Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for the resignation of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, accusing her and President Trump of a full-fledged “assault on public education” in an USA Today op-ed on Monday. “When the secretary is working to make class sizes bigger, take away aides for kids with special needs, leave college students at…
Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was released from prison Monday after President Trump pardoned him of charges related to assisting drug traffickers. “After nearly four years of pain, waiting, and difficult trials, my husband Juan Orlando Hernández RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump,” former…
Merrick Garland and Mitch McConnell failed to hold Trump accountable for his actions, allowing him to serve a second term as president and leaving the country in a state of turmoil.
House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning as the Trump administration is facing heat over strikes the Defense Department ordered on vessels in the Caribbean allegedly carrying narcotics. Democrats, after reporting surfaced about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in the strikes, accused the administration of possible war crimes. The Washington Post reported last week…
Torture Memos author John Yoo on Monday condemned the Trump administration’s strikes on a boat in the Caribbean, accusing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of violating the United States’s law of war manual. “If you look at the U.S. law of war manual, which is the definitive interpretation of the way we fight, the laws of…
The Trump administration plans to take a $150 million stake in xLight, a startup developing laser technology to advance semiconductor manufacturing. The Commerce Department said Monday that it has signed a nonbinding preliminary letter of intent to provide federal incentives to the startup under the CHIPS and Science Act in exchange for equity. The company xLight, which counts former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger…
Hernández was sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for taking bribes from drug traffickers so they could safely move some 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said the Trump administration is investigating claims that tax money from Minnesota went to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, which is based in Somalia. Bessent, in a post on social platform X, said he ordered the probe after finding the North Star State’s tax funds went to Al-Shabaab “under the…
House Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as questions rise around the Pentagon’s strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders. The Trump administration has argued, as tensions rise with Venezuela, that it does not need congressional approval to conduct the military operations. The moves have sparked…
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President Trump will convene his Cabinet on Tuesday morning, amid controversy over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in authorizing in a Caribbean strike that killed two survivors of an initial hit on their boat. Hegseth, who reportedly directed for the mission to “kill everybody,” on Monday night posted his support for the admiral in charge…
The “Tonight Show” host had a zinger of an idea about how the White House could spice up its decor this holiday season.
Never in U.S. history has an American president been so out of step with the American people for so long on an important foreign policy issue.
The publisher of the children’s book series “Franklin the Turtle” condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over what they called a “violent” portrayal of the character as he faces heat over strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. Hegseth shared a mock cover of the popular series on social platform X over the weekend, depicting…
Costco filed a recent lawsuit seeking a full refund if the Supreme Court strikes down the bulk of President Trump’s tariffs. The big-box warehouser joins dozens of companies that have lined up for refunds in recent weeks as the high court’s decision looms. Like the others, Costco said it needed to file its own case because…
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Voters head to polls in Tennessee ▪ New Indiana congressional map unveiled ▪ Witkoff meeting with Putin ▪ Pentagon pressroom confusion The spotlight will be on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today as President Trump’s Cabinet meets amid backlash over a reported second…
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And it had a fitting signature on the end.
Senate Republicans don’t see a bipartisan deal to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies coming together before the Christmas deadline, given the complexity of the issue and a growing fight over abortion, an issue that deeply divides both parties. There is a solid group of Republican lawmakers in both the Senate and House who don’t…
The longtime Democratic strategist also offered a damning prediction for the president.
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The “Late Show” host had a little advice about a “benefit” for the president.
Tim Dillon fumed: “Hey, f**k you, by the way. Shut the f**k up. How about you get the planes in the f**king sky, you scumbag, and shut the f**k up.”
The president’s post drew swift corrections.
The late night host poked at one of the president’s sore spots on Monday night.
The president made over 160 posts and reshares in just a matter of hours including one “WILD” claim from far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.