President Trump is again slamming New York City’s congestion pricing program, calling it “a disaster.” “Congestion Pricing in Manhattan is a DISASTER for New York. It’s got to be ended, IMMEDIATELY! It’s never worked before, and it will never work now,” the president, who is
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will speak with reporters Tuesday afternoon on their push for reforms within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The pressure comes less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and
A former Navy sailor was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in prison following his conviction of selling warship information to Chinese intelligence, according to the Justice Department. A federal judge in San Diego sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months in prison after
The Pentagon, during the last days of the Biden administration, secretly purchased a device that some investigators believe could be linked to the “Havana Syndrome,” a medical condition that has impacted U.S. service members, diplomats and spies. The device, which has some
Congress must act to prevent a president from unilaterally amending or "reprofiling" U.S. Treasury obligations, which could have significant consequences for markets.
If you want to watch the College Football National Championship game between the University of Miami and Indiana University in person next week, it's going to cost you. The cheapest ticket to Monday's prime-time game in Miami is selling for more than $3,000, topping recent NFL
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said the Iranian government could soon cripple following the wave of national protests in the country against poor economic conditions. “If a regime can only keep itself in power by force, then it’s effectively at the end,” Merz said
The top federal prosecutor on the Minnesota fraud case has reportedly resigned on Tuesday, the New York Times first reported. Joseph H. Thompson, the lead prosecutor on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into social services fraud in the state, served as the First
Keith Gross, a businessman and attorney who has previously run for Senate and House in Florida, is launching a bid to succeed retiring Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) in Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. In a statement first shared with The Hill, Gross lauded Dunn for “his years of
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen, who served in the Clinton administration, warned on Tuesday that bombing Iran could risk rallying its civilians to support the regime. In an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Cohen urged President Trump to consider relying on
Preliminary numbers on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plan enrollment shows a noticeable drop when compared to last year's figures, an early indication that allowing the enhanced premium tax subsidies to expire caused people to defer signing up for health insurance. The
The Supreme Court seemed receptive to state bans on transgender girls competing on girls and women’s school sports teams during high-stakes oral arguments Tuesday. The case thrusts the justices into the center of the national debate over transgender athletes, which has bubbled
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen firmly rebuked Donald Trump Monday, saying that the people of the Danish territory don’t want to be part of the United States. At a joint press conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen, Nielsen said,
The real campaign isn’t just about votes: It’s about the map that decides which votes matter.
The crackdown comes as the U.K. media regulator Ofcom announced a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X.
More than 600 people have been killed during nationwide protests, and Iran has cut all internet communication.
"I hate when science is right," the author wrote on Facebook.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Monday called for the “immediate release” of a city council staffer who officials reported was detained earlier in the day by federal immigration officers. “I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau
This is not what Jack Wagner died for on a mission over Denmark.
A Portland, Ore., police officer was reassigned after a video of him justifying the Minneapolis Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting drew national attention on TikTok. The social media video posted over the weekend shows an unidentified officer telling a
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned that President Trump’s proposal calling for a one-year 10 percent cap on credit card interest rates could have “negative secondary effects.” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday that the proposal is one that the House “ought to think about and
Former British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has apologized over his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I did not want to be held responsible for his [Jeffrey Epstein's] crimes of which I was ignorant, not indifferent, because of the lies he told me
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have refused to testify on the Epstein files before Congress after being subpoenaed by Republican House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer. The Clintons wrote a lengthy letter addressed to Comer
The Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in the House, on Tuesday unveiled a framework for a second reconciliation bill that can pass through Congress with only Republican support, with the aim of addressing affordability concerns. It pitches housing
Taking lives off the ledger doesn’t rebalance the scales — it breaks them.
The Trump administration is proposing to impose more limitations on states’ authorities to block energy projects that run through their waters, saying the change will prevent states from shutting down projects for “political purposes.” Jess Kramer, who leads the Environmental
The stunning resignations on Monday of four senior career officials from the Criminal Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division confirm that DOJ has gone profoundly off the rails in its handling of what increasingly appears to be one of the gravest federal
Most Americans say the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer involved in the fatal shooting of the 37-year-old American citizen in Minneapolis should face criminal charges for his actions, according to a new survey. In the YouGov survey, conducted over the weekend,
Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said they will not comply with congressional subpoenas to testify about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because the subpoenas were "invalid and legally unenforceable." In a letter to House
The U.S. Department of State is going to bat against the United Kingdom so Elon Musk can keep getting rich off of AI porn. In an interview Tuesday, Sarah B. Rogers, the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, threatened to fight back against the British government’s
The Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake pornography to sue individuals who produce and distribute such content. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (Defiance) Act cleared the upper chamber after
Trump going after Powell does feel like a pretext, and really about their larger conflict, not about the one construction project unfortunately exceeding its price tag.
12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s Tuesday. In today’s issue: 🗺️ NEWS What do you mean, ‘help is on its way …?’: President Trump said he canceled meeting with Iranian officials, telling protesters that “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.” He also called on
The president appears to be high on his own supply, unable to hear the real concerns of everyday Americans.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Tuesday that he doesn’t anticipate U.S. troops in Greenland, as President Trump pushes to acquire the Danish territory. “We've been very clear. I mean, the Article 1 branch is clear. There's no declaration of war pending for
A weekend of protests in Minnesota displayed continued tensions over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) massive immigration crackdown in the state. Protesters and federal officers clashed during a demonstration outside of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on
Four migrants lacking legal status died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the first 10 days of the year. Parady La, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres and Geraldo Lunas Campos were pronounced dead after being detained by
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of President Trump, told Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin to “go to hell” on Monday, following a series of social media posts in which Martin compared the U.S. to Iran, accusing both governments of demonstrating
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Joe Lyons on Monday downplayed Minnesota's lawsuit to block the statewide surge of federal immigration enforcement officers, dismissing its allegations as "just very sad." "So there’s a lot that I don’t think they
Financial leaders from Switzerland, Brazil, Korea, the United Kingdom, and more are rallying around U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after the Department of Justice served him with a grand jury subpoena . “We stand in full solidarity with the Federal Reserve System and
President Trump is pressuring U.S. oil companies to increase oil production in Venezuela to lower gas prices, but oil-company CEOs are prioritizing their companies' economic survival over Trump's political survival.
Former special counsel Jack Smith is going to get the chance to testify to Congress in the full view of the public. On January 22, Smith will testify before the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election,
President Donald Trump says he won’t meet with Iranian government officials until they stop murdering their own people. In a post on Truth Social Tuesday, Trump urged the millions of protesters who have taken to the streets to oppose the Islamic Republic to “KEEP
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) went after tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday over a social media post he made targeting her and Somalis in Minnesota. Musk responded to a post from another user on the social platform X promoting theories about immigrants being used to secure
Scott Adams, the creator of the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died of cancer at 68, his ex-wife announced Tuesday. "Unfortunately this isn't good news," Shelly Miles, who was previously married to the cartoonist, said on his "Real Coffee" podcast. "Of course he waited until just
The death toll amid growing protests in Iran is believed to be in the thousands, with an Iranian official putting the figure at 2,000 but human rights groups estimating those numbers could be far higher. An unnamed Iranian official speaking to Reuters said that 2,000 people,
Central bankers overseas issued a joint statement on Tuesday in support of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who announced on Sunday he's the subject of a criminal investigation led by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ opened a probe into Powell last week, seeking to
Opening arguments began Tuesday in the trial for Brendan Banfield, who is accused of killing his wife and staging a home invasion after an affair with his au pair.