Congress on Wednesday enters the eighth day of the federal shutdown with neither party giving an inch and the path to a resolution nowhere in sight. But something will have to give if lawmakers hope to reopen the government in any timely fashion, and that movement will likely be the result of external forces exerting…
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The president’s son echoed his dad’s recent rhetoric against the network, whose hosts more often than not express their support for him.
The comments come as the president faces growing questions about his health.
The attorney general’s glowing description of the Trump White House press secretary raised eyebrows.
“You never want to be on Air Force One on a trip” with Trump, the CNN anchor cited a source as telling her.
The late night host said it’s clear that Trump doesn’t want Americans to see what’s in the Epstein files.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that she has faced more pressure over a petition to trigger a House vote compelling the release of files linked to Jeffrey Epstein than any other issue. “My signature is on that discharge petition, and there has not been another issue where I have ever received more pressure…
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“They’re so bad for our country, their policy is so bad for our country,” Trump said of Democrats.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday touted a 55-year low in Border Patrol apprehensions. “Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced preliminary enforcement numbers for September 2025, closing out Fiscal Year 2025 with the lowest U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions since 1970,” CBP said in a…
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“The View” panel discussed Trump’s use of the U.S. military to police states he views as high in crime.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday he thinks it was a “terrible decision” for the NFL to tap Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February. “I didn’t even know who Bad Bunny was, but it sounds like a terrible decision, in my view,” Johnson told a reporter, when…
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96 <!– sup, sub { font-size: 100% !important; } sup { mso-text-raise:10% } sub { mso-text-raise:-10% } Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy <!– The Big Story Trump threatens worker backpay in shutdown fight The White House is wielding the new threat of no back…
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The White House said Tuesday it will use money from tariff revenue to fund a supplemental nutrition program facing a funding shortage amid the ongoing government shutdown. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on the social platform X that President Trump and the White House had identified the “creative solution” to shift tariff funds…
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Tuesday called the government shutdown “a bad idea,” but also said he didn’t know if previous shutdowns impacted the economy or market “in a real way.” “I don’t like shutdowns, I think it’s just a bad idea. And I don’t care what the Democrats, Republicans say, it’s a bad…
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In a scathing attack, Bondi implied that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) should be more concerned about his own link to the late disgraced financier.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee let the attorney general run all over lawmakers.
The Chicago News Guild on Monday joined other news organizations that have sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in connection with allegations of excessive force used on journalists at recent protests in the area. “As a labor union, we fight to protect the health and safety of our…
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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans “hostage” with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was “very challenging.” Speaking Tuesday at The Hill’s “Health Next Summit,” Marshall, a medical doctor, said he did not believe the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the formation of a new “barracks task force” to improve living conditions for U.S. service members during his Tuesday speech to new military recruits at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. Hegseth said the Department of Defense (DOD) task force will be in charge of developing a “department-wide” barracks…
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A lawsuit filed Monday alleges that Miami Dade College violated Florida law in gifting land in downtown Miami for President Trump’s library. The suit, filed by historian Dr. Marvin Dunn in the 11th Judicial Court of Florida and obtained by The Hill, says the board of the community college violated Florida’s Government in the Sunshine…
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The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday said the Trump administration is “assaulting American citizens” amid President Trump’s increasing federal crackdowns on blue cities and states. “And here we are on the eve of what happened in Israel, October 7, and we’re dealing with what’s going on in Gaza,” Sharpton told MSNBC’s Ari Melber on “The…
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The Democrat emphasized to the people in the audience ― many of whom were creators — that “we are living history right now.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said on Tuesday that the president does not get to decide whether furloughed federal workers are entitled to back pay. “It’s not up to the president,” Kennedy told reporters, when asked at the Capitol about the Trump administration “not necessarily committing to back pay” for the federal workers. “I mean, his…
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris did not hold back in blasting the Trump administration while at a writers’ summit in Los Angeles on Monday. At the “Day of Unreasonable Conversation” event held at The Getty Center, Harris talked about the political moment within the broader scale of history. “We are living history right now, and…
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