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President Trump said Tuesday that he would replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “right now,” but “people are holding me back.” When asked Tuesday about his plans for nominating a new Fed chief, Trump berated Powell over the Fed’s handling of interest rates and said he would prefer to get rid of him immediately. “I’d…

Most Americans believe President Trump was aware of the sexual abuse committed by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new survey. The Morning Consult poll, conducted over the weekend, shows 60 percent of all voters say Trump knew about the sexual abuse — including 38 percent who believe Trump also participated…

The CIA determined that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the 2018 killing. Trump praised bin Salman for his human rights record.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said Tuesday that he will request unanimous consent on the Senate floor to “immediately” pass a bill to direct the Department of Justice to publicly release all unclassified files related to Jeffrey Epstein after the House approves the legislation. “Once the House passes the bill to release the Epstein…

The Texas Democrat got an offer she couldn’t refuse.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday dismissed President Trump’s latest statement on health care reform as “unhinged ramblings” that will “no nothing to lower” costs. “Donald Trump’s unhinged ramblings shows he still has no idea how anything actually works. His ‘plan’ makes no sense,” Schumer said in a statement responding to Trump’s plan…

The GOP might look very different three years from now, and while it’s likely, extremely likely, that Vance is the next GOP standard-bearer, it’s not yet clear which ideological faction will control MAGA. 

President Trump attacked an ABC News reporter Tuesday after she asked about the Epstein files, threatening to have the network taken off the air for questioning him about the controversy. After White House reporter Mary Bruce asked about the 2018 death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Trump blasted her network as “fake news” and called her…

His stunning about-face on releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein came only after it became clear he was facing a jailbreak in the GOP-controlled House.

In a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Donald Trump called Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist murdered in 2018 allegedly at the prince’s direction, “an extremely controversial” figure.

The House is prepared to take up the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Tuesday afternoon, which, if passed, will order the Justice Department to release all files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote comes less than a week after a discharge petition — led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday it’s possible Attorney General Pam Bondi could try to block the release of certain Jeffrey Epstein files, even if Congress approves a measure mandating the government documents be made public. In an interview on “Morning Joe” on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, the Democratic leader agreed with the…

Even if Congress voted to make the documents public, the Trump administration could still refuse to turn them over. Here’s how.

A panel of federal judges in Texas on Tuesday blocked the state’s new GOP-favored House map from being used ahead of the 2026 midterms by declaring it a likely racial gerrymander, dealing a blow to Republicans who have looked to net extra seats. In a 2-1 vote, the panel ordered Texas Republicans to use the…
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About half of immigrants in the U.S. said they feel less safe during President Trump’s second term, according to a new poll. In the survey released Tuesday by the health policy research group KFF and The New York Times, 49 percent of immigrant respondents said they and their family members “feel less safe” amid Trump’s…

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🗯️Plus: Trump tells reporter ‘quiet, piggy’ {beacon} It’s Tuesday. From my informal poll yesterday, 12:30 Report readers overwhelmingly thought the public feud between Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene has been more stunning than the president’s public breakup with Elon Musk. Both are fascinating for different reasons….

The wife of a slain journalist wrote a letter to President Trump and the first lady urging them both to take up her calls for “justice” at his Tuesday meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.  Hanan Elatr-Khashoggi is still lobbying for her husband’s body to be returned seven years after the reporter…

President Trump on Tuesday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House with an arrival ceremony on a grand scale along the South Lawn, the most elaborate arrival of a foreign leader to the White House during the second Trump administration. A military band, procession and an F-35 and F-15 fighter…
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The reaction from the White House press corps to a personal attack on a colleague has been muted — in an apparent attempt to avoid losing further access.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused President Trump’s attempt to revive his dismissed defamation lawsuit against CNN for describing his baseless claims of mass election fraud in 2020 as the “Big Lie.” The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed with a lower judge in rejecting Trump’s arguments that the network falsely associated him with Adolf Hitler.  “Trump has not adequately alleged the falsity of CNN’s…
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ATLANTA — Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says she’s ready to work with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, even though she doesn’t agree with all of his policies. Their earliest point of friction, for example, is his proposal for “fast and free” city buses. But she told “Raising America” that despite the “hysteria” surrounding his election, she’s ready…
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President Trump took a verbal jab last week at a reporter asking a question about files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while aboard Air Force Once, an incident getting renewed attention as the House is set to vote on legislation forcing the release of the files.  “Quiet piggy,” Trump said while pointing at…

Donald Trump would love you to believe that grocery costs are down thanks to Walmart’s Thanksgiving package, but, that is actually not the case.

“It was fascinating,” the president said of the experience.

Most Democratic and Republican voters said “extreme political rhetoric” contributed to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a recent poll. In the NBC News poll, 54 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans said that they “feel more that extreme political rhetoric used by some in the media and by political leaders…