A Tennessee man will receive an $835,000 settlement after being jailed for more than a month over a social media post he shared about the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Retired law enforcement officer Larry Bushart, 61, was arrested in September and spent 37 days in jail after sharing Facebook memes accusing the Turning Point USA founder of spreading hate. The Perry County sheriff’s office claimed the posts encouraged violence, and Bushart’s bail was set at $2 million. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5887273-tennessee-man-settlement-charlie-kirk/ #CharlieKirk #TurningPointUSA #Florida #Tennessee #JimmyKimmel
On Friday’s “Finnerty,” Katie Zacharia slammed Stephen Colbert, saying the former late-night host “deserves exactly what he got” after his show was pulled from the airwaves.
President Trump tried to reassure Americans Friday about their economic concerns amid ongoing negotiations with Iran to end the war. He addressed housing prices as well as gas costs as Memorial Day travel ramps up for Americans. #trump #iranwar #economy
Owen Shroyer suggests that a large portion of X users now believe Nick Shirley is a "government plant" after appearing with Epstein associate and confirmed liar Howard Lutnick.
The Trump administration hits Cuba's communist regime on two fronts in a single day. Jeff Bezos torches New York City's $44 billion school system, saying it's so broken Amazon would go bankrupt running it. The House passes a major housing bill to protect American homebuyers from Wall Street. And an unlikely duo in Washington takes a major step to protect America's most vulnerable children.
On Friday's "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE," Rep. Jim Jordan joined to talk about the importance of voter ID and the Democrats' views of the Supreme Court justices.
The latest test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifted off successfully from Brownsville, Texas. This version of the vessel is considered the largest rocket ever launched. #SpaceX #Starship "The Hill on NewsNation" combines the power of two trusted news sources to define today's most-pressing issues, and question Washington's power brokers on what matters most to the people they serve and what matters most to Americans.
Associate Director for Global Health and Public Health Policy at KFF Dr. Josh Michaud spoke to The Hill about the current Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks, and whether they pose a risk to Americans. Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday he suspects the spreading Ebola outbreak in Africa will spread across three new countries and become a “very significant pandemic.” “I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic, probably going to leak into Tanzania, leak into southern Sudan, maybe leak into Rwanda,” Redfield said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” Read more:…
