‘De minimis’ tariff exemption ending: What to know
The exemption allowing some low-value imports to enter the U.S. duty-free is set to expire on Friday. President Trump penned an executive order last month suspending the so-called de minimis tax exemption rule for goods coming into the country that are worth $800 or less. The executive order has resulted in national postal services from…
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Wyden slams DOGE over ‘reckless’ handling of Social Security data
Top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden (Ore.) blasted the DOGE cost-cutting panel following a whistleblower report that alleged Americans’ financial and personal information was put on an unsecured cloud server. He called it “a clear example of how the Trump administration is playing fast and loose with Americans’ most sensitive personal information.” …
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DeSantis: Newsom should focus on California problems instead of being ‘cheeky’ with Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) knocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday over his recent social media trolling of President Trump, saying the Democrat should focus on solving problems back at home rather than being “cheeky” with the president. During an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity asked DeSantis whether he’d be…
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America is moving backward on climate policy — here’s how Democrats can right the ship
Every week brings a new headline about the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress repealing climate protections. The latest is a shocking proposal to overturn the landmark scientific finding that carbon dioxide emissions endanger American public safety and health, which underpins most U.S. climate regulation. No other democracy in the world faces such assault on…
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Protester Sets Flag Ablaze Outside White House Hours After Trump’s Order
A man claiming to be an Army veteran called the president a “fascist” during his defiant demonstration in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square.
Raskin: ‘We’re not going to be pushed around by this fraudulent would-be king’
Related video: Trump pushes for death penalty in DC murder cases Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday called President Trump a “fraudulent would-be king,” as the Trump administration is looking to expand its federal takeover of local police departments outside of the nation’s capital. “I think that everybody is standing up for their state, like…
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Trump Baselessly Claims It Must Be ‘Something Artificially’ Causing Autism
“There has to be something artificially causing this, meaning a drug or something,” Trump said without evidence during a cabinet meeting.
Jack Smith probe basis ‘imaginary and unfounded,’ lawyers argue
Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought criminal charges against President Trump, denounced a watchdog investigation into Smith’s work as “imaginary and unfounded” in a letter to the Office of Special Counsel. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, marked Smith’s first response to news that the government watchdog was investigating…
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CNN Fact-Checker Shreds Trump On DC Crime: ‘Not Even Close To True’
“So the president is exaggerating again, and that wasn’t his only false claim,” said Daniel Dale.
U.S. To Seek Death Penalty In All DC Homicide Cases, Trump Says
City officials have rejected the claim that violent crime is rampant.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce — two superstars from the worlds of music and sports who have sparked their share of political headlines over the years — are engaged. The “Shake It Off” singer announced the engagement in a Tuesday post to her 280 million Instagram followers. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,”…
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George Conway on the FBI targeting Bolton: ‘This is not healthy’
Conservative lawyer George Conway condemned the recent FBI raid at the home and office of former national security adviser John Bolton, saying Americans need to “wake up” to the “authoritarianism” taking place under President Trump. “This is not America. This is not healthy,” Conway, an outspoken Trump critic, told CNN’s John Berman in an interview…
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Fox News Host Weasels Around Video Proving That Trump Lied About Wes Moore Chat
The clip appeared to debunk Trump’s claim, but host Will Cain did his mightiest to dance around that.
DC’s no-killings streak ends after 12 days
A man was killed in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday, marking the first apparent homicide reported in the city in 12 days. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday in Southeast Washington, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said in a statement. The officers found a man “unconscious and breathing, suffering…
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook To Sue Over Trump Attempt To Fire Her, Attorney Says
The president’s move is seen as an attempt to get a loyalist on the Federal Reserve’s influential board.
A view of the front lines from a pissed off Washingtonian
Related video: Trump Signs Executive Orders On DC Cashless Bail, Punishments For Flag Burnings | SUNRISE In the summer of 1975, we first moved to a lovely old Georgetown home just west of Wisconsin Avenue. For a time, D.C. was the nation’s murder capital. Ironically, the lawyer who defended the Hanafi Muslims who seized the B’nai Brith…
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Trump touts US investments amid pushback over Intel deal
12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Click here to sign up. It’s Tuesday. Who else is thrilled that the U.S. Open is in full swing?! The Atlantic published an article, making the case that “if you must play one sport, make it tennis.” Programming note: The Hill’s Elizabeth Crisp will be writing The Hill’s 12:30 Report tomorrow.…
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Mehdi Hasan Spots ‘Embarrassing’ Trump Trait In Action: ‘The World Is Laughing At Him’
The former MSNBC host highlighted one particular moment Monday from President Donald Trump’s meeting with South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung.
Coast Guard makes record drug haul
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it seized more than 75,000 pounds of illegal drugs from 19 vessels this summer, prompting the USCG’s largest-ever offload – nearly half a billion dollars in illegal narcotics – when the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returned to Florida this week. USCG Southeast District Commander Rear Adm. Adam Chamie…
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Jeez, Even Trump Is Weighing In On The New Cracker Barrel Logo
Surprisingly, Trump didn’t take the predictable “old man shakes fist at cloud” approach to the logo change.
Trump administration threatens federal sex education funding in 46 states over ‘gender ideology content’
The Trump administration is threatening to strip millions in federal grant funding from dozens of states with sex education programs that include information about transgender people. The Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) said Tuesday it is putting 46 states, U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., “on notice” to remove within…
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Trump approval locked at 40 percent, down from start of second term: Gallup
President Trump’s approval rating is locked in at about 40 percent after starting out his term somewhat higher, a new Gallup poll found. The poll released Tuesday showed Trump’s approval back at the 40 percent mark, up 3 points from where it stood last month and the same as where he was the month before.…
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DNC chair withdraws Gaza resolution, calls for task force to ‘move forward united’
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin withdrew a resolution Tuesday addressing the Israel-Gaza conflict after a rival resolution failed, stressing the need for party unity as he called for a task force to continue the conversation. “Earlier today, I introduced a resolution … which was focused on finding common ground in our party on…
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Scavino expected to be tapped for White House personnel role
White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino is expected to be tapped to run the Presidential Personnel Office, replacing top aide Sergio Gor as the head of the staffing office. “Dan Scavino is one of President Trump’s most trusted and longest serving advisors. There is nobody better to ensure the President’s Administration is staffed…
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Trump plans to cancel another offshore wind project
The Trump administration is planning to cancel the approval of yet another offshore wind farm. On the heels of its move to block a major project off the coast of Rhode Island, court filings indicate the Interior Department plans to block another off the coast of Maryland. In recent court filings, it said it planned to vacate…
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