Month: July 2025

In a Saturday post on Truth Social, Trump referred to the actor and comedian as a “threat to humanity.”

President Trump, reflecting on the “crazy” rally shooting nearly a year ago, said he still feels pain in his ear but believes he was “saved by somebody very special” after a July 2024 assassination attempt. “I went through a lot. It was a crazy time, very surreal, actually, if you want to know the truth,”…
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Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Friday said that the Trump administration would face humiliation if it were to dismiss Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Jeffrey Epstein file controversy. “If he terminates one of them, he picked them, and he put them in those senior positions — it’ll be a huge embarrassment to…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, in response to President Trump’s latest tariff announcement, say they are open to trade talks but won’t rule out taking countermeasures. Trump in his Saturday letters to von der Leyen and Sheinbaum announced a 30 percent tariff rate on goods imported into the…
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The “12-day war” between Iran and Israel, as coined by President Trump, may mark the closing chapter of Israel’s longest war. But the real victory won’t be measured by what was destroyed. It will be measured by what we build next.  For the first time in decades, Iran’s stranglehold on the Middle East has been…
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Bill Pulte, who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, applauded chatter stating Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell would soon depart from his position.  “I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome Powell is considering resigning,” Pulte said in a Friday statement. “I think this will be the right decision for America, and the economy will boom.” It is…
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(NEXSTAR) — There have been several changes to government benefit payments already this year, including increased checks for some and clawbacks for outstanding overpayments for others. In about two months, another change is expected to take effect — this one targeting how beneficiaries are paid. Back in March, President Trump signed an executive order to…
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Former White House aide Steve Bannon suggested Friday that the GOP could lose dozens of House seats in the 2026 midterms over the Trump administration’s handling of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “You’re going to lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement right now,…
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The tariffs, against two of the United States’ biggest trading partners, will begin August 1, Trump said.

President Trump on Saturday announced his administration would levy a 30 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and members of the European Union beginning Aug. 1, targeting two of the U.S.’s top trading partners. Trump posted separate letters on Truth Social to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday celebrated a ruling from a federal judge that bars the Trump administration from using “unconstitutional” immigration enforcement efforts in several Golden State counties. U.S. District Judge Maame E. Frimpong, an appointee of former President Biden, granted two temporary restraining orders preventing officials from targeting individuals for removal based…
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Planned Parenthood stands to lose a huge portion of its federal funding under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which could result in the closure of up to 200 clinics, according to the organization.    Not only will many Americans lose access to abortion care if those clinics close, but millions of people treated by the provider…
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The “Parks & Recreation” star addressed those who “take their own reading” of the show’s iconic libertarian character who was “cool with everybody.”

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California.

Harry Enten said the president is “trying to get away from” a story that doesn’t appear to have lost the public’s interest.

“Donald Trump likes to say he’s about America first. What we’re witnessing here is America in retreat,” Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen told HuffPost at a rally for 1,353 dismissed diplomats.

President Donald Trump toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas amid mounting criticism that officials failed to warn residents quickly enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.

Jailed reality TV star Joe Exotic is once again asking President Trump for a pardon. Netflix’s “Tiger King” star, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, called on Trump “to listen to the” voices of Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and other public figures as well as “the millions of people around the world to make…
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Bove reportedly called a third-term president an “abstract hypothetical scenario,” even though the 22nd Amendment forbids it.

96 <!– Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy <!–   The Big Story  Trump to hit Canada with 35 percent tariff President Trump announced his administration would impose a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods beginning next month. © The Associated Press Trump posted a…
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The rapper seized a rare live-TV opportunity to speak truth to power, and recently discussed it with British Vogue.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a leaner foreign policy force that, he argues, will allow the United States to respond more nimbly by removing layers of bureaucracy. The department sent reduction in force (RIF) notices Friday morning to about 1,100…
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Rhetoric from Trump administration officials appears to be shifting more toward reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), rather than axing it entirely. While the shift has been more apparent as the administration faces questions about the disaster agency in light of deadly floods in Texas, the subtle changes in how key figures talk about…
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Five state Democratic lawmakers, who were denied entry to Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” earlier this month, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Thursday, arguing he didn’t have the authority to block their effort to conduct oversight of the migrant detention facility. “The DeSantis Administration’s refusal to let us in wasn’t some bureaucratic misstep,” the lawmakers said…
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After catastrophic flooding in central Texas left the area devastated, the Trump administration’s lackluster response offers a chilling glimpse of what’s in store for when the next disaster strikes.