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The Trump administration has dramatically escalated its war on higher education, using the threat of withholding federal funding to force the resignation of Jim Ryan, the University of Virginia’s president of seven years.  The purported crime warranting this unprecedented demand? Not moving quickly enough to roll back the decades of progress the school has made…
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President Trump on Wednesday will welcome the presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon to the White House for a luncheon. The business lunch is set to focus on “commercial opportunities” — though few details were provided. The conversation comes after Trump announced earlier this week that a pause on reciprocal tariffs will end…
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The Senate Health Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The panel voted 12-11 to advance the nomination of Susan Monarez to be the next CDC director. “The United States needs a CDC director who makes decisions rooted in science, a…
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South Sudan confirmed this week that eight convicted criminals, who were deported by President Trump’s administration, are now in its custody.  South Sudan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the eight migrants — who hail from countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam — landed in Juba, the country’s capital city, on Saturday. The…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday pressed allies to hit Russia with “biting sanctions” after Moscow launched a record drone attack overnight targeting 10 regions in his war-torn country. In a post on social platform X, Zelensky said it’s “telling” that Russia’s latest attack comes as President Trump has intensified efforts to broker a ceasefire…
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) took a shot at President Trump Wednesday for falling well short of his top trade advisor’s pledge of striking 90 trade deals in 90 days, declaring it another “broken promise.” “Ninety days ago Donald Trump promised the world that his tariffs would lead to 90 deals in 90 days,”…
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President Trump told donors during a closed-door fundraiser last year that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin the U.S. would bomb “the s‑‑‑ out of” Moscow if the Kremlin moved to invade Ukraine.  “With Putin, I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the s‑‑‑ out of Moscow. I’m telling you, I…
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is leaving her role at Elon Musk’s social media company after two years.  “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company,” she wrote in a post…
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Senator Democrats will get a chance to scrutinize President Trump’s former national security adviser over his mishandling of sensitive military operations during his confirmation hearing to the post of U.S. ambassador to the U.N., scheduled for July 15.  Mike Waltz, former Republican Florida congressman, served for five months as Trump’s national security adviser before being dismissed for…
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THE HILL AND NEWSNATION ANNOUNCE INAUGURAL “HILL NATION SUMMIT” FEATURING SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON Event Will Take Place July 16, with Special Coverage Provided by NewsNation and Livestream of Activities Carried by The Hill WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 9, 2025)– The Hill, the nation’s leading digital-first political news brand, and NewsNation, the country’s…
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NewsNation host Chris Cuomo blasted Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for blaming cuts to the federal government for the federal response to deadly flooding in Texas over the July 4 holiday weekend. “Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, I have been trying to get him on the show, now I don’t want him,” he said late Tuesday during…
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Comedian Roseanne Barr, a supporter of President Trump, told the president to “read the damn room” after he questioned whether people still care about the Jeffrey Epstein case during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Mr. President- Yes, we still care about Epstein. Is there a time to not care about child sex trafficking? Read the…
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(NewsNation) — Ryan Routh, the suspect in the attempted assassination of President Trump back in September 2024, has requested a new defense team for his case. “Ryan Routh respectfully requests the Court set a hearing to terminate the representation of his appointed counsel and their office,” his motion said in part. Routh was accused of…
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Daniel Dale tackled the president’s most excessive falsehoods on issues including tariffs, inflation and the so-called Big Beautiful Bill.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell called President Trump’s second term the “stupidest” presidency in history and said it is being covered by the “stupidest” press corps. “Well, the possibility of a relentlessly stupid person becoming president of the United States has been underexplored by screenwriters,” O’Donnell said Tuesday on his nightly show “The Last Word.” “And…
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday is holding a hearing on cybersecurity and how to ensure privacy for Americans, including protecting sensitive data within the health care system. Lawmakers and health sector experts will come together to weigh options for implementing technology to establish privacy protections. The hearing comes directly following…
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To the families sent fleeing from MacArthur Park on Monday in California, President Trump’s latest ICE raid must have seemed like an invasion. The massive operation involved nine federal agencies, the National Guard, local police and more than a dozen armored military vehicles. It was the kind of shock-and-awe campaign more at home in Fallujah…
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Neil Jacobs, who was tapped by President Trump to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will face the Senate in a confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. Jacobs’s testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee comes just days after heavy rainfall and disastrous flooding killed more than 100 people in Texas’s Hill Country…
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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is set to make a trip to Iowa next month as speculation about possible presidential ambitions stirs around the freshman senator.  Gallego’s political operation announced in a press release Wednesday that he will visit the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 8. A day later, Aug. 9, he will also hold a…
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Conservative pundit Megyn Kelly knocked President Trump for dismissing a question about Jefferey Epstein during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Good grief! That was no bueno, guys! That was no bueno, OK? President Trump had the same problem there that Karoline Leavitt had yesterday. The dodge should not be obvious. It should be subtle. It…
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President Trump had golf legend Gary Player on his mind Tuesday, following reports that the 89-year-old retired athlete hit the links in Scotland this week. Player, who turns 90 in November, is one of only six professional golfers who has won a career grand slam by winning all four modern majors. The historic Irvine Golf…
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday it will be subpoenaing Harvard University for “relevant information” on international students, in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s battle with higher education institutions. The department said in a press release Wednesday that the administrative subpoenas come after Harvard “repeatedly refused past non-coercive requests to…
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Mark Epstein, the older brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein, argued Tuesday that the Trump administration keeps putting its foot “further down their mouth” amid controversy over the disgraced financier’s 2019 death by suicide. The case has been back in headlines in recent days after the Department of Justice concluded in a memo that there…
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President Trump on Wednesday will host leaders from several African nations, looking to shore up relationships as the State Department has scaled back its presence on the continent. West African leaders will join Trump for a White House lunch to discuss areas of economic cooperation, security and democracy, according to the Liberian Embassy. Liberia, Senegal,…
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July 9 was supposed to be D-Day for President Trump’s tariffs. Instead, yet another delay has pushed the deadline to Aug. 1. This is certain not to be the final delay, and there’s a growing likelihood that the extreme tariffs proposed never get implemented — that they will have served primarily as a negotiating tool.  The…
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