US companies don't need Washington to fix the shareholder proposal mess

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 6:00 pm

Corporate America is bracing for another proxy season filled with politically charged shareholder proposals, but companies can take control of the process by adopting tailored bylaws that limit repetitive proposals and exclude matters unrelated to the company's business.

Bovino on detained 5-year-old boy: 'We are experts with children'

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 5:46 pm

Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are “experts with children” when asked about the agency's detainment of a 5-year-old boy and his father in Minnesota this week. “I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children,” Bovino said during a press conference Friday. “Let me say that...

12:30 Report: More than half of US brace for heavy snow and ‘crippling ice’ 

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 5:42 pm

Happy Friday! I made the mistake of going to Costco yesterday and it was a madhouse. Everyone in the DMV seemed to be there stocking up for the winter storm. Here’s the latest forecast for the storm.  In today's issue: 🌨️ WINTER STORM FERN More than half of America braces for a potentially catastrophic winter storm: ...

Let states fix backlogs and serve families faster

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 5:30 pm

The government has introduced two bipartisan bills to give states the flexibility to use contracted support to help process SNAP and Medicaid applications quickly and efficiently, while protecting public employees and preventing financial conflicts of interest.

Graham, McCaul alarmed over report of possible US military withdrawal from Syria

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 5:21 pm

A pair of foreign policy-focused Republican lawmakers expressed alarm over a recent report of the U.S. potentially withdrawing its troops from Syria, warning that a decreased presence in the country would be to the benefit of ISIS.  “Wow, if true, ISIS would love that. A small footprint of Americans working with locals is an insurance...

House Democrat: ICE detained 5-year-old boy 'to lure his father out'

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 5:18 pm

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) slammed the Trump administration after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities detained a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota while targeting his father, who officials said was in the country illegally. The child was detained in the driveway of his home after he returned from preschool in Columbia Heights, Minn., a city just...

Mark Carney is right about the end of the old order — and that’s the problem

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 5:00 pm

The age of smooth globalization, unipolarity and middle-power brokerage is over. 

6 in 10 say ICE tactics go too far: Survey

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:53 pm

A new survey found that a majority of respondents disapprove of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is handling its job. A New York Times/Siena poll released Friday found 63 percent of registered voters disapprove of how ICE is handling its job, while 36 percent said they approve of ICE’s work. That includes 55 percent of...

Mass anti-immigration enforcement protests planned in Minnesota

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:39 pm

Various groups opposed to the Trump administration's aggressive operations targeting immigrants in Minnesota are planning mass demonstrations and an "economic blackout" on Friday in an attempt to pressure Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to leave the state. Organizers from more than 100 groups — including labor unions, progressive organizations and religious groups — urged...

2026 should be the year Congress delivers a modern air traffic control system

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:30 pm

U.S. air traffic control infrastructure is straining under decades of neglect.

Trump is canceling $30B in Biden-era green loans

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:27 pm

The Trump administration is canceling $30 billion in green loans and revising another $53 billion, it said Wednesday night. The administration said the changes or eliminations from the $83 billion in total funding come after its review of $104 billion in loan obligations issued by the Biden administration. While some cancellations have been already announced...

Trump sparks UK firestorm by claiming NATO troops 'stayed a little back' in Afghanistan

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:14 pm

President Trump has set off a firestorm in the United Kingdom and among NATO allies whose troops fought and died in Afghanistan by claiming NATO forces "stayed a little back" from the front lines. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leaders across the political spectrum, along with former soldiers and the parents of fallen military...

Bovino defends trench coat that Newsom called 'SS garb'

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:07 pm

Gregory Bovino, U.S. Border Patrol commander, on Thursday defended his trench coat after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) accused him of buying "SS garb." "That coat is definitely Border Patrol issued," Bovino said on "On Balance with Leland Vittert" on NewsNation, The Hill's sister network. "I've had it over 25 years. I bought that as...

Trump's right: He didn't need international approval to act in Venezuela

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 4:00 pm

The U.N. Charter forbids violations of other states’ sovereignty except in cases of self-defense. So, Trump framed Venezuela’s allowing illegal migration to the United States as an armed attack. 

Judge warns Trump administration against changing immigration status of plaintiffs in case

By: The Hill

Published on: January 23, 2026, 3:46 pm

A federal judge ruled Thursday that university association members may seek relief from the court if their immigration status is changed as retribution for challenging an alleged Trump administration policy to single out campus activists critical of Israel’s war in Gaza for immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge William Young's order follows a trial last year where...