Month: December 2025

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday confirmed it has launched an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte who has opened numerous investigations into the mortgage dealings of adversaries of President Trump. Pulte has referred at least four different Democrats for prosecution by the Justice Department, recommending charges for Sen. Adam…

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday announced that he will file articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is at the center of two scandals at the Defense Department. “This secretary has to go,” Thanedar told Fox News host Josh Breslow. “He’s incompetent. He’s, you know, violated — he has committed war…

The Minnesota representative bashed the president after he spent days disparaging her.

Donald Trump’s threats against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly have only served to elevate the decorated combat veteran as a hero in the Democratic Party.

Trump administration officials will brief reporters Thursday afternoon after the FBI made an arrest in its nearly five-year-old probe of who placed pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in 2021. The news marks the latest movement in the investigation of the incident, which occurred the evening before the Jan….

Americans’ confidence in the economy slipped in November to negative 30, according to the latest Gallup poll, the lowest level recorded since July 2024. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index (ECI) — which combines Americans’ assessments of the current economic conditions and the economic outlook — dipped seven points from negative 23 in October, after standing at…

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: It’s Thursday. Everyone’s annual Spotify Wrapped should be out. Who were your top artists for the year? I doubt any of you will be surprised to hear Taylor Swift dominated mine. 😏 🚓 NEWS THIS MORNING Omg, there’s been an arrest in the Jan….

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) said Wednesday that the Minnesotan Somali community is part of “the fabric of our state,” comments that follow attacks on Somalians from President Trump. “I just watched the video of Donald Trump attacking the beautiful Somali community that calls Minnesota home. They are part of the fabric of our…

Speaking at the Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment breakfast, Molly McNearney reflected on the significance of  “freedom of speech.”

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández thanked President Trump on Wednesday for pardoning him of charges related to assisting drug traffickers. “I said it as I left my home, I said it as I was wrongfully convicted, and I will say it again now that I have my liberty,” Hernández wrote in a post on the social…

President Trump on Wednesday will oversee a peace treaty signing ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, after meeting separately with Presidents Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame. The deal, facilitated by the U.S. and other allies, aims to end the conflict between the African nations and open access to the region’s critical minerals….

A majority of Americans want Congress to extend subsidies on ObamaCare set to expire at the end of the year, according to a survey from the health nonprofit KFF released Thursday. Of those enrolled in ObamaCare marketplace plans, KFF found that 84 percent want Congress to extend the credits. These subsidies allow Affordable Care Act…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he met with President Trump on Wednesday and discussed export controls amid a faltering push in Congress to place new restrictions on advanced chip sales to China.  “We talked in general about export controls, and I wished him a happy holidays,” Huang told reporters on Capitol Hill.  The company, whose chips…

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Wednesday that President Trump resorts to “very bigoted” rhetoric when he is trying to deflect from “actual failures,” comments that follow Trump’s recent attacks on the lawmaker and the Somali-American community. “We know that the president oftentimes resorts to very bigoted, xenophobic, Islamophobic, racist rhetoric when he is trying to…

More than a third of President Trump’s 2024 voters say they are struggling more than ever to afford life’s everyday expenses, according to The Politico Poll. In the mid-November survey, conducted shortly after this year’s elections, 37 percent of Trump voters agree that “the cost of living here is the worst I can ever remember…

In a hearing, witnesses testified to what they say is an increase in assaults on law enforcement officers.

The New York Times announced on Thursday that it is suing the Defense Department for allegedly infringing on reporters’ rights after officials imposed new restrictions at the Pentagon. The lawsuit argues that the new rules violates journalists’ First and Fifth Amendment rights and “will deprive the public of vital information about the United States military…

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), whom President Trump pardoned of bribery charges, said late Wednesday that he was “absolutely” targeted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former President Biden. “Do you believe you were targeted by the Biden DOJ? As a political retribution?” NewsNation’s Leland Vittert asked Cuellar on “On Balance.” The lawmaker responded, “Look,…

President Trump in a late-night social media post slammed Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) for not releasing former county election clerk Tina Peters from prison.  “This lightweight Governor, who has allowed his State to go to hell (Tren de Aragua, anyone?), should be ashamed of himself,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “FREE TINA!”…

The president’s holiday-like fantasy is getting roasted by critics.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee are holding a hearing Thursday morning on President Trump’s economic agenda: From rising health care premiums to high prices to cost of living concerns. Trump has bristled at the topic of affordability — something that made headlines following Democrats’ key wins in the…

President Trump on Thursday morning will welcome the leaders of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to Washington for the signing of a peace treaty. Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi will also hold a trilateral meeting with Trump. The president’s entry into peace talks between the African nations started earlier this year and culminated in…

Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley will head to the Capitol on Thursday to brief top lawmakers on the Trump administration’s strikes on boats in the Caribbean allegedly ferrying drugs to the U.S. The questions will likely zero in on details of the Sept. 2 strikes, which have come under scrutiny in recent days after…

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Adm. Bradley to brief Congress on boat strikes  ▪ Trump hosting Rwanda, Congo leaders for peace signing  ▪ Republicans face messaging problem ▪ International students fear holiday travel  The vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is…
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The “Tonight Show” host also got in a dig about the president’s apparent nap time.