The issue is not whether the government has authority to investigate. It does. The issue is whether that authority was exercised with appropriate limits, neutrality and respect for constitutional protections.
Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said President Trump removed Pam Bondi from leading the Justice Department (DOJ) for failing to meet the president's expectations. “She’s just not doing enough,” Scaramucci told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo late
A U.S. fighter jet was reportedly shot down by Iran on Friday. Iran is offering a “precious prize” to anyone who captures the pilot alive. Iranian state media reported that an American fighter jet was downed over southern Tehran, and photos and videos of the incident reveal it
Governor Kathy Hochul's campaign message for New Yorkers to leave for Florida has backfired, as many have taken her advice and she is now trying to lure them back with promises of tax relief, while New York City considers raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour, which could
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rampant racism and sexism extends farther than we previously knew. Hegseth has made efforts to block or delay the promotion of more than one dozen female and Black officers across the Army, Air Force, Navy, and the Marines, according to nine
The Cuban government on Thursday said it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes as President Trump has put the island’s government under extreme economic pressure with an effective oil blockade. The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. published the announcement on social
Iran shot down what appears to be a fighter plane on Friday, Iranian state media reported, in what would be the first time that Tehran downed an American jet since the war broke out five weeks ago. The search and rescue is underway for two service members. The Hill has reached
Vice President Vance’s new role as fraud czar will “primarily” focus on Democrat-led states, President Trump announced Friday morning. “We will call him the ‘FRAUD CZAR,’ and his focus will be ‘EVERYWHERE,’ but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS,
Individuals should never be forced to subsidize advocacy that runs counter to their beliefs or interests.
Authorities say guides would fake emergencies to bill international insurance for helicopter rescues and treatment.
The FDA said the eye drops were distributed by companies such as Kroger, Walgreens, H-E-B, Military Exchanges, and others.
Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his SUV last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday.
People do not respond to vague warnings: They respond to pain.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) suggested Thursday that President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi to prevent her from testifying in the House probe related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “She was about to be deposed in the Epstein case,” Moulton said in an
The man tapped to fill Pam Bondi’s shoes isn’t any better at handling the Epstein files than she was. Hours after Donald Trump named him as Bondi’s temporary successor on Thursday, acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche took to Fox News, weaving a bold-faced lie about the
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is taking heat for seeking to distance himself from the Epstein files, saying they “should not be a part of anything going forward.” The comments came during an interview late Thursday with Fox News's Jesse Watters, who asked Blanche if he
President Trump is seeking the largest military budget in this country’s modern history for 2027, even as a multitude of domestic issues—from health care, to housing, to the general cost of living—continue to persist. The White House on Friday requested $1.5 trillion from
President Donald Trump is bragging about committing war crimes in Iran—and promising to commit even more. The United States military executed a double-tap strike on a highway bridge outside of Tehran, according to a U.S. official who spoke anonymously to The New York Times
The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.
America's attacks on Iran reveal a deeper strategic logic behind Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine: a renewed emphasis on controlling the maritime chokepoints that underpin economic and geopolitical power.
The White House denied reports that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is next, after President Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. White House communications director Steven Cheung said Trump has “total confidence” in Gabbard "and any insinuation
Iran claimed on Friday it had shot down a U.S. fighter jet, with media reporting a search and rescue for two service members is underway. It is the first jet downed in the five-week war. The White House on Friday released its 2027 budget proposal to Congress. It includes a
The U.S. job market accelerated in March, adding far more jobs than expected after a major February decline. U.S. employment grew by 178,000 jobs last month, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The March job boost came in far higher than the gain of
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The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, joins NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt to discuss the latest political hot topics and national news in “Whole Hog Politics.” The show will begin at 9 a.m. EST. Watch above. Register for the event here to join the
The Kremlin may have attempted to lay the groundwork for a hybrid aggression with the Narva People’s Republic “hoax.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that Pam Bondi's ouster from the Justice Department was not related to the Trump administration's release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I have never heard President Trump say anything that the
The flyby is drawing new scrutiny, not from the Army this time, but from a government ethics watchdog group.
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] I’m not aware of any Justice Department in any administration that wasn’t
President Trump issued a warning to Iran to make a peace deal on Thursday evening, saying the U.S. military has not begun “destroying” the Middle East nation and reupping his vow to “finish the job." “Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World,
The current system never requires unions to get the consent of the workers they represent. Florida is changing that, but Oregon is making it worse.
The 2028 Republican nomination will be influenced by Trump's confrontational nature and the potential for chaos, with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential candidates, and Trump's mental state and the possibility of a presidential health crisis
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Bondi ousted as attorney general ▪ DHS funding plan goes to House ▪ White House ballroom approved ▪ Resentencing for Tina Peters President Trump is hoping for a fresh start with the Department of
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 3 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. If Donald Trump’s speech
If the U.S. 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 this
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
President Trump’s biggest fans and strongest critics agree on something: The downfall of Pam Bondi as attorney general had two causes. The largest failure was her inability to secure convictions of the president’s enemies despite his adamant urging that she should do so. “He is
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
Campaign contributions from Palantir are becoming a thorn in the side of Democrats in the midterms, as lawmakers on the left dig into the Trump administration’s immigration efforts and the controversial tech company’s involvement. Several Democratic candidates have returned or
Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz is complicating President Trump’s exit strategy from the Iran war. Trump in a Wednesday night address to the nation dismissed concerns about the strait, asserting that the U.S. produces enough oil to sustain itself and that other
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:
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer with a plainspoken style, isn’t a typical Senate candidate. But in a cycle where political outsiders are increasingly gaining traction, candidates like him are no longer outliers — they’re becoming contenders. Platner’s candidacy is an early
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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