Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Wednesday declared a local public emergency over the sewage spill in the Potomac River and requested federal support from the Trump administration. In an order, Bowser declared a public emergency and directed city officials within
President Trump on Thursday morning will host the first meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington. The recently formed organization has been tasked with supervising postwar restoration efforts in Gaza amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas — including the
Dozens of world leaders are gathering in Washington, where President Trump will host his first Board of Peace meeting Thursday morning. The board, which was launched by Trump last month, aims to oversee the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip amid a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire
If the goal of the new tariffs was to support American workers and small businesses, the reality has been different.
For Washington, this is both a gift and a challenge.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew — was reportedly arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct while in public office, amid new revelations around his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The BBC reported early Thursday
Parks instituted reservations in response to an influx of visitors. Now, those efforts are being rolled back.
Law enforcement officials shared that the investigator on the case also discovered “suicidal” entries in a journal.
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the February 19 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Several days ago,
Blaming messaging on your political woes is for losers, but Trump doesn’t seem to have any strategy at all.
Zelensky understands what is at stake in the Donbas.
Plus: Former Prince Andrew arrested and US braces for Iran strikes.
If money talks, national Democrats are getting a harsh tongue-lashing from donors. “For the first time in years,” The New York Times reported last week, “Democrats are sounding the alarm about money problems.” The Democratic National Committee started the year in the red,
If you want to understand why the vaunted farm-to-fork food revolution has failed to change the food system, consider some common food delights: a well-charred burger with Heinz 57; a Taco Bell bean burrito (no onions); a double-scoop of ooey-gooey ice cream; a sliced ripe
After a demoralizing defeat in November 2024, the Democratic Party has been enjoying an electoral surge across the country; throughout 2025, the average result in special House races was a 15.6 percent improvement on the 2024 baseline. The party’s worst showings, in fact, were
Governors will descend on Washington this weekend for the National Governors Association’s (NGA) winter meeting, a typically bipartisan gathering that has been overshadowed this year by President Trump’s escalating attacks on two Democratic governors. After initially inviting
Controversy surrounding a CBS “Late Show” segment with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has given the Democratic rising star a new burst of momentum just as early voting kicks off in the Lone Star State. Comic Stephen Colbert said during Monday's episode that CBS told him
What was it like to live at the end of the Cold War? While Francis Fukuyama mulled Kojève, Hegel, and the end of history, a KGB officer in Dresden was lamenting his leaders’ surrender and would later proclaim the fall of the Soviet Union the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe
Hims & Hers is facing battles on multiple fronts as it seeks to maintain its lucrative business in copycat weight loss drugs. Federal regulators are seeking to rein in the online telemedicine platform, which for years has been selling a non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Discussions between the White House and Democratic leaders on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have hit a wall as administration officials publicly slammed the minority party for refusing to make concessions. Ever since Democrats sent the White House
New outbreaks of measles, which had been considered eradicated in the U.S., may force colleges to rethink their vaccine strategies. There is no standard way universities approach vaccine reporting, requirements or exemptions, with some given a far freer hand by their home
Anthropic has increasingly found itself at odds with the Pentagon over how its AI model Claude can be deployed in military operations following disclosure about its use in the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month. The AI company is one of several
Donald Trump has the midterms on his mind. A few days ago he erupted in a wild tirade on Truth Social , raging about voter fraud and voter ID while urging Republicans to make them central in the elections. He’s now pinned this rant to the top of his feed. Over the last 24
The Trump administration is pushing for a clean extension of Section 702 surveillance authority ahead of an April deadline.
