Navarro’s bid to toss conviction gets frosty reception from appeals court
Peter Navarro’s bid to overturn his conviction for evading a congressional subpoena appeared to receive little backing from a federal appeals court Thursday. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit grilled Navarro lawyer Stanley Brand during an unusual oral argument where only the White House trade adviser’s counsel laid…
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Senate nears ‘minibus’ deal to largely fund government, thwarting shutdown threat
Senate leaders are nearing a deal to pass a package of five appropriations bills that would fund most of the federal government through fiscal 2026, which has the potential to largely take the threat of a government shutdown off the table early next year. Senators were waiting Thursday afternoon for a deal to set up…
‘Might As Well Write It In Crayons’: Joe Scarborough Scorches Trump For ‘Third Grade’ Antics
The “Morning Joe” co-host didn’t hold back while criticizing the president’s latest decorative tweak to the White House.
Kennedy family members slam move to rename Kennedy Center
Members of the Kennedy family publicly rebuked the decision to rename the Kennedy Center — a living tribute to former President John F. Kennedy — as the Trump-Kennedy Center. The center’s board — whose members President Trump hand-selected earlier this year —voted unanimously Thursday to rename the building to honor both U.S. presidents, drawing fierce…
DOJ charges 6 more in growing Minnesota fraud scandal
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged more individuals Thursday as part of its ongoing and expanding probe into fraud in Minnesota. Joseph Thompson, the assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesota, announced charges against people accused of defrauding the state’s Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) programs, which offer Medicaid-funded housing…
Hakeem Jeffries says renaming of Kennedy Center is illegal
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday signaled it is illegal for the Trump administration to rename the Kennedy Center without “legislative action.” “The Kennedy Center Board has no authority to actually rename the Kennedy Center in the absence of legislative action,” Jeffries told reporters. The creation of the Kennedy Center is outlined in…
Trump’s Statements About The Economy Immediately Undercut By Latest Food Prices
Talk is cheap — and groceries certainly aren’t.
GOP senators balk at Trump’s plan to relax marijuana rules, warn it will hurt economy
Nearly half the Senate Republican Conference has sent a sternly worded letter to President Trump warning that his executive order to downgrade marijuana — or cannabis — from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug akin to ketamine poses serious health and economic threats to the nation. Trump signed an executive order Thursday to…
Amtrak, Union Station board approve agreement restoring federal control of facility
Amtrak and a key panel of Union Station leaders on Thursday approved a renegotiated agreement that will officially restore federal control of the Washington transportation hub amid efforts to overhaul the facility. Leaders from Amtrak and the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation’s (USRC) board of directors voted unanimously to approve the agreement, which will hand over…
Trump Was Slammed For Leveling This ‘Disgusting’ 3-Word Phrase — And It Might Reveal A Lot
People were outraged by the president’s recent use of this particular expression. Experts in political science and mental health say the term tells quite the story.
Ex-InfoWars host pardoned by Trump: President’s ‘swagger’ is gone
A former InfoWars host who President Trump pardoned after he was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol slammed the president’s national address on Wednesday and said his “swagger” is gone. Owen Shroyer started off his commentary on Trump’s address by calling it the president’s “worst speech yet”…
Trump announces ‘Patriot Games,’ with 2 high school athletes from each state
President Trump on Thursday announced plans for a “Patriot Games” next year that will pit top high school athletes from across the country against one another as part of a series of events to mark 250 years since the nation’s founding. Trump announced the launch of Freedom 250, an organization that will lead the administration’s…
Newsom summarizes Trump speech: ‘F‑‑‑ your health care and your grocery bills’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed President Trump’s Wednesday national address as a deflection from rising health care costs and grocery bills. “All those words when he could’ve just said: f‑‑‑ your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant,” Newsom’s press office wrote in a Wednesday night post on the social…
US sanctions Iran-linked vessels
The Treasury Department announced new sanctions Thursday targeting 29 vessels that the U.S. says are part of Iran’s “shadow fleet,” used to transport oil and petroleum products through deceptive shipping practices. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the 29 entities, along with their respective management firms, which “have transported hundreds of…
CNN Fact-Checker Tackles Trump’s National Address: ‘None Of That Is True’
Daniel Dale made multiple appearances on the network to cover the litany of falsehoods President Donald Trump delivered in Wednesday’s speech.
Trump’s ‘warrior dividends’ will use funding for military housing subsidies
President Trump’s “warrior dividends” of $1,776 will use funding appropriated for military housing subsidies under the administration’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The money for the one-time checks intended for U.S. service members, which the president announced during his Wednesday night national address, will come from the $2.9 billion Congress approved this summer to…
Right-Wing Personality Rips Trump’s ‘Worst Speech Yet’ To Shreds: ‘His Base Has Turned’
“The charisma was gone. The aura was gone, the swagger was gone, and the message was stale,” pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Owen Shroyer said.
House Democrats release new Epstein pictures ahead of deadline for files’ release
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released 68 more photos from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, one day before the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) deadline to release all of its information on the disgraced financier on Dec. 19. Some photos show lines from the Vladimir Nabokov novel…
Watch live: Trump signs executive order to reschedule marijuana
President Trump is signing an executive order Thursday from the Oval Office that will drop marijuana into a lower drug classification — but it will not equate to full legalization. The move continues efforts begun by the Biden administration, which started the process to make marijuana a Schedule III drug in 2024 but did not…
Trump signs executive order to expedite marijuana rescheduling
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research. The executive order will direct the attorney general to expedite the completion of the rescheduling process. The Biden administration had begun the rescheduling…
Holder says GOP ‘didn’t have the guts’ to let Jack Smith testify in public
Former Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday bashed the GOP’s handling of Jack Smith’s testimony to congressional investigators earlier this week, saying Republicans were afraid to allow the former special counsel to appear in public. “They didn’t have the guts to put him out there publicly, because they knew that he’d flay them, he’d destroy them,” Holder…
Kennedy Center board votes to rename building Trump-Kennedy Center
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday that the Kennedy Center board voted unanimously to rename the building the Trump-Kennedy Center. “I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the…
DNC won’t release 2024 election losses analysis
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has decided against releasing its postmortem of the party’s 2024 losses it looks to build on 2025 momentum and take back power in Congress during next year’s midterms. “Here’s our North Star: does this help us win?” DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement shared with The Hill on…
Carville: No one in GOP is ‘scared’ of Trump
Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday said that Republicans are no longer “scared” of President Trump after four GOP House members on Wednesday sided with Democrats to sign a discharge petition forcing a vote to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies. “Just today, four Republicans broke out to bring up the subsidy vote on the House floor,”…
Inflation cools; Trump’s $1,776 military bonuses
12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s Thursday. Christmas is one week from today! 🎄 In today’s issue: • Inflation unexpectedly cools in November • Trump rattles off 2025 wins • Service members’ $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividends’ • Trump’s potential marijuana announcement • Pope Leo signals change in N.Y.’s next archbishop 🎤 IN…