Watch live: Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients
President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients Thursday afternoon. The event is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET Watch the video above. Source: TEST FEED1
Read MoreGasoline prices dip a quarter from recent $5 highs
Gas prices took a dip this week, with a select few stations dropping beneath $4 per gallon as prices fall across the board. Data from the Oil Price Information Service shared with The Hill shows that the median price of gasoline in the U.S. is about $4.60 per gallon, down from about $4.70 per gallon a week ago. Average prices are also down to $4.74, down from $4.84 a week ago. The data shows that a small percentage of stations — 2.3 percent — are below $4 per gallon. A week ago, just 0.5 percent were below $4 per gallon. On Thursday morni
Read MoreUnion presses Park Police chief on staffing levels
A labor union representing United States Park Police officers sent a letter urging for more changes involving staffing levels within the department amid incidents occurring in the Washington, D.C., area over the holiday weekend. In a letter sent on Thursday, the United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police told acting Park Police Chief Christopher Stock that the department has fewer members than it did nearly 50 years ago and continues to lose more members every week due to the ongoing issues. The union also demanded changes to their yearly salary, recruitm
Read MoreNorth Korea talks ‘deterrence,’ but it’s not what it means to the West
North Korean rhetoric of late is so kinetic that it’s spreading concerns that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is about to move missiles capable of firing tactical nuclear warheads at critical American and South Korean bases into positions close to the North-South line. As America’s 28,500 troops in South Korea were enjoying the long Fourth of July weekend, North Korea raised the decibel le
Read MoreTucker Carlson defends his commentary on race in fiery interview
Fox News host Tucker Carlson swatted away suggested ties to white supremacist ideology when pressed about the rhetoric on his nightly show during a tense interview at an event on Thursday. "I've never had a white supremacist work for me. I don't think I've ever talked to a white supremacist," Carlson said during event hosted by Semafor, a new media company founded by journalist Ben Smith and
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