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President Trump’s administration is sanctioning the United Nations (U.N.) Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese on Wednesday over her political “warfare” against Israel.  “Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt @IntlCrimCourt action against U.S. and Israeli officials,…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) lashed out at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Wednesday over their memo saying disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not leave behind a “client list” after dying in prison in 2019. “I think the Department of Justice and the FBI has more explaining to…
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said the relationship between President Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk had a “troublesome ending,” despite the close and almost fatherly relationship the two shared. In an interview with the New York Post’s Miranda Devine, Wiles was asked how she would describe the relationship and expressed that…
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Editor’s Note: This story was updated to correct the byline. We regret the error. Iran’s missile attack against the Al Udeid U.S. Air Force base in Qatar reveals an inconvenient fact: The U.S. base there is a military liability. Worse, it is also a political liability, granting Qatar, with its anti-American agenda, too much leverage over U.S.…
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered an organizer of President Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the Ellipse to pay $2,000 a day until she complies with a subpoena for records about her involvement in the event. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks said Republican fundraiser Caroline Wren’s “pattern of disregard and non-engagement” has unnecessarily delayed…
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says it is his “hope” that the Senate passes legislation to place tough sanctions on Russia by the August recess through a bipartisan proposal sponsored by President Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Senate Republicans are feeling more confident about passing Russia sanctions legislation this month after Trump criticized…
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President Trump told reporters Wednesday he hadn’t thought about who inside his administration ordered the pause in shipments of munitions to Ukraine, as the Defense Department is expected to resume weapons shipments to Kyiv. At a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, the president was asked who had approved the weapons halt; he replied, “I don’t know. Why…
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The United States on Wednesday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s “shadow banking” network involved in the illicit trade of Iranian oil designed to fund Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Quds Force. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the sanctions will target 22 entities based in Hong…
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The threat of detention or deportation by ICE has left many survivors too scared to seek help from police or the legal system.

Suspension of foreign aid costs lives but does not upset voters.  On the day he took office, President Trump declared that U.S. foreign aid is “not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values,” and ordered a 90-day suspension of its delivery pending review of all programs.  In February, Elon Musk’s Department of…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday accused President Trump’s administration of kowtowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin, rather than standing up for Ukraine, as the war between the countries stretches more than three years after Moscow’s invasion. “There’s strong bipartisan support for sanctions against Vladimir Putin and Russia, and it’s unfortunate that the…
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Conservative podcaster Patrick Bet-David joined Fox News on Tuesday to share unbridled criticism over how the administration handled a recent issue.

HuffPost first reported the planned move against Francesca Albanese that comes amid a Washington visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Justice Department took legal action Wednesday against California over the state’s refusal to comply with orders from the Trump administration to ban transgender girls from girls’ school sports teams.  The department’s Civil Rights Division sued the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which oversees high school sports in the state, over…
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Elon Musk’s favorability dropped again this past week amid his renewed feud with President Trump and move to launch a separate political party.  In the last week, Musk’s net favorability in the aggregate kept by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) dropped 3.4 points, falling just more than 20 points in the negative. The percentage that view…
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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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