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The Trump administration will temporarily display a statue taken down in Delaware years ago of a slave owner who signed the Declaration of Independence as part of the celebrations commemorating the U.S.’s 250th birthday, according to multiple reports. The statue of Caesar Rodney, a member of the Continental Congress, on horseback was taken down in…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, asked President Trump’s nominee to serve as Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, to clarify his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a Wednesday letter to Warsh, Warren referenced two emails released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in which the…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats are lining up en masse against helping Republicans advance legislation to a final vote to extend the government’s warrantless surveillance powers. Jeffries acknowledged that the vote on the bill itself will divide Democrats, and he declined to say how he will vote himself. “But what…

House Democrats will soon launch another effort to end President Trump’s war with Iran, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday. “What we’re focused on now is stopping this reckless war of choice,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol.  Democrats have already brought one war powers resolution to the floor this month. Sponsored…

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Wednesday argued President Trump will not lose any voters over the war against Iran.  “Much of the criticism of Operation Epic Fury comes from the likes of the Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, the Israel-obsessed podcasters Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, and the conspiracist Candace Owens. Do voters who identify themselves…

The leaders of Japan and several European nations condemned recent Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf states and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil trading channel.  “We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait,” the leaders wrote in a Thursday letter. “We…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that President Trump could not tolerate Iran moving “closer and closer” to obtaining nuclear capabilities in choosing to begin his war with Tehran — the day after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified that such capabilities had been “obliterated” in U.S. airstrikes last year. “What President Trump would not tolerate…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early Thursday that the U.S. may lift sanctions on Iranian oil that is already in transit amid rising energy prices resulting from the ongoing U.S. military operation in the Middle East. Bessent told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo that about 140 million barrels of oil would be freed up by this…

The U.S. national debt crossed a new milestone Wednesday, surpassing $39 trillion, a record reached five months after the debt sailed past the $38 trillion mark. The record-breaking amount was revealed in a daily statement from the Treasury Department. It comes amid the weeks-long U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, which will add to the toll. Michael…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Wednesday criticized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) for spending millions in various Democratic primaries in the state. AIPAC and affiliated shell committees reportedly spent more than $21 million in multiple Democratic races in the Prairie State, with mixed results. During an interview with The Associated Press (AP),…

Join The Hill Editor-in-Chief Ian Swanson, Congressional Editor Regina Zilbermints, White House Editor Rema Rahman, and Defense and Foreign Policy Editor Colin Meyn for an in-depth discussion on news of the day followed by a Q&A. Will the SAVE America Act become law? Will Congress consider an Iran supplemental spending bill? And when will Congress…
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Brent crude oil prices on Thursday briefly topped $119 per barrel before dropping back down. Prices had dropped to about $112 per barrel mid-morning after spiking earlier as Iran attacked Gulf energy sites. The international benchmark climbed more than 3 percent from the day prior and continues to fluctuate amid the war in the Middle…

Illinois Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton, the Democrat favored to win the race to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), says she won’t support Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to serve another term as Senate Democratic leader. “I’ve made it clear that I would not support Chuck Schumer as leader of the Democratic caucus because I think right…

A group of eight state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a proposed mega merger between Nexstar Media Group and fellow local broadcaster Tegna. The deal, if approved by President Trump’s administration, would create the largest local broadcast group in the country and hand Nexstar control of local news programming in more…

Joe Kent, a top intelligence official who resigned this week in the wake of the U.S. strikes in Iran, said the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk last summer implored him to do what he could to make sure the Trump administration resisted getting involved in a war in the Middle East. “I wasn’t particularly close with Charlie, he was very…

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) called the “defund the police” movement a “mistake” in a new interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “In retrospect, the whole concept of ‘defund the police’ made no sense,” de Blasio said in a preview clip of Thursday’s episode of the “Hang Out with Sean…

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A group of Republican attorneys general are voicing support for the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, as the Senate debates the election reform legislation this week.  In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) obtained by The Hill, five GOP attorneys general wrote that the…

President Trump will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to the White House on Thursday. Trump endorsed Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, who is known to be a staunch conservative. She worked to dissolve the country’s lower house of Parliament last month to help her Liberal Democratic Party ahead of the Feb. 8 elections….

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Thursday morning, more than a month after funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lapsed. Jeffries and other House Democrats on Wednesday formally launched their bid to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other non-immigration enforcement agencies amid the impasse. Democratic leaders have…

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence would not tell Congress if Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States.

Airport wait times have increased nationwide as spring break travel continues amid the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown and as winter storms in the Midwest and Northeast this week have caused delays. As of Wednesday, three Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints are closed at Philadelphia International Airport. Two checkpoints at George Bush Intercontinental Airport…

The upcoming midterm elections are still very much up in the air, with both parties struggling to devise messages to gain or maintain power in Congress, and the public seemingly turned off by the whole thing.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth started a press briefing Thursday on the latest Operation Epic Fury news by blasting “ungrateful” European allies and “a dishonest” media, as the war enters Day 20. The update comes after Iran struck an oil facility in Saudi Arabia and a liquefied natural gas facility in Qatar. While both sites assessed…

“Maybe, instead of shaming the American public for complaining about prices, a more thoughtful appeal might help,” said the “Daily Show” host.