Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday said he fears that the United States doesn’t have the “full power of pressure” against Iran. His comments coincide with the Trump administration’s push to dismantle Tehran’s nuclear development program after striking three of their facilities last year. President Trump sent the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to the…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday urged his state’s Senate to vote on a new congressional map passed by the Maryland House amid a nationwide redistricting fight. “When you are watching Donald Trump in front of our face trying to ruin and trying to thwart democracy, we have an obligation to step up. We…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Americans should get vaccinated against measles amid rising cases of the disease. “Take the vaccine, please. We have a solution for our problem. Not all illnesses are equally dangerous, and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses. But…
Billionaire Elon Musk is back in the political fray, giving Republicans a boost in the run up to the 2026 midterm elections. The Tesla CEO had injected hundreds of millions into the 2024 election but announced plans last spring to step back from political spending, a potential blow for the GOP ahead of the high-stakes…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday said he “absolutely” expects a partial government shutdown amid the funding battle over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “I absolutely would expect that it’s going to shut down. I know, we the Democrats, we provided, I think it was 10 kinds of basic things, and then the Republican[s]…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday his GOP colleagues in Congress “finally showed some backbone” in pushing back against a video President Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday evening portraying former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. “It was a disgusting video. And the president was rightly and appropriately…
President Trump ripped Hunter Hess on Sunday after the U.S. skier spoke out against the political climate in his home country at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan earlier this week. “U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,” Trump wrote on Truth Social….
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) vowed Sunday that Democrats will shut down President Trump’s push to “nationalize” elections. “What Donald Trump wants to do is try to nationalize the election, translation steal it. And we’re not going to let it happen,” Jeffries told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Earlier this week, the…
A clash broke out in Milan on Saturday as Italians protested the Winter Olympics in their country, according to multiple outlets. A group of protesters tossed firecrackers and attempted to get on a highway around a venue for the Olympics but faced tear gas and a water cannon from local police. According to The Associated…
Iran’s foreign minister said that Tehran would attack U.S. military bases if Washington conducts strikes in the Middle Eastern country, warning that “U.S. bases are spread all over the region.” “In my view this is very clear. If the U.S. attacks us, it is evident that we don’t have the ability and access to attack…
The Trump administration’s top Medicare official has suggested that alleged fraud in Maine’s social services programs may be on par with the welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz said there is “another big crisis” concerning alleged social services fraud in Maine during an appearance on John Catsimatidis’s…
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s aim to push through a $40 billion defense spending plan is mired in a stalemate as the opposition parties demand compromises, drawing fire from China hawks in the Senate who fear a looming invasion by Beijing. President Trump has pushed Taiwan to increase its defense spending in light of the growing…
The courts have proven to be a big roadblock in the Trump administration’s education plans. President Trump’s efforts against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on school grounds, his push to remove “gender ideology” from education and his moves against Harvard University have all suffered losses in court, with the administration often decrying the rulings of…
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing Kennedy family member Jack Schlossberg in an upcoming New York House race, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner. The New York Times was first to report the anticipated major endorsement in the tight race to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.)…
The search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother will hit the one-week mark on Sunday. In a new video posted to Savannah Guthrie’s Instagram account on Saturday, the “Today” show anchor addressed her mother’s captors. “We received your message, and we understand,” she said while seated between her siblings Annie and Camron. “We beg you now to…
Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong on Friday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to “quit that s–tty job you have” during a pre-Super Bowl LX party in San Francisco ahead of their performance before Sunday’s game. “This goes out to all the ICE agents out wherever you are,” Armstrong said. “Quit…
President Trump’s suggestion this week that the federal government should “nationalize” elections in several states faced bipartisan opposition and inflamed Democratic fears that the president could attempt to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. Trump made the comment on Monday during a recording of former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s podcast. “The Republicans should say,…
President Donald Trump’s dig at The Washington Post’s Natalie Allison on Air Force One comes days after his bizarre comment towards CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
President Trump is planning to host the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace later this month, a source familiar with the plans told The Hill’s sister network, NewsNation. The meeting will coincide with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House, which had already been scheduled for the day before, Feb. 18….
The Pentagon is severing its academic partnerships with Harvard University, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. The secretary said the decision was “LONG OVERDUE” in a post on the social platform X. “At the War Department, we will strive to maximize taxpayer value in building lethality to establish deterrence. It’s that simple,” Hegseth said…
“If you were going to write a Greek tragedy about a law firm leader, this is it,” a former senior Paul Weiss attorney told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Saturday said President Trump suffers from “Obama Derangement Syndrome” after controversy erupted Friday when a since-deleted racist video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes was posted on the commander in chief’s Truth Social account. “It was at the end of a video…
Trump said the United States had “very good” talks and said more were planned for early next week.
George Conway, a former Republican who recently jumped into the Democratic primary for a House seat in New York, launched a campaign ad on Friday to coincide with the opening of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Conway, a frequent critic of President Trump who is looking to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) in New…
A New York judge on Friday extended a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing funds to social service programs in five Democrat-led states. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick made his ruling at the request of Minnesota, California, Illinois, New York and Colorado. The states receive a total of over $10 billion a year…