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.
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday applauded the resignation of Joe Kent, one of the nation’s top counterterrorism officials, who stepped down in opposition of the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran. Bolton then suggested that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard should follow her former top aide’s lead. “I’m glad he resigned….
Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will officially both be on the ballot for the May 26 GOP runoff, as Tuesday’s deadline came and went without an endorsement in the race by President Trump. Trump, who said days after the two advanced to a runoff that he would endorse a…
“If they had weapons-grade material, they would turn it into a bomb, and if they had a bomb, they would use it, because they’re religious Nazis,” Graham said.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Tuesday said there’s a “legitimate problem” with the U.S.-NATO relationship, though he suggested it might not be the fault of the U.S. alliance. Smith said there are noticeable differences with how the alliance handled U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, versus the current conflict in Iran. “Well, there is a…
At his confirmation hearing for DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin said he regretted past comments about slain anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti, but nevertheless refused to give a full apology.
The “Special Relationship” between the UK and the US was strained when Prime Minister Starmer refused to allow the US to use British bases for a military campaign against Iran, leading to an angry response from President Trump.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning to voice their opposition to the GOP-led Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. The election reform bill, backed by President Trump, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to bring a…
The White House this week unveiled a fresh counteroffer in a bid to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which remains shut down as airport security lines grow and tensions escalate in the Middle East. In a letter outlining the status of negotiations with Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, the White House agreed to…
A judicial appointee of former President Ronald Reagan on Tuesday ordered Voice of America (VOA) to rehire its employees and resume international broadcasting. The ruling from District Judge Royce C. Lamberth comes more than a year after President Trump significantly downsized the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and directed Voice of America to dismiss…
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Not only is this pay-to-play arrangement with the federal government unprecedented; it also smacks of possible corruption.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel vowed “impregnable resistance” in response to renewed threats this week from President Trump to take over the island. “The US publicly threatens #Cuba, almost daily, with overthrowing the constitutional order by force,” Díaz-Canel wrote on the social platform X Tuesday. “And it uses an outrageous pretext: the harsh limitations of the…