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The president’s move is seen as an attempt to get a loyalist on the Federal Reserve’s influential board.

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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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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The former MSNBC host highlighted one particular moment Monday from President Donald Trump’s meeting with South Korean leader Lee Jae Myung.

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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Surprisingly, Trump didn’t take the predictable “old man shakes fist at cloud” approach to the logo change.

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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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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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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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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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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In the battle over redistricting congressional maps, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has sounded the alarm on the “very survival of our democracy.”  It’s not the first time he has wrapped himself in the term. When President Trump deployed troops to quell unrest in Los Angeles, he declared, “democracy is under assault right before our eyes.” …
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has threatened to withhold millions in federal highway funding from states if they don’t require commercial truck drivers to know English before obtaining licenses. “This is not just us saying we have some obscure rule, this is about keeping people safe on the road — your families, your loved ones, your…
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday the Trump administration is “thinking about” taking stakes in defense contractors, potentially replicating its divisive move to purchase part of chip maker Intel. “Why shouldn’t the U.S. government say, ‘You know what? We use Palantir services, we would like a piece of Palantir. We use Boeing services, we would…
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The former national security adviser says the president’s attempt to end the war in Ukraine is “collapsing in confusion and haste.”

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the non-voting member representing the nation’s capital in Congress, introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require National Guard troops to wear body cameras as they patrol Washington, D.C. Norton said in a statement that the bill aims to “promote transparency in the troops’ interactions with the public and protect the public…
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Surfing the Internet over the weekend, I was surprised to come across this headline: “President Trump is Right About the Smithsonian.”   That’s strange, I thought. I mean, really? Trump is right about interfering with the independence of one of America’s most respected institutions and giving leaders of the Smithsonian 120 days to eliminate any indication that…
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The lawsuit was an extraordinary legal maneuver, ratcheting up the administration’s fight with the federal judiciary.

President Trump signed executive orders Monday threatening to upend the fledgling “cashless bail” policies that major cities including Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago have embraced in recent years. “Cashless bail — we’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C.,” Trump told reporters during a signing event in the…
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Fox News host Laura Ingraham criticized President Trump for saying he’ll allow hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into the U.S. “Why are you helping Harvard? That just helps Harvard and UCLA. You are all helping those schools, why? They are basically factories of anti-American propaganda, now getting a big influx of cash because of…
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First lady Melania Trump is urging students across the country to “unleash their imagination and showcase the spirit of American innovation” by participating in a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) competition. “Are you ready for an AI challenge? Take part in this nationwide initiative to discover, develop and expand AI’s potential,” she said in a video released Tuesday.…
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said his Monday meeting with President Trump exceeded expectations despite concerns that he could face a “Zelensky moment,” referring to the public blowup between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump in the Oval Office earlier this year. “Before I met with President Trump today, he posted on Truth Social…
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President Trump and members of his Cabinet are meeting Tuesday morning as the administration steps up its crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. while setting its sights on other Democratic-run cities. The meeting also comes amid pushback over Trump’s threat to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook amid allegations of mortgage fraud. The move has…
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President Trump is facing outcry from some of his supporters after saying he plans to allow 600,000 students from China into the U.S. “It’s a very important relationship. We’re going to get along good with China,” Trump told reporters Monday during a meeting with the president of South Korea. “I hear so many stories about,…
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A man was arrested for setting fire to an American flag in a federal park outside the White House on Monday, just hours after President Trump signed an executive order seeking to crack down on those who burn the flag. The U.S. Secret Service told The Hill they detained an individual at approximately 6:15 p.m.…
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