President Trump on Wednesday claimed that the U.S. trade deficit has fallen by 78 percent because of tariffs. “THE UNITED STATES TRADE DEFICIT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 78% BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS BEING CHARGED TO OTHER COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES,” the president said in a post on his
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr said that late-night host Stephen Colbert, who has been at the center of a controversy surrounding an interview he did with Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico, sees that " the limelight is fading.” “But look, I get
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called conservative media personality Tucker Carlson “chickens---" over claims he made about what happened to him and his team at an airport in Israel. “Tucker Carlson is a chickens---. The guy who’s been spouting lies about Israel
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth takes military culture war to civilian universities Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expanding his culture war into academia, threatening
The U.S. is preparing for a pullout of all troops stationed in Syria, readying to end its military presence deployed to fight against ISIS in the country, two U.S. officials told The Hill on Wednesday. The move comes as the U.S. military has withdrawn service members from the
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig (D) spoke out after a memorial dedicated to Renee Good was set ablaze Tuesday evening. “Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her,” Craig wrote on the social platform X on Wednesday. “This is unacceptable and we
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story FCC's Carr brushes off CBS-Talarico interview drama Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr downplayed controversy around an interview “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert conducted with Texas Senate candidate James
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Hassett lashes out at Fed researchers for tariff analysis President Trump's top economic adviser wants researchers punished for analyzing tariffs in a way felt
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deporting a 2-month-old and his family. On Tuesday afternoon, Castro wrote on the social platform X that 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his mother were detained at Dilley Immigration Processing
The Republican National Committee (RNC) sued Wednesday in the hopes of stopping Virginia Democrats from moving forward with their new congressional map. The new lawsuit seeks to block an April referendum, when voters could pave the way for lawmakers to approve the new design
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a long list of names as disparate as Janis Joplin, Julian Assange and former Vice President Dick Cheney — has sparked an outcry on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are accusing the DOJ
President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24, but several House and Senate Democrats plan to skip the high-profile address in favor of counter-rallies and other forms of protest. Trump’s speech comes as the Department of
Presented by Panasonic {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Move to ax endangerment finding faces challenge A coalition of health and environmental organizations sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to repeal a landmark legal
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) warned Lone Star State Republicans against nominating state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the Texas Senate GOP primary. “If Ken Paxton is the nominee, we could well experience a massacre, and the first Democrat elected since 1994 in the state of
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) countered a threat from Iran’s supreme leader against American warships with a famous movie quote on Wednesday. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened to sink U.S. vessels amid nuclear talks between the two countries this week.
The Hennepin County, Minn., attorney's office on Wednesday demanded that the federal government hand over records and evidence related to the killing of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by federal officers during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis last month.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump’s surgeon general nominee to finally get hearing After months of delay, President Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general will appear before the Senate for a confirmation
A group of 13 states that did not support President Trump in the last election sued the administration on Wednesday over canceled federal climate funds. The lawsuit challenges the Trump administration’s cancellation of billions of dollars in funding for climate-friendly
Maryland and Virginia Democrats are pressing local utility DC Water over a recent wastewater spill that leaked into the Potomac River, an incident that has also sparked some political tension in the region. In a Wednesday letter to DC Water CEO David Gadis, the lawmakers said
A new survey found that 1 in 4 Americans have a negative opinion of both major political parties ahead of midterm elections. Poll results from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 1 in 10 Americans feel good about both parties. The feelings follow the
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson—perhaps the right’s most prominent Israel critic—says he was detained by Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Carlson told the Daily Mai l that while attempting to leave Ben Gurion International Airport, he and his staff had
President Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., on Wednesday kicked off their family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, with an inaugural forum at their father’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Eric Trump boasted on X that the forum is “uniting visionaries from
Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya will serve as interim director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following the reported exit of Jim O’Neill, a Trump administration official confirmed Wednesday. It was reported last week that
U2 is releasing a musical tribute to Renee Good, the 37-year-old mother killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, saying that "the power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power." The song, "American Obituary," is part
Donald Trump’s celebration of Black History Month began with him rattling off the names of every Black person in his circle. In an extraordinarily on-the-nose, unscripted White House address, the president listed more than a dozen names of prominent Black Americans for no clear
