President Trump on Thursday said the United States will soon strike drug cartels on land. "We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico," Trump said during an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity,” without providing further
President Trump said his “own morality” guides his decisions on foreign intervention in a interview published Thursday, following weeks of scrutiny for U.S. strikes overseas. “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Trump
Two people were hospitalized on Thursday after a shooting involving U.S. Border Patrol agents in Portland, Ore., according to officials. Local police said they responded to a call from one of the people wounded at around 2:24 p.m. local time. “Officers applied a tourniquet and
President Trump on Thursday said his counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping, would have to determine himself if he will use military force against Taiwan. The president told The New York Times regarding a potential operation led by Beijing that Xi considers Taiwan "to be a
White House officials have weighed possibly giving lump sum payments to Greenlanders in an attempt to sway them into seceding from Denmark, as the Trump administration brings back its calls to have Greenland join the U.S., Reuters reported. Government officials, including White
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate wins symbolic victory to block Trump from using military in Venezuela Five Senate Republicans voted Thursday to advance a bipartisan
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Thursday slammed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for not casting a vote to check President Trump’s war powers two months ago after she helped advance a bipartisan resolution Thursday to block Trump from using military force against Venezuela. “Susan
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump orders $200 billion mortgage bond purchase President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing
Republicans dealt the president a series of rebukes Thursday that cast fresh doubt about his sway on Capitol Hill.
Economist Paul Krugman on Wednesday said there's no wealth to be gained after President Trump said that U.S. oil companies would take control of Venezuela's oil production following the ousting of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro. "Donald Trump’s Venezuela venture is a
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) authorized his state’s National Guard to be “staged and ready” Thursday, amid protests after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Citing “potential capacity concerns from local leaders” in response to demonstrations
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump orders withdrawal from 1992 climate treaty The U.S. is exiting a landmark 1992 climate treaty, President Trump announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon Trump said in a presidential memorandum that the
More than a dozen House Republicans joined Democrats in voting for a three-year extension of just-lapsed ObamaCare tax subsidies Thursday. The 17 GOP members voting in favor marked an uptick in support for the extension compared with the previous day, when nine Republicans
Vice President Vance delivered a vigorous defense on Thursday of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, saying Renee Nicole Macklin Good was fueled by left-wing activists who are ultimately to blame for her death. Vance
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House revives enhanced ACA subsidies, puts pressure on Senate The House on Thursday voted to revive the enhanced ObamaCare tax credits for three years, in a rebuke of GOP leadership that is
President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing housing costs through lower interest rates. In a Thursday post on Truth Social, the president said he instructed unspecified "Representatives" to buy $200 billion in
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Thursday said Minneapolis officials will launch an independent probe into the fatal shooting of a local woman while she was in her car. On Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed Renee Nicole
Iranian leaders have apparently shut down internet and phone networks in Tehran as protests erupt in the capital. Cloudflare, an internet firm, and the advocacy group NetBlocks said sweeping internet outages were directly tied to the Iranian government. Iran's theocracy is
“It was an act of domestic terrorism,” Kristi Noem declared following Wednesday’s killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood of Minneapolis. With a straight face and no evident sense of shame, the head of Homeland
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are calling on a federal judge to appoint a special master to oversee the Department of Justice's (DOJ) mandatory release of files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter Thursday to Judge Paul Engelmayer
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday recused himself from a battle between Louisiana parishes and major oil companies set to be argued next week. Alito regularly steps aside because of his direct stock holdings in more than two dozen companies, but the timing of his
Dozens of Republicans broke ranks and joined Democrats to override two of President Trump’s vetoes, though the effort ultimately fell short. Thirty-five Republicans voted to override a veto on a bill that would have funded a pipeline to deliver clean water to southeastern
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Crypto ramps up Senate lobbying ahead of key votes The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up efforts to get market structure legislation past a key hurdle, as two Senate committees are prepared to vote on the bill next week. ©
Democrats and moderate Republicans hope the bill's passage will put pressure on the Senate to come up a bipartisan compromise.
