The main investor in a South Korean aluminum company facing an investigation by the Department of Commerce paid $2 million to President Trump’s holding company last year. Trump included the payment from Base Group in his financial disclosure form in late June, The New York
Representative Thomas Kean Jr.’s grand return to Capitol Hill has come fully loaded with a no-win dilemma. The New Jersey Republican inexplicably disappeared for several months, only to re-emerge on the House floor late last month, claiming that he had struggled with depression
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday touted his efforts to overhaul the central bank’s approach to inflation and the economy at his first congressional hearing as its leader. In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Warsh laid out the significant
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who landed a commercial airplane on the Hudson River, recently revealed he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
A new report shows Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers engaged in a misuse of force against individuals at immigration protests 412 times over the span of a year. The report was authored by the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Human Rights Center at
The Pentagon is planning to keep a National Guard presence in Washington, D.C., through Inauguration Day 2029, a guard official confirmed to The Hill Tuesday. The plan — first reported in March and awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — would mean the
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett shared differing views on Tuesday regarding a potential independent enforcement mechanism to ensure they and their colleagues are upholding the court’s ethics code. The panel's ranking member, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Oil prices have jumped over as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran heats back up. U.S. benchmark WTI crude was trading at about $79 per barrel on Tuesday, up from about $74 per barrel since the start of trading on Monday morning and about $72 late last week. International
Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), will be sworn in to serve the remainder of the term on Tuesday afternoon, two days after her brother died at age 71 from an aortic dissection. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) appointed Nordone, who
President Trump offered a very warm welcome to Iraq’s newly elected Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the White House on Tuesday, with an eye toward giving American companies premier access to the country’s “tremendous” oil reserves. Trump lobbied for al-Zaidi’s appointment
Rather than provide steady, articulate leadership and communication during his Iran war, the commander in chief has embraced bluster and erratic flip-flopping. The latest example of this came Tuesday, when President Donald Trump adopted a stance on the Strait of Hormuz
President Trump teased what he said will be “big news” during his primetime address set for Thursday, telling reporters the speech will be about voting machines and election integrity among other topics. “It will concern that subject and we’ll have a couple of other things to
Justice Elena Kagan honored late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday, remembering the South Carolina Republican as a “vivid” personality who helped secure her confirmation to the Supreme Court. Graham died suddenly on Saturday night after a “brief and sudden” illness that
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said House Republicans will get a briefing from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Tuesday evening as they consider the White House’s request for a $350 billion defense funding boost amid the war in Iran. The meeting comes as
A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data
U.S. striker Folarin Balogun suggested the controversy over President Trump's push to have a red card he was given during the nation's run in the 2026 World Cup was a distracting factor before their exit from the tournament. "My initial reaction was, you know, I was happy to be
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday afternoon on the high court's $225 million fiscal 2027 budget request. Kagan and Coney Barrett faced questions from the House earlier Tuesday focused on
I recently spent a week in Brussels and Strasbourg, where I met with European government officials and business leaders, and other European Union-adjacent groups to discuss energy and climate policy. Although the bulk of the trip was positive and constructive, it was painful to
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Monday walked back comments suggesting a recently released hospital photo of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) may have been outdated. In an interview with Real America’s Voice on Monday, Johnson said he had “heard from some other sources” that the photo
Paramount execs may get upset, but this is exactly why antitrust laws exist.
President Trump said he did not know why the FBI showed up at the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C) home in Washington, saying the bureau is “wasting their time.” “Well, I don’t know why because I think he had a problem,” Trump said in the Oval Office Tuesday while meeting
President Trump on Monday significantly reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, cutting the amount of protected land that they hold by about 1.5 million acres each. Trump slashed protections for both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante during his first term to
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oreg.) on Monday asked the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. violated the Hatch Act last month when he spoke with two candidates running for congressional office. In a letter to
That is socialism’s crowning principle. The government decides, you obey, comrade.
