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Businessman and “Shark Tank” judge Kevin O’Leary predicted Tuesday that President Trump will be “fine-tuning” his tariff policy in the new year.  “It needs to be fine-tuned,” O’Leary told host Batya Ungar-Sargon on NewsNation’s “On Balance,” specifically referencing policies toward Canada and India. The president has imposed levies of 35 percent and 50 percent, respectively,…

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Wednesday said New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani (D) is the face of the Democratic party and argued he would push other Democrats to the left.  “I think you’ve seen since Bernie Sanders ran for president and AOC [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)] won that congressional seat back in 2018…

Colorado Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper on Wednesday slammed President Trump for vetoing a bill aiming to complete a water project in the Centennial State. The president issued the first two vetoes of his second term, one of which blocked a project that would have delivered water to southeastern Colorado. “Nothing says ‘Make…

In a New Year’s Eve tirade, President Donald Trump attacked Colorado officials for not pardoning and releasing Tina Peters.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Wednesday released the transcript of the panel’s deposition with former special counsel Jack Smith concerning his team’s investigations and prosecutions of President Trump. Earlier this month, Smith’s attorneys sent a letter to Jordan requesting that his closed-door deposition be made public. In the testimony, Smith defended his decision to bring charges…
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President Trump on Wednesday blasted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for comments she made about U.S. Border Patrol agents of Hispanic heritage only taking the job because of their financial situations. “[National Border Patrol Council President] Paul Perez and the Border Patrol have done a fantastic job, and so proud that more than half are…

“I sincerely hope this veto has nothing to do with political retaliation,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said in a blistering statement.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) still has 5.2 million pages of files to review in the case of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, set a Dec. 19 deadline for the DOJ to release all documents…

The costs of at least 350 drugs in the U.S. are expected to rise in 2026, according to a new analysis, despite many of the drugmakers pledging to offer more favorable prices under new Trump administration policies. New data from the health care research firm 3 Axis Advisors, first reported by Reuters, found that a…

President Trump’s first year back in office brought a whirlwind of political news in 2025. There was a major legislative victory for the White House, wins for Democrats in elections and the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The ugly specter of political violence also surfaced. Here are the biggest political news stories of the…

Remember that 100% tariff on computer chips?

President Trump said Wednesday that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein should “rot in hell” over the incarceration of former election clerk Tina Peters. “God Bless Tina Peters, who is now, for two years out of nine, sitting in a Colorado Maximum Security Prison, at the age of 73,…

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) voiced frustration with President Trump over his recent veto of legislation that intended to finish a project for sending water to southeastern Colorado. “This isn’t over,” Boebert posted on the social platform X late Tuesday in response to Trump’s veto, one of the first of his second term. In a statement…

Donald Trump is attempting to demolish the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which contains the famous Social Security mural, while also enacting policies that threaten the Social Security system itself.

The MS NOW host played clips of Rogan’s glowing comments ahead of last year’s election and more recent remarks in which he decried the president’s actions.

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced Wednesday that the body will hold hearings on fraud concerns within Minnesota’s social services programs in the new year. The first hearing is set for Jan. 7, with state Reps. Kristin Robbins (R), Walter Hudson (R) and Marion Rarick (R)…

Actor George Clooney took a shot at CBS and ABC, two broadcast networks that have both settled high-profile lawsuits brought by President Trump in recent months. “If CBS and ABC had challenged those lawsuits and said, ‘Go f‑‑‑ yourself,’ we wouldn’t be where we are in the country,” Clooney, who recently became a citizen of…

President Trump claimed Tuesday that his “real” approval rating is at 64 percent, despite polls showing it is below 50 percent. “The polls are rigged even more than the writers,” Trump said in a late-night Truth Social post. “The real number is 64%, and why not, our Country is ‘hotter’ than ever before.” He added,…

Danielle Bensky was recruited and abused by the late sex offender when she was an aspiring teenage ballerina.

The Trump administration has turned its focus to a years-long fraud scandal in Minnesota, expanding the federal government’s presence in the state, as 2025 draws to a close. Several agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Small Business Administration, Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department, have taken action since a viral video…

Middle-class and working-class Trump voters are beginning to question their support for the MAGA movement as they face economic hardship and the Trump administration’s policies have not delivered the promised benefits.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) slammed the Trump administration for pausing child care payments to his state amid increased federal scrutiny of alleged fraud within its social services programs.  “This is Trump’s long game,” Walz wrote Tuesday in a post on social platform X. We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue…

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Trump faces questions going into 2026 ▪ Venezuela tensions simmer ▪ Takeaways from 2025 elections ▪ New laws in different states take effect President Trump entered 2025 and the White House intending to disrupt the way things had been done in Washington.…
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Jack White wasn’t having it with Rep. Tim Burchett’s “ugly and angry” dig on social media.

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha on Tuesday condemned statements alleging that Kyiv initiated an attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s compound. “We were disappointed and concerned to see the statements by Emirati, Indian, and Pakistani sides expressing their concerns regarding the attack that never happened,” Sybiha wrote in a post on X. “It…