The House passed legislation Thursday to revive and extend expired ObamaCare tax credits in a bipartisan vote that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for a bipartisan deal to revive the tax credits. The tally, 230 to 196, highlighted the tenuous grip Speaker Mike Johnson
MS NOW contributor Philip Bump teared up on air Thursday as he spoke about the family of a 37-year-old Minnesota woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. Renee Nicole Macklin Good, whose death on Wednesday sparked nationwide outrage and
Senate Republicans on Thursday lamented President Trump’s call for the ouster of five GOP members who voted with Democrats and dealt him a blow on the Venezuela war powers resolution, indicating the president's angry rant was a mistake as the party enters an election year.
The Trump administration said Thursday it is considering the addition of a second floor for the West Wing in an effort to create "symmetry" amid the reconstruction of the East Wing ballroom. “We’re considering the idea of a modest one-story addition to the West Wing,” architect
Vulnerable Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) clapped back at President Trump on Thursday over his irate social media post blasting the “stupidity” of GOP senators who voted for a war powers resolution and declaring that they “should never be elected to office again.” “The president
Vice President Vance announced Thursday the Trump administration is establishing a new assistant attorney general position focused on investigating fraud. The announcement follows the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into allegations of mass welfare fraud in
White House officials on Thursday presented their plans for the presidential ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and defended the demolition of the East Wing, citing structural concerns that made any attempt at renovations "not feasible." Architect
A Minneapolis pastor who joined protests Wednesday after an ICE officer fatally shot a woman in her car said that federal agents handcuffed him and threw him in the back of an SUV—before letting him free because he was white and “it wouldn’t be any fun.” Pastor Kenny Callaghan,
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) took a swing at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in his city, saying “she knows her narrative about domestic terrorism is bulls‑‑‑.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday stood by his tenant adviser as she faced sharp blowback for calling home ownership a “weapon of white supremacy” in resurfaced social media posts from 2019. Mamdani did not address the substance of Cea Weaver’s “white
Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley (D) on Thursday rebuked the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minnesota after a woman was shot and killed by one of the agency's officers Wednesday. Renee Nicole Macklin Good was fatally shot by an
In criticizing Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and vetoing a bill that would fund a water project in the state, President Donald Trump has claimed that people are leaving the state "in droves," but that's not what the available data show. The post Trump Waters Down Colorado’s
President Trump thinks that any Republican who dares to push back on his senseless incursion into Venezuela should “never be elected to office again.” “Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight
Did President Donald Trump actually cut Tulsi Gabbard out of the White House’s preparations to invade Venezuela? Starting last summer, the White House began excluding Trump’s director of national intelligence from the government’s plans to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ripped President Trump in his last annual address as governor, touting the Golden State as an alternative “blueprint” for the rest of the country. “The federal government, respectfully, it's unrecognizable, protecting the powerful at the
Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.), who has served as a top Democratic leader for more than two decades, warned Thursday that America is moving down a dark road, away from the democratic traditions that have made it unique and onto a path toward self-destruction. In a speech on the House
The House on Thursday failed to override President Trump’s vetoes of two previously uncontroversial bills concerning a Colorado water project and expanding lands of a tribe in Florida. The move showcases House Republicans’ loyalty to the president and support for his political
Vice President Vance called the War Powers Act “fundamentally fake” and unconstitutional, ridiculing the law passed in 1973 shortly after senators on Capitol Hill voted to advance a bipartisan measure to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) justified voting with Democrats to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela. “With regard to Venezuela, my read of the Constitution is that if the President feels
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday, rejecting its presence in local communities after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis the day before. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D)
The Senate is expected to take up the so-called “minibus” next week.
The House on Thursday passed three appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support, moving lawmakers closer to avoiding an end-of-month shutdown. The bills would fund the Department of Justice, Department of Commerce, key science agencies and other related entities; the