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Trump Throws 1 A.M. Temper Tantrum Over How Innocent He Is

President Trump went on a long Truth Social rant at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning after Michael Cohen—Trump’s former lawyer who went to jail for his role in a hush-money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels—said he was coerced into testifying against Trump on Michael

Live updates: Rubio, Blanche face Senate panels

On Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the House on Tuesday morning in budget hearings. Rubio as well as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will do the same in the upper chamber. The secretary of

Bolton: Iran thinks Trump 'in a mood to give in'

Former national security adviser John Bolton suggested Monday that Iran is relying on fluctuating oil prices as leverage in its ceasefire negotiations with the U.S., hoping the domestic political pressure will push President Trump into concessions. “I think the regime in Iran

Dr. Oz to helm White House press briefing

Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, will host the White House press briefing on Tuesday, becoming the latest Trump administration official to fill in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt while she is on maternity leave. Oz follows

Put a revolution-era woman on the $250 bill

President Donald Trump wants to release a