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David Schoen, a former attorney for the late Jeffrey Epstein, said Tuesday that President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi were not withholding a so-called client list for the disgraced financier. Schoen, who helped secure Epstein’s 2008 plea deal on state prostitution charges, argued that the public’s push for the release of names is based…
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For the QAnon followers and assorted conspiracy theorists at the core of President Trump’s MAGA coalition, the existence of the storied “Jeffrey Epstein Files” might as well be the movement’s gospel truth. Trump himself boasted that Epstein’s files were so damning that their big reveal would put most of his Democratic opponents behind bars.   Instead, the conspiracy theory that gave…
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Nearly six months into President Trump’s second term, The Hill and NewsNation team up to host the inaugural Hill Nation Summit, a full-day bipartisan gathering in Washington, featuring leaders in government, business and policy. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, White House senior counselor Peter Navarro,…
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President Trump’s approach to setting tariff rates is causing anxiety in the business community, with the trickling flow of letters to trad​e partners exacerbating concerns over hits to the economy. The president has sent two dozen letters to countries, with rates set between 20 percent and 50 percent to be imposed Aug. 1, while also leaving the door open to negotiations to lower…
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The “Late Night” comedian flipped the president’s latest brag right back on him.

The president’s boast backfired on one crucial point.

The “Tonight Show” host ripped Trump’s worsening “excuses” for his administration’s handling of files linked to the late convicted sex offender.

Jordan Klepper joked that the president was “cool as a cucumber” when asked about files tied to the late convicted sex offender.

President Trump’s disapproval rating hit its highest level since the start of his second term in office, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll. The survey, conducted over the weekend, shows 55 percent disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job, compared to 41 percent who approve. The most recent poll marks a slight shift…
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Harry Enten argued that the president’s tendencies have “historically” benefited him.

A dozen hardline Republicans on Tuesday derailed a raft of crypto legislation headed for a vote on the House floor, briefly throwing the three digital asset bills into limbo as GOP leadership scrambled to bring its caucus back together.  The House failed to pass a procedural vote to allow the chamber to move forward with…
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Days after criticizing his administration for closing the Epstein case, conservative personalities suddenly don’t want to talk about it anymore.

The firings come despite a backlog of cases — and a fresh infusion of funding for these courts.

Johnson called for transparency, while also blocking a Democratic measure urging the release of the files.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said he would try to use a long-shot procedural gambit to force a vote on requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move comes as President Trump and his administration face blowback from many within the GOP base over their…
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Very few Americans say in a new poll that it’s a good idea to scrap the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entirely, a position President Trump has embraced in recent months. In the latest Economist/YouGov survey, conducted over the weekend, just 9 percent say FEMA should be eliminated. Another 10 percent say they think the…
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), a close ally of President Trump, on Tuesday joined calls for a special counsel to investigate the handling of files in the case involving former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “We deserve the truth about the Epstein Files. I’m ready for a Special Counsel to handle this,” Boebert wrote…
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Roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines had been deployed to respond to protests against immigration raids.

96 <!– Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security <!–   The Big Story  Waltz emerges largely unscathed despite Signal chat scrutiny President Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, emerged from a Senate confirmation hearing largely unscathed over his role in mistakenly adding a journalist to…
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday compared the race to dominate artificial intelligence (AI) to an American atomic bomb program during World War II. “The AI race is the second Manhattan project,” Wright said in a Tuesday post on the social platform X. During the World War II, the U.S. government’s Manhattan Project eventually succeeded…
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One professor of American studies breaks down the president’s “crude” comments about women.

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Tuesday joined his fellow Democrats in calling for the release of the federal files in the case involving disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview with CNN’s Kate Bolduan, the No. 2 Senate Democrat said he “absolutely” wants to see the files released. “Absolutely.…
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The governor shared his thoughts on the recent deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

President Trump on Tuesday touted $92 billion in new private data center and energy investments as his administration seeks to boost the nation’s power supply amid a push to rapidly develop energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI). Trump unveiled investments from 20 major energy and technology companies, including Google, CoreWeave and Blackstone, at Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-Pa.)…
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He said more information could be released if it’s deemed “credible” by his attorney general.