🪱 Plus: How to avoid cyclosporiasis amid outbreak {beacon} It’s Tuesday. Who else is freaked out about this cyclosporiasis outbreak? 🙋 I basically live on watermelon, blueberries and other fresh fruit in the summer. Hopefully, health officials will figure out the cause
The dam constructed by Republican hardliners that held up action on the House floor for two weeks is showing cracks, an encouraging sign for GOP leaders hoping to get back to regular business on the House floor early Tuesday afternoon. Republicans will again try to use an
Building resilience requires a deliberate transition toward more sustainable, diversified, and climate-smart agricultural systems.
Democrats in Congress aren’t happy that President Trump has restarted the Iran war. Trump formally notified lawmakers last week that the war in Iran has resumed, attempting to legally claim that a new 60-day period has started that gives him the power to use military action in
The actual adjustment won't be announced until later this year, but projections suggest seniors could see a modest bump.
A majority of Americans anticipate that the Iran war will stretch on amid renewed military operations between the U.S. and Tehran, according to polling released on Monday. The Reuters survey found that 79 percent of respondents believe the U.S. military will remain engaged in
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has privately directed its officers to temporarily pause traffic stops in the wake of two deadly shootings, though the agency would not confirm the directive publicly. Sources confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister outlet, that
House Republican leaders said Tuesday that they would aim to unveil and advance their framework for a third GOP-only budget reconciliation bill this week, with a markup and vote in the Budget Committee expected on Thursday. “Reconciliation 3.0 is in process. There will be a
House Speaker Mike Johnson is notorious for professing ignorance when asked potentially difficult questions about the news of the day. He fell back on this strategy in a Tuesday morning press conference, this time in response to the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine, the
The House Judiciary chair said he is speaking with Rep. Chip Roy, a key holdout.
Late-night host Jon Stewart on Monday went after President Trump for his recent comments about the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in which he ranked the Palmetto State senator’s life numerically. Earlier Monday, Trump went on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” to discuss Graham’s
Today, both Republicans and Democrats eulogize Graham. To really honor his memory, though, they should recognize that compassion and national security are not mutually exclusive, and that while there is rot in the United Nations system, there is also promise. The trick is
Writer E. Jean Carroll has received a payout of the over $5.6 million owed to her three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. “Three years ago, a unanimous nine-person jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and
Hundreds of economics and artificial intelligence researchers warned Monday that institutions must begin preparing for the potential economic upheaval AI could unleash, while putting many jobs at risk. The open letter, signed by Nobel laureates, top computer scientists and
President Trump announced on Tuesday that he would scrap his proposal yesterday for a 20 percent tolling fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and would instead pursue trade and investment deals with Gulf states. Trump made the pitch a day ago as part of efforts to
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Congress must take the courts out of the Justice Department to insulate judges from political interference.
Bipartisan design only makes sense if the agency is truly insulated from partisan control.
The department said the codes have been showing up in posts online.
President Trump is welcoming Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House on Tuesday morning as tensions in the Middle East simmer over renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran. Al-Zaidi, a political newcomer who took office earlier this year after receiving Trump's
Last year, the Trump administration publicly lied about the content and status of a multimillion-dollar stockpile of contraceptives that was allocated for foreign aid but slated to be destroyed amid Elon Musk’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Newly
The Trump administration wants to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted a video message to X Monday saying that the ICC has turned into something “radical and extreme” and that the U.S. will now target the court. “As we speak, the ICC
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced that he will vote against Representative Thomas Massie’s measure to cut off all aid to Israel—even though it’s a policy that the vast majority of Democratic voters agree with. “I will be voting no on Republican Amendment #8.…
The speaker wants the House Budget Committee to markup a budget blueprint Thursday, but it's not clear it will have the votes.
President Trump on Monday proposed that the U.S. impose a toll on the Strait of Hormuz for providing safe passage to vessels traveling through the battle-ridden waterway in attempts to restore international oil shipping levels. The president said the U.S. would be “reimbursed”