Bloomberg via Getty Images Donald Trump has walked back his pledge to release his tax returns. After leaking information only damaging to Hillary Clinton and the Democrats during the presidential campaign, WikiLeaks may finally be attempting to balance the scales with a Twitter plea asking for…

President Donald Trump pledged federal assistance for Georgia, Florida and Alabama after the southeastern states were hit by severe storms . Trump said during a White House ceremony that he had spoken to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and planned to speak with Florida Governor Rick Scott about the…

Trump suspends Obama-era FHA mortgage insurance cut The very first executive action by the new Trump administration was to block an Obama administration that would have reduced the cost of mortgages for millions of home buyers. Following up on an article from last week where we told you about a…

A top White House adviser said Sunday that the Trump administration may use its executive authority to weaken or effectively eliminate Obamacare’s “ individual mandate .” If the administration takes such action, it’s likely that fewer people would pay a financial penalty for not having health…

A strong earthquake struck near Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands on Sunday, but there are no reports of casualties or damage and an initial threat of a possible tsunami has passed. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake—which it downgraded to magnitude 7.9 from an original estimate of…

White House press secretary Sean Spicer walks from the podium without taking questions after delivering his first statement in the Brady press briefing room at the White House Saturday. (Photo: SHAWN THEW, EPA) WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared in the White House briefing…

Last week, the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys played a professional football game that was one for the ages, which will go down in NFL history. It also made ratings history, besting the much ballyhooed World Series Game 7. It effectively puts the final nail in the coffin of those that claimed…

Building down at Main and Carterville in Petal. No crossing into Hattiesburg from Main Street. (Photo: Lici Beveridge) 7:34 a.m. Greg Flynn of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said rescuers are still searching the stricken area for more possible victims. Flynn said "massive damage" was…

Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Like what you read below? Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! Donald Trump’s inauguration was sparsely attended and marred by rain, but we hear the dress shops were absolutely swamped. In an alternate universe, we would all be…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed the first member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, voting overwhelmingly to approve retired Marine General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense. As voting continued, the vote was 70-0 to confirm Mattis . Also on HuffPost Close SUBSCRIBE…

It was not the election of Donald Trump that prompted Andy Shallal to come up with the idea of an inauguration eve "Peace Ball." The activist, sometime political candidate, and founder of Washington DC's popular Busboys and Poets group of restaurants/bookstores/performance spaces was concerned with…

I won't mince words: President Donald Trump's inauguration means it is more important than ever that Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights redouble its commitment to the full scope of our humanitarian and social justice mission. We must push forward even more vocally in 2017 not just because several of…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve retired Marine General John Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security on Friday, making him the second confirmed member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet just hours after Trump took the oath of office. Eighty-eight senators…

The Women’s March on Washington emerged as a response to the election of President Donald Trump. But it is also a movement for human rights. According to organizers, the goal of this powerful demonstration is to “affirm our shared humanity and pronounce our bold message of resistance and…

WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump officially became the 45 th president Friday, painting a portrait of an “American carnage” in an address as gloomy as the gray chill that hung over his inaugural. With a light rain falling, Trump followed his oath of office with promises to rescue the country from its woes…

Carlos Barria/Reuters Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States. WASHINGTON ― With a new president comes a new presidential website . Gone are sections like “Civil Rights” and “Reducing Gun Violence” and in are pages like “America First Energy Plan” and “America First Foreign Policy.”…

A group that worked to legalize marijuana in Washington, D.C., handed out thousands of joints in the city on Inauguration Day to support the reform of federal cannabis law. Members of the group DCMJ began their giveaway, called #Trump420, early Friday at Dupont Circle, a historic downtown…

Britain’s police watchdog is to hold an investigation after officers were filmed firing a stun-gun at their own local black race relations adviser who they apparently mistook for a wanted suspect, the force involved said on Friday. Judah Adunbi, 63, who is a founder member of an Independent Advisory…

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Think that photo of Donald Trump supposedly writing his inaugural speech looks a little fake? Trevor Noah says you can expect a lot of that over the next four years. “It’s not a lie. It’s an ad,” he explained on Thursday’s “The Daily Show.” “America: You have to get used to the fact that you elected…

Celebrations Begin for Donald Trump’s Inauguration Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump arrived in Washington the day before his inauguration as the nation’s 45th president in a swirl of cinematic pageantry but facing serious questions about whether his chaotic transition has…

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Where once Thy churches prayed and sang Thy foes profanely rage... - The Sacred Harp In the year 390 the populace of Thessalonica rose up in revolt against the local Roman authorities to protest the arrest of a popular charioteer. The Roman emperor Theodosius, known for his…

George: Suspend disbelief. Truly profound. On that note, what key lessons and vantage points have helped you successfully carry out this role? Kim: I think there are a few things that I've learned. Success is fleeting, and failure is not permanent. Being conscious of the fact that all the great…

Dear Mr. President, As you leave office, I must say this: Thank you... For helping me believe progress is possible. For helping our children understand their potential. For asserting that health care is a right, not a privilege. For relationship goals. For your sense of humor. For being the kind of…

It’s Inauguration Day. It’s happening: By noon Eastern time on Friday, Donald Trump will be president. He arrived in Washington with flair Thursday, speaking to tens of thousands of people at a concert at the Lincoln Memorial and praising his incoming Cabinet during a stop at his downtown hotel.…

Billionaire New York Jets owner Robert “Woody” Johnson will be America’s next ambassador to Britain. President-elect Donald Trump made the announcement at an inauguration luncheon, his transition team confirmed — after the press had been ushered out. Johnson, 69, is a longtime Trump friend and was…

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Rick Eglinton via Getty Images Everett accuses Purdue Pharma of ignoring the devastating illegal sales of its drugs. In the first-ever lawsuit of its kind, a city in Washington has sued a pharmaceutical company for “enabling” the devastating OxyContin black market. The lawsuit by Everett, a city of…

Chicago Tribune via Getty Images Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives for sentencing in Chicago on April 27, 2016. He's serving a 15-month sentence. Imprisoned former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is suing one of the victims he sexually abused decades earlier in an effort to recoup…

Mexico City — Joaquin Guzman Loera, the notorious drug lord known as El Chapo, who twice slipped out of high-security Mexican prisons and into criminal legend, was being extradited to the United States on Thursday night, officials said, drawing to a close a decades-long saga to successfully…

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Barack Obama’s policies. Trump, a Republican…

Paul Manafort, Donald J. Trump’s former campaign chairman, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. Sam Hodgson for The New York Times WASHINGTON — American law enforcement and intelligence agencies are examining intercepted communications and financial transactions as part of a…

WASHINGTON ― In his final speech as president, Barack Obama issued an impassioned call to action and urged Americans to be wary of several “challenges to our democracy” in the coming years. Speaking to thousands of people in his hometown of Chicago last week, Obama reiterated a central theme of his…

Hillary Ripley, a longtime investor-relations professional, hosted a gathering on Tuesday for those planning to attend the women’s march in Washington this weekend. Sasha Maslov for The New York Times Hillary Ripley was on a stair climber at her Brooklyn gym when her 16-year-old daughter texted. A…