Month: January 2026

The end of the montage said it all.

The first lady said the president’s supporters “don’t like it, they’re just being nice to you,” he claimed.

The “Late Show” host teased the president about the dismal TV ratings for his first time hosting the ceremony.

Ronny Chieng mocked the House speaker for his attempt to ease Americans’ minds about the deadly U.S. raid in Venezuela.

The agreement is a strong sign that the Venezuelan government is responding to Trump’s demand that they open up to U.S. oil companies.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he is taking President Trump’s threats about taking over Greenland “seriously.” “Everything the President says at this point we have to take seriously because he is uncommitted to the rule of law, uncommitted to the Constitution and uncommitted to doing anything that actually makes life better…

In a speech on the fifth anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, Thom Tillis declared: “We have to speak truth to power.”

“We’re not going to take over another country that’s our ally,” Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) said of President Trump’s threats against Greenland.

Democrat Mike Jones on Tuesday glided to victory in the special election for a Richmond-area seat in Virginia’s state Senate, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jones defeated Republican John Thomas in the race to replace Ghazala Hashmi, who was elected as Virginia’s lieutenant governor in November. Democrats were expected to carry the district, which former…

President Trump said late Tuesday that Venezuela is going to turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., an announcement that follows the recent operation in which U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over…

Michael Reagan, the eldest son of former President Reagan, has died at the age of 80, according to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. “The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute mourns the passing of Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, and a steadfast guardian of his father’s…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday said he backs Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado as Venezuela’s new leader after President Nicolás Maduro was ousted from power following a U.S. operation Saturday. “María Corina Machado is a fighter, she is loved by Venezuelans in Venezuela, and in America, and in Chile, and in Colombia,…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump attempted to be “a Maduro of the United States” on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, referring to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I do want to just say this. Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here…

Trump’s pardon recipients want more retribution, more restitution.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein, one of the longest-serving sitting judges in the U.S., is set to oversee the high-profile case for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.  Hellerstein has had a career spanning decades inside the courtroom and will preside over Maduro’s case for the Southern District of New York. The 92-year-old has handled high-profile legal proceedings in the…

The president directly called out a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer in the middle of his speech at the Kennedy Center.

Trump has been a booster for the franchise model that helps shift responsibility away from big brands like Hilton.

House Democrats reconvened the House Select Jan. 6 Committee for the fifth anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, reflecting on the significance of the riot and actions from President Trump they say risk the future of American Democracy. Staged as a forum, it’s the first time the panel has been assembled since a series…

U.S. NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker on Tuesday said the Iranian people “want to be free” and that citizens deserve to be “listened to.” “I don’t want to speculate in what the future is for Iran or its leaders, but I can tell you, the Iranian people want to be free, and they have been repressed…

Collins’ footage includes recent clips of Trump making threats against several other nations.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is waiting for approval from Brazil’s Supreme Court to go to the hospital for testing after he fell in prison and hurt his head Tuesday. His wife, Michelle, wrote on Instagram that her husband was “not well” after experiencing a “crisis” in prison. “We are going to the hospital,” she…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) are holding a press conference Tuesday afternoon to mark the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Their remarks come hours after House Democrats reconvened the select committee that investigated the riots. Democrats are using the anniversary to…

“There are serious reasons to just exercise a note of caution before we just get on the rah-rah train,” the conservative pundit said of her old network.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) vowed “over my dead body” that he would resign from his position as the North Star State’s top executive amid a fraud scandal that’s embroiled the state, and he attacked President Trump for promoting a social media conspiracy online around Walz and slain Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. Republicans “want…

A small group of Proud Boys protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the building. The group convened by the Ellipse midday Tuesday, later making their way to the west Capitol grounds, The Hill’s partner network NewsNation reported. Upon making it to the west…