The Texas Democrat used the White House’s most vexing scandal to ask what it’d be like if Trump found himself in Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s shoes.
Brendan Carr has been at the center of several high-profile controversies during his tenure at the FCC.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for strikes in the U.S. and Israeli conflict against Iran on energy and water infrastructure to be stopped. “I have just spoken with the Emir of Qatar and President Trump following the strikes that hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar today,” Macron said in a post…
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated a Democratic-sponsored motion to advance a war powers resolution to halt President Trump’s military strikes against Iran, a conflict that has caused oil and gas prices to soar. The Senate voted 47-53 against discharging the resolution to rein in Trump’s authority from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) was…
Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counterproposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns about the administration’s immigration crackdown. The counterproposal, outlined in a letter by border czar Tom Homan and James Braid, the White House legislative affairs director,…
The new amendments to the sweeping election bill would further bar transgender athletes and restrict access to gender-affirming care for youth.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday accused the White House of running a “24/7 grift operation” that has allowed officials in President Trump’s orbit to personally profit off public donations. Trump has faced backlash after a political action committee tied to him sent out a fundraising email last week that included an image of…
Billionaire enterpreneur Mark Cuban on Wednesday touted the federal government’s TrumpRx drug platform, saying the initiative is saving Americans money. “Everyone wants me to rip on TrumpRx,” Cuban wrote on the social platform X. “Reality is, it’s saving patients money on IVF and a few other drugs. A lot of money. IMO, anything that saves…
More than half of Americans are against the use of their country’s military force for regime change in Cuba, with President Trump recently making threats of taking over the island nation. In The Economist/YouGov poll, 53 percent of respondents said they “somewhat oppose” or “strongly oppose” American military force for a regime change in Cuba.…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned recent Israeli strikes that killed several Iranian leaders on Wednesday. “What is unfolding before our eyes is not hypocrisy,” the Iranian official wrote in a statement posted on the social platform X. “Hypocrisy implies shame,” he continued. “This is something colder: a calculated moral collapse—where rules exist only for…
Regular gas prices are at their highest since 2023 amid the U.S. and Israeli conflict against Iran, according to AAA, The Associated Press reported. On Wednesday, according to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline nationally hit over $3.84, with gas prices not being this high since September 2023, the AP reported….
Jen Psaki delivered a scathing monologue about the president’s uncorroborated claim about one of his predecessors.
The New York Times is defending its reporting that the Trump administration is seeking to oust Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel after Secretary Marco Rubio labeled the story as “fake.” The newspaper reported on Monday that a push to remove Cuba’s head of state was happening as U.S. and Cuban officials are engaged in talks regarding…
House Democrats on Wednesday heightened their investigation into Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who has been accused of mismanagement and corruption. Lewandowski was reportedly serving as a de-facto adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and oversaw the approval of contracts and grants totaling more than $100,000 under…
Space Force General Michael Guetlein on Tuesday estimated the Golden Dome missile defense system will cost some $185 billion as the U.S. looks to “accelerate some space capabilities,” up nearly 50 percent from initial estimates. President Trump originally slated $125 billion for the state-of-the-art defense system, inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome, and Congress has already…
“There’s also another possibility,” the “Daily Show” host said before teasing an even wilder theory.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will give remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation’s central bank decided to hold interest rates steady amid evolving impacts on the economy sparked by President Trump’s military operation in Iran. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of bank officials responsible for setting borrowing costs, maintained its baseline interest…
Democratic Rep. John Garamendi on Tuesday said the Iranian regime is “still in place” amid repeated strikes from the Trump administration signaling little change for the conditions in the Middle East. “Well, it‘s certainly been successful in taking out the leadership. However, we should by now realize that there is depth in the leadership. There‘s…
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on Tuesday said that President Trump’s actions and threats toward other countries may “come back to bite” the U.S. down the road. “Donald Trump thinks he can bully himself around the world and take over this country or that country or whatever country he wants,” McGovern told host Joe Mathieu on…
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Wednesday grilled Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on whether Iran posed an “imminent nuclear threat” before the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on Tehran last month. Gabbard skipped over a portion of her prepared remarks before the Senate Intelligence Committee stating that Iran’s nuclear program was “obliterated” following…
A recession will be “difficult to avoid” if oil prices remain elevated for much longer, Moody’s Mark Zandi wrote Monday.
During explosive exchanges at Mullin’s Senate confirmation hearing, Trump’s DHS pick admitted he “could’ve done things different.”
The Hill’s court and legal affairs reporters Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee will be live Wednesday afternoon to talk about key stories in the legal affairs realm. Will judges stop President Trump’s naming spree or his White House ballroom? What’s next for the Justice Department’s probe of the Federal Reserve? And how does foreign-inspired terrorism…
The 38-year-old YouTuber recently recorded multiple videos while at the White House, with one painting a particularly servile portrait.
Democrats must take a populist economic campaign against the economic royalists who have benefited from Donald Trump’s tax cuts and use the money to fund public health care programs and reduce the wealth gap.