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President Trump on Thursday said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem would leave her role and be appointed as a special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, bringing her tumultuous tenure atop DHS to an end. Noem faced scrutiny and intense questioning about the fatal shooting deaths of two American citizens by…

The announcement that President Trump tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to take the helm at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created a vacancy for his Senate seat ahead of the midterms. Oklahoma law allows the governor to appoint a replacement to the seat in the event of an unexpected vacancy until the next…

On Sunday, gas was below $3 a gall in 39 states. As of Thursday, only 17 states are below that mark.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the U.S. Central Command, will brief reporters Thursday afternoon on the U.S. military operation in Iran. Hegseth’s remarks come a day after he previewed a major bombing campaign in the Middle East, days after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes against Tehran over…

Trump’s travel restrictions have thrown a wrench into the World Baseball Classic, and could spell trouble for the biggest soccer event on the globe.

President Trump on Thursday afternoon will welcome MLS champions Inter Miami to the White House. Soccer star Lionel Messi, who has been with the team since 2023, is also expected to attend. Their visit comes less than 100 days before the 2026 World Cup kicks off in Mexico City. This year’s highly anticipated tournament is being…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has been known to buck his party, said he will vote to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary after President Trump announced Thursday he would select Mullin as Kristi Noem’s replacement. “As a member of the Homeland Security Committee + Ranking Member of Subcommittee…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday welcomed the ouster of Kristi Noem from atop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but warned that the leadership shake-up won’t soften the Democrats’ demands for reforms at the agency.  “A change in personnel is not sufficient. We need a change in policy,” Jeffries told reporters in…

The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, joins NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt to discuss the latest political hot topics and national news in “Whole Hog Politics.” The show is scheduled to begin Friday at 9 a.m. EST. Watch live above. Join the conversation! It’s your chance to:- Ask questions directly to Stirewalt and Sammon.- Keep your camera…

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance is not looking to trigger Article 5 on Thursday after Iran fired a missile that entered Turkey’s airspace.  “Nobody’s talking about Article 5,” Rutte told Reuters.  “The most important thing is that our adversaries have seen yesterday ‌that ​NATO is so strong and ⁠so vigilant, and even ⁠more…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is giving previously scheduled remarks in Nashville, Tenn., shortly after President Trump announced he was removing her from Department of Homeland Security leadership. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he will replace her at the department with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Noem will be shifting to the role…

He plans to nominate Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be her replacement.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday defined President Trump’s “America First” policy as meaning that the U.S. will be an “unmatched power in the world.” “The president has made clear that he believes America’s awesome military might should be used to protect and defend America’s interests,” he told Fox News’s Sean…

On Sunday, gas was below $3 a gall in 39 states. As of Thursday, only 17 states are below that mark.

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday launched a new partnership with more than 50 medical schools across the country on teaching nutrition education. “Together, with the Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, I’m pleased to announce a transformative breakthrough in medical education that will reshape the way that we…

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) skewered President Donald Trump for launching a “regime change war of choice” while Americans continue to suffer.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) suggested Thursday that he would be open to dropping out of the hotly contested Texas Senate primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if Senate Republicans met several conditions. Paxton said on Thursday he would consider exiting the race if Senate leadership eliminated the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold needed…
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Two investors sued President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday over the administration’s approval of a deal that saw TikTok spun off into a separate American-owned entity in order to continue operating in the U.S. Zhaocheng Anthony Tan, a shareholder in Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Garrett Reid, a Meta shareholder, argue the…

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) has a chance of winning if Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) becomes the GOP nominee. “[Democrats] haven’t won a Senate race here since 1988, they haven’t won a statewide race since 1994, but everybody believes that this year is the year…

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🍩 Plus: RFK Jr.’s war on Dunkin’, Starbucks {beacon}   It’s Thursday. Have you heard that the FBI is taking over the Reagan Building in Washington? That means the National Children’s Museum will be forced out. I’m so bummed.   In today’s issue: Iranian leaders call…

President Trump said Thursday that he must be personally involved in the process of selecting a new leader in Iran.  In an interview with Axios published Thursday, Trump said the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, is most likely to succeed his father, but that the pick would be “unacceptable” to him. …

“In one f**king month we will spend more over there than we needed to save healthcare for more than 2 million Americans,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said.

House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (Mich.) and other top Republicans spoke with reporters Thursday afternoon as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains in limbo nearly three weeks after appropriations lapsed. Republicans have revamped their push for Democrats to support legislation to reopen the DHS after the U.S. military launched a joint…

Officials in Azerbaijan said Thursday it would retaliate against Iranian drone strikes on its territory as tensions in the Middle East escalate.  Its foreign ministry said Tehran targeted portions of land within the exclave of Nakhchivan and successfully struck the Nakhchivan International Airport while another drone crashed near a school building in the village of…