If the United States economy is headed off a cliff, better that we receive no warning in advance. That may not be the stated goal of the Trump administration, but, to borrow a term from the late MIT economist Paul Samuelson, that’s its “ revealed preference .” The preference in
The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. At Wednesday’s oral arguments, the justices showed little interest in letting the president arbitrarily deny citizenship to untold numbers of Americans. But
Films don’t come much more self-consciously provocative than Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama . It’s a cautionary tale about the power of gossip, designed to pique the curiosity of a social mediasphere in thrall to its gorgeous A-list stars. The sheer
Since the launch of his political career more than a decade ago, President Donald Trump has always been sensitive to his approval ratings. His popularity in office has never topped 50 percent, a first for a modern president, but there has also consistently been a clear floor:
Jewish groups are raising alarms over a judge's ruling this week that the University of Pennsylvania must turn over contact information for Jewish faculty and organizations on campus to the Trump administration. While the Trump administration says the information will assist
During Donald Trump’s speech on Iran this week, he revealed too much. In a line that sounded partly ad-libbed, he declared that the Strait of Hormuz “ will open up naturally. It will just open up naturally.” This should be read as a straight-up admission that Trump has no idea
A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has departed Croatia after receiving repairs during a five-day port visit, the Navy announced on Thursday, a sign the warship could be poised to rejoin U.S. military assets in the Middle East. The ship sailed out of
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday defended the SAVE America Act after a George Washington University student challenged whether the proposal was “worth” risking the possible disenfranchisement of millions of Americans to stop “a few hundred cases of voter
Hot sauces, barbecued beef brisket, cake, 58 tortillas – here's a look at what the astronauts aboard Orion have to eat during their journey.
A federal judge in New York tossed out actor Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims Thursday against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us,” but he left intact two retaliation claims.
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President Trump on Thursday offered rare praise for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after the senator joined with most members of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to approve plans for a sprawling ballroom on the East Wing of the White House. “I would like to thank the
Golfer Tiger Woods appears to have called President Trump after his rollover crash in Florida last week, according to body camera footage obtained by multiple outlets Thursday. Footage released by the sheriff’s office in Martin County, Fla., shows a deputy asking Woods, who
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump unveils 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical imports After threatening to impose tariffs on drugmakers throughout 2025 to secure Most Favored Nation (MFN) agreements, President Trump
A spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry said Thursday the U.S. has a new precision strike missile and used one to kill a group of children on the first day of strikes carried out by the U.S. and Israel. "The American new #PrSM [precision strike missile], which made its
Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Wednesday called on U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove to recuse himself from the pro-Palestinian activist's immigration case, where he risks deportation. Khalil's lawyers filed a petition requesting Bove's recusal over his
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Stocks sink, oil rises after Trump’s Iran war speech The stock market opened with losses Thursday morning and oil prices shot higher in the wake of President Trump’s speech on the Iran war. © Seth Wenig,
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Federal regulator faces off against states over prediction market rules The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois over the states’ efforts to place restrictions on prediction
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases. “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves,” Hegseth said in a video posted on
A voice actor on the popular animation series “Bob’s Burgers” was seriously injured after crashing his vehicle into a toll plaza in New Hampshire on Tuesday, according to New Hampshire State Police. Eugene Mirman, 51, was traveling northbound on the Everett Turnpike shortly
House Oversight Chair James Comer isn’t ruling out making Bondi honor the subpoena the panel slapped her with last month.
The Pam Bondi era at the Department of Justice (DOJ) is coming to an end, less than 14 months after it began. President Trump announced Bondi’s departure from the DOJ on Thursday, after she spent her tenure frequently defending the president and overseeing the rollout of files
Pam Bondi’s loyalty to President Trump wasn’t enough to save her. She constantly praised him during press conferences. She was combative in congressional hearings where she defended him and even lauded the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But he still fired her
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired the technology streaming show "TPBN" in a surprise move for Silicon Valley. The acquisition was announced online by both brands Thursday, though no official cost for the deal was disclosed. Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the U.S.'s "import reliance" as reason for the decision. "I have determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate
A federal law requiring presidents to preserve and hand over presidential records to the government at the conclusion of their term is unconstitutional, according to a legally nonbinding Department of Justice (DOJ) opinion. The 52-page opinion, first reported by Axios, found
A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was "getting very close" to completing its mission. Trump repeated some false and questionable claims
President Trump revamped his tariffs on steel, copper and aluminum in an executive order Thursday to ensure that they align with the “full value” of the imported metals. The value is based on the amount the U.S. pays for the import, not how much it cost to produce in its
Despite being fired by President Trump on Thursday, outgoing Attorney General Pam Bondi may still have to respond to a congressional subpoena and testify under oath in two weeks. Last month, five Republicans joined every single Democrat on the House Oversight Committee to vote
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday responded to President Trump’s threat during his recent address to the nation to take Iran “back to the Stone Ages” with ongoing U.S. military operations against the country. “There's one striking difference between the
A recent study found that a third of Americans are planning to invest in high-risk, speculative assets this year as a method for financial planning. The Northwestern Mutual Planning & Progress Study, which was released in full Wednesday, found that 39 percent of Americans said
House GOP leaders have a tough task ahead in passing a two-step plan to end the record-setting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown as their members call for passage of a Republican-only bill to fund immigration enforcement before they accept a bipartisan Senate bill
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the highest-ranking Army officer in the country in the middle of the U.S. war on Iran. On Thursday, CBS News reported that Hegseth had asked Gen. Randy George, the Army’s chief of staff, to step down and retire. The Biden appointee’s
President Trump wanted his Department of Justice to prosecute and put in jail former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Representative Adam Schiff, and numerous of his other political enemies. That effort has largely failed. So Trump fired
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was losing favor among Americans across the political spectrum in the months before President Trump fired her on Thursday. Bondi’s net favorability sank to -26 percentage points in mid-February — with 23 percent of the country viewing her
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, to step down from the post and retire immediately, a Pentagon official told The Hill on Thursday. The Army did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment. The Pentagon confirmed
Dozens of congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday raising urgent alarm over an escalating humanitarian crisis in Cuba that has been made worse, they said, by the administration’s fuel quarantine against the island. The letter, obtained exclusively
President Trump announced that he had fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, a move that followed months of controversy surrounding the Justice Department’s handling of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The ouster was welcomed by many lawmakers on
Vice President Vance will head to Hungary next week to hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and give remarks on the partnership between the U.S. and Hungary. Second lady Usha Vance will be traveling with the vice president when he goes from April 7-8,
A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that federal agents violated a previous court order restricting them from making immigration arrests without a warrant during an enforcement operation in Sacramento last summer. Judge Jennifer Thurston found last April that U.S.
Months before the midterm elections, President Trump once again is trying to take over voting in America, claiming power he doesn’t have. His latest executive order , which he signed on Tuesday, instructs the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to deliver ballots unless the voters
President Donald Trump has to nominate someone to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi and, big surprise: His options are all bad. Ahead of Bondi’s ouster Thursday, reports were already swirling that a dissatisfied Trump was planning to tap Lee Zeldin, administrator of the
Todd Blanche will take over the Justice Department in an acting capacity following President Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi. It’s the highest perch yet for the former New York prosecutor and white-collar defense attorney, who came into Trump’s orbit as one of his
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) said Thursday that President Trump is “resorting to war crimes” to end the U.S. military operations against Iran. The president threatened to decimate Iran’s energy infrastructure and to send the regime “back to the Stone Ages” in an
Nearly 40,000 poor and working-class people in Puerto Rico were promised accessible solar panels and battery storage from the U.S. government following massive blackouts after Hurricane Maria in 2017 and Hurricane Fiona in 2022. Within a year of Donald Trump winning his second
The National Capital Planning Commission, or NCPC, issued final approval for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom Thursday, a key goalpost for the enormous development. The decision arrived two days after U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ordered construction on the site to cease
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the lead lawmakers behind the push to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, wants to know how the public feels about Pam Bondi being ousted as attorney general. “I support Trump firing Pam Bondi. Do you?” Massie posed to his followers on the
A new lawsuit has been filed challenging a recently enacted Florida law that mirrors the language of the federal Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act — President Trump’s self-described “No. 1” legislative priority. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal
There are now 10 toilets in space.