Month: July 2025

President Trump told reporters Wednesday he hadn’t thought about who inside his administration ordered the pause in shipments of munitions to Ukraine, as the Defense Department is expected to resume weapons shipments to Kyiv. At a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, the president was asked who had approved the weapons halt; he replied, “I don’t know. Why…
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The United States on Wednesday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s “shadow banking” network involved in the illicit trade of Iranian oil designed to fund Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Quds Force. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the sanctions will target 22 entities based in Hong…
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The threat of detention or deportation by ICE has left many survivors too scared to seek help from police or the legal system.

Suspension of foreign aid costs lives but does not upset voters.  On the day he took office, President Trump declared that U.S. foreign aid is “not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values,” and ordered a 90-day suspension of its delivery pending review of all programs.  In February, Elon Musk’s Department of…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday accused President Trump’s administration of kowtowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin, rather than standing up for Ukraine, as the war between the countries stretches more than three years after Moscow’s invasion. “There’s strong bipartisan support for sanctions against Vladimir Putin and Russia, and it’s unfortunate that the…
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Conservative podcaster Patrick Bet-David joined Fox News on Tuesday to share unbridled criticism over how the administration handled a recent issue.

HuffPost first reported the planned move against Francesca Albanese that comes amid a Washington visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Justice Department took legal action Wednesday against California over the state’s refusal to comply with orders from the Trump administration to ban transgender girls from girls’ school sports teams.  The department’s Civil Rights Division sued the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which oversees high school sports in the state, over…
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Elon Musk’s favorability dropped again this past week amid his renewed feud with President Trump and move to launch a separate political party.  In the last week, Musk’s net favorability in the aggregate kept by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) dropped 3.4 points, falling just more than 20 points in the negative. The percentage that view…
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The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its war on higher education, using the threat of withholding federal funding to force the resignation of Jim Ryan, the University of Virginia’s president of seven years.  The purported crime warranting this unprecedented demand? Not moving quickly enough to roll back the decades of progress the school has made…
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President Trump on Wednesday will welcome the presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon to the White House for a luncheon. The business lunch is set to focus on “commercial opportunities” — though few details were provided. The conversation comes after Trump announced earlier this week that a pause on reciprocal tariffs will end…
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The Senate Health Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The panel voted 12-11 to advance the nomination of Susan Monarez to be the next CDC director. “The United States needs a CDC director who makes decisions rooted in science, a…
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South Sudan confirmed this week that eight convicted criminals, who were deported by President Trump’s administration, are now in its custody.  South Sudan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the eight migrants — who hail from countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam — landed in Juba, the country’s capital city, on Saturday. The…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday pressed allies to hit Russia with “biting sanctions” after Moscow launched a record drone attack overnight targeting 10 regions in his war-torn country. In a post on social platform X, Zelensky said it’s “telling” that Russia’s latest attack comes as President Trump has intensified efforts to broker a ceasefire…
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) took a shot at President Trump Wednesday for falling well short of his top trade advisor’s pledge of striking 90 trade deals in 90 days, declaring it another “broken promise.” “Ninety days ago Donald Trump promised the world that his tariffs would lead to 90 deals in 90 days,”…
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President Trump told donors during a closed-door fundraiser last year that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin the U.S. would bomb “the s‑‑‑ out of” Moscow if the Kremlin moved to invade Ukraine.  “With Putin, I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the s‑‑‑ out of Moscow. I’m telling you, I…
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is leaving her role at Elon Musk’s social media company after two years.  “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company,” she wrote in a post…
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Senator Democrats will get a chance to scrutinize President Trump’s former national security adviser over his mishandling of sensitive military operations during his confirmation hearing to the post of U.S. ambassador to the U.N., scheduled for July 15.  Mike Waltz, former Republican Florida congressman, served for five months as Trump’s national security adviser before being dismissed for…
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THE HILL AND NEWSNATION ANNOUNCE INAUGURAL “HILL NATION SUMMIT” FEATURING SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON Event Will Take Place July 16, with Special Coverage Provided by NewsNation and Livestream of Activities Carried by The Hill WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 9, 2025)– The Hill, the nation’s leading digital-first political news brand, and NewsNation, the country’s…
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NewsNation host Chris Cuomo blasted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for blaming cuts to the federal government for the federal response to deadly flooding in Texas over the July 4 holiday weekend. “Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, I have been trying to get him on the show, now I don’t want him,” he said late Tuesday during…
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Comedian Roseanne Barr, a supporter of President Trump, told the president to “read the damn room” after he questioned whether people still care about the Jeffrey Epstein case during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Mr. President- Yes, we still care about Epstein. Is there a time to not care about child sex trafficking? Read the…
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(NewsNation) — Ryan Routh, the suspect in the attempted assassination of President Trump back in September 2024, has requested a new defense team for his case. “Ryan Routh respectfully requests the Court set a hearing to terminate the representation of his appointed counsel and their office,” his motion said in part. Routh was accused of…
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Daniel Dale tackled the president’s most excessive falsehoods on issues including tariffs, inflation and the so-called Big Beautiful Bill.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell called President Trump’s second term the “stupidest” presidency in history and said it is being covered by the “stupidest” press corps. “Well, the possibility of a relentlessly stupid person becoming president of the United States has been underexplored by screenwriters,” O’Donnell said Tuesday on his nightly show “The Last Word.” “And…
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday is holding a hearing on cybersecurity and how to ensure privacy for Americans, including protecting sensitive data within the health care system. Lawmakers and health sector experts will come together to weigh options for implementing technology to establish privacy protections. The hearing comes directly following…
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