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“Donald Trump likes to say he’s about America first. What we’re witnessing here is America in retreat,” Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen told HuffPost at a rally for 1,353 dismissed diplomats.

President Donald Trump toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas amid mounting criticism that officials failed to warn residents quickly enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.

Jailed reality TV star Joe Exotic is once again asking President Trump for a pardon. Netflix’s “Tiger King” star, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, called on Trump “to listen to the” voices of Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert (Colo.) and other public figures as well as “the millions of people around the world to make…
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Bove reportedly called a third-term president an “abstract hypothetical scenario,” even though the 22nd Amendment forbids it.

96 <!– Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy <!–   The Big Story  Trump to hit Canada with 35 percent tariff President Trump announced his administration would impose a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods beginning next month. © The Associated Press Trump posted a…
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The rapper seized a rare live-TV opportunity to speak truth to power, and recently discussed it with British Vogue.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a leaner foreign policy force that, he argues, will allow the United States to respond more nimbly by removing layers of bureaucracy. The department sent reduction in force (RIF) notices Friday morning to about 1,100…
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Rhetoric from Trump administration officials appears to be shifting more toward reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), rather than axing it entirely. While the shift has been more apparent as the administration faces questions about the disaster agency in light of deadly floods in Texas, the subtle changes in how key figures talk about…
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Five state Democratic lawmakers, who were denied entry to Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” earlier this month, sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on Thursday, arguing he didn’t have the authority to block their effort to conduct oversight of the migrant detention facility. “The DeSantis Administration’s refusal to let us in wasn’t some bureaucratic misstep,” the lawmakers said…
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After catastrophic flooding in central Texas left the area devastated, the Trump administration’s lackluster response offers a chilling glimpse of what’s in store for when the next disaster strikes.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) signed an executive order Friday affirming the city’s support for immigrants amid an enforcement crackdown by the Trump administration. “Under my new Executive Order, I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act about when and where enforcement activities have taken place in LA, the identities of…
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Three House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump and two officials involved in weather infrastructure Friday expressing concerns about the government’s preparedness for future flood disasters and extreme weather events. “This tragedy echoes a troubling national pattern of accelerating flash flood disasters that have claimed lives: 46 lives in the greater New York City…
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Thursday knocked Democrats for pushing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies instead of “real world” solutions. “I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots,” Dimon said at a foreign-ministry event in Ireland, according to Bloomberg.  “I always say they have big hearts and little brains.…
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Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is at the center of internal fighting in the Trump administration about the handling of files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, leading to questions about Bongino’s future in his role. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that Bongino is furious over the handling of the…
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Podcaster Andrew Schulz slammed President Trump’s second administration Thursday for reneging on campaign promises. “He’s doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for,” Schulz said during a “Flagrant” podcast episode.  “I want him to stop the wars. He’s funding them. I want him to shrink spending, reduce the budget. He’s increasing it. It’s like…
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump traveled to Texas Hill Country Friday morning to survey the damage from flooding that has killed at least 120 people in recent days. While in the Lone Star State, the president will participate in a roundtable with first responders and local officials in Kerr County. The visit comes…
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The July 9 deadline has come and gone with few tangible results to resolve disputes with America’s trade partners in place. The only deals that had been completed a week before the deadline were with the United Kingdom and Vietnam, and the U.S. had negotiated a tentative truce with China in May.   As of July 9, no new…
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The White House mocked Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) in a social media post Friday, after the lawmaker criticized a federal immigration raid on a large cannabis farm in Southern California. The official White House account on social platform X posted a digitally altered photograph of Gomez crying and labeled him “cryin’ Jimmy.” “ICE: Raids marijuana…
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All the talk about the damage done to Iran’s nuclear facilities during last month’s bombing and shelling by the Israelis and the Americans has to be speculative. No one on the ground in Iran is telling us whether the deepest complex at Fordow was destroyed or badly damaged; we’re not likely to know for months…
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(NewsNation) — As search and recovery efforts continue across central Texas, residents are still digging through the catastrophic wreckage left behind by deadly flash floods over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Lorena Guillen, owner of Blue Oak RV Park, told “NewsNation Live” on Friday that she’s overwhelmed by the outpouring of community support, but…
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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a $500 million defense assistance package for Ukraine amid escalating tensions with Russia.  On July 9, the SASC voted for the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a yearly bill to fund the Department of Defense. In a 26-1 vote, they extended the Ukraine Security Assistance…
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President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan asserted Friday morning on Fox News that federal immigration agents do not need probable cause to detain people for a short period of time. “People need to understand, ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] officers and Border Patrol don’t need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them,…
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“I voted for none of this,” Andrew Schulz said months after voting for President Donald Trump.

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) slammed FBI Director Kash Patel on CNN Friday over reports that the bureau has stepped up the use of polygraph tests to screen employees for loyalty. “This is a really dangerous precedent, right? I understand if you’re talking about a political appointee, but these are just public servants who put their…
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“We’re going to lose 40 seats in 2026,” warned former Trump aide Steve Bannon after Trump’s Justice Department shut down Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories.