

White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will not be directly involved in security measures at airports, a day before agency officials will begin assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. “Wherever we can provide extra security, I don't see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine,...

Tillis rips Trump’s NATO criticism: US lives would 'be lost great numbers without' alliance

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 2:34 pm

Retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) ripped President Trump's threats against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in recent weeks, amid escalating tensions over the conflict in the Middle East. "The president of the United States cannot withdraw from NATO," Tillis told ABC's Jonathan Karl in a Sunday interview on "This Week." "Now, having said...

NASA is laying the legal groundwork to build its lunar base in 2027

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 2:00 pm

It stems from the question of how to deal with the other great space power, the People’s Republic of China.

Chicago transit sues Trump administration over funding freeze

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 1:06 pm

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) sued the Trump administration on Friday for freezing $2.1 billion in funding for multiple infrastructure projects. In a 51-page complaint, the plaintiffs argued the funding pause amounted to “political retaliation” in order to punish Democrats for the government shutdown, which had just begun when Office and Management and Budget Director...

SNL UK roasts Trump, Starmer relationship in first episode

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 12:00 pm

The debut episode of “Saturday Night Live U.K.” opened with a dig at the relationship between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Trump. Starmer, played by George Fouracres, is visibly nervous at calling Trump. In recent days, the president has criticized his British counterpart amid the war with Iran, including for what he called...

Red-state speech laws pose an existential threat to academic freedom  

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 12:00 pm

If courts accept the views advanced by Florida and Indiana, legislators could dictate what faculty may say in public university classrooms.

Obama-era DHS chief says ‘we’ve got to stop with these funding fights’

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 11:00 am

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday urged lawmakers to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and pay its employees, which has been in a shutdown for over a month. Johnson, who served under former President Obama, said in an appearance on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM...

Speaker Mike Johnson faces potential attendance problems as major bills loom

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 10:00 am

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is grappling with an attendance issue as lawmakers begin to prioritize the 2026 midterms, potentially complicating the passage of key measures in the months ahead. The predicament was on full display this week: 22 Republicans did not vote for any bills on Tuesday, followed by seven on Wednesday and five on...

Student misbehavior is still up — and teachers want parents to do more about it

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 10:00 am

Student behavior in the classroom is not improving, and teachers want parents to do more. An Education Week survey released this month found 64 percent of teachers reporting classroom behavior has gotten worse in the past year.   Their No. 1 solution, coming from more than 60 educators, is smaller class sizes. But teachers also said...

Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iranian power plants if Strait of Hormuz not reopened

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 2:09 am

President Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the next two days. Trump's warning comes one day after he hinted that the U.S. was "winding down" its military operation in Iran, claiming the U.S. was "getting very close" to achieving its objective. "If Iran...

Jury finds Musk misled Twitter shareholders during takeover fight

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 12:29 am

A jury on Friday found that Elon Musk misled Twitter's shareholders by driving down Twitter's stock price ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of the company in 2022. The San Francisco jury were asked if two tweets and comments made by Musk on a podcast showed that he deliberately defrauded the shareholders and drove down...

Joseph Duggar wife Kendra arrested, both facing new charges in Arkansas

By: The Hill

Published on: March 22, 2026, 12:22 am

Tontitown police have now filed charges against Joseph Duggar, days after he was arrested.

Swalwell backs off case against Pulte in mortgage fraud fight

By: The Hill

Published on: March 21, 2026, 11:46 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday dropped his lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte after Swalwell was accused of mortgage fraud. Swalwell sued Pulte in November, accusing him of abusing his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage to the Department of Justice. Swalwell asked the courts to demand Pulte...