Month: November 2025

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President Trump’s disapproval rating has hit its highest point of his second term, according to an average from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). More than half of American respondents — 55.5 percent — said they have a negative view of Trump’s handle on the presidency, based on 634 polls that DDHQ averaged Monday. That number marks…

The meme battle has definitely reached new heights.

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has formally joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A staff directory for the department lists Means as a senior adviser in the Office of the Secretary.   An HHS spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the wellness entrepreneur is joining the department as…

Rep. Maria Salazar was asked about the president’s “quiet, piggy” insult to a reporter after she questioned him about the Epstein files.

One thing you learn fast when you cover global stories and spend time on the ground in different countries: Hosting a World Cup is transformative.   I was just in Qatar last week and you could see how that tournament has reshaped their entire tourism economy. Infrastructure upgrades, packed hotels, new jobs, a level of…

Frankly, it’s astonishing that this is actually happening.  

Far-right activist Laura Loomer on Tuesday said the Republican Party “has a Nazi problem” in the wake of ideological inflighting among the right. “I’m going to say it. The GOP has a Nazi problem. And the more we pretend like we don’t, the worse it’s going to get. We do. Don’t tell me we don’t,”…

Press groups slammed President Trump for saying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing” about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. During an Oval Office meeting with the de facto Saudi leader on Tuesday, the president interjected when ABC News’s Mary Bruce asked the crown prince about his alleged role in the incident,…

President Trump’s deal to allow the sale of F-35 advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia has the potential to alter the military balance of power in the Middle East. The package of fifth-generation stealth fighters has prompted concerns among Israeli and some U.S. officials as it risks toppling Israel’s so-called qualitative military edge (QME), a…

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s Wednesday. Less than two days until “Wicked: For Good” is out in theaters!! I won’t link to any reviews because … spoilers … but 📹here’s the final trailer! In today’s issue: • Senate formally approves Epstein file release • White House awaits Epstein bill •…
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Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson attacked President Trump for a pair of incidents during which he snapped at female reporters who asked about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Trump is despicable towards female reporters,” Carlson wrote Tuesday in a post on social platform X, “just now ridiculing the [ABC] reporter calling…

Things are looking up for the former FBI director.

Ukraine’s military has fired four U.S.-made guided Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) armaments at the southern Russian city of Voronezh, according to Moscow’s defense ministry. Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of going after civilian targets with the U.S.-made system, which former President Biden’s administration gave to Kyiv in 2023 under the rules of restricting its use…
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The White House has nominated Stuart Levenbach, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  An official told The Hill the nomination is a “technical” move designed to extend OMB Director Russell Vought’s tenure as the agency’s acting director, and that…

A significant majority of American voters say they would rather elect a Democrat than a Republican to represent them in Congress in next year’s midterms, according to the latest Marist Poll. The survey, conducted last week, shows Democrats with a 14-point advantage over Republicans, 55 percent to 41 percent, when respondents are asked which party’s…

President Trump will give remarks Wednesday afternoon at a U.S.-Saudi business forum centered on investment. The event comes a day after Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. During the meeting, the president designated Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, signaled the nation’s investment in the U.S. could reach $1…

The Washington Post’s editorial board blasted President Trump for comments dismissing the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a Tuesday meeting with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump, when asked about Khashoggi’s death, said “a lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about … Whether you like him or didn’t like…

The official who delivered the message, Paul Ingrassia, previously represented the Tate brothers before joining the White House.

He knows virtually everything about the presidents — from the toothpaste they use to the mattress they sleep on — and now Gary Walters, the White House’s longest-serving chief usher, is opening up about his decades-long career. ITK caught up with Walters, who worked at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. from 1970 to 2007, ahead of the…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning after both chambers of Congress overwhelming voted to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The bill, which will compel the Justice Department to release all files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, now heads to President Trump’s desk for a signature….

Trump rarely stops with mere symbolism when it comes to defying constitutional norms.

White House border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations will ramp up shortly in New York City. In an interview on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom,” the Trump administration’s senior immigration official noted that he previously had an agreement with New York City Mayor Eric Adams to let ICE…

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) came to President Trump’s defense Tuesday after the president recently called a female reporter “piggy” during remarks from Air Force One. “President Trump is a very picturesque and difficult and different type of politician. But I always say that I look at his policies and not at his personality,” Salazar…

Jena-Lisa Jones, a survivor of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, said Tuesday that President Trump owes the victims an apology for prolonging attempts to release files related to Epstein’s sex trafficking allegations. “He owes us an apology for sure. And I think that would be one way of showing some remorse for this drawn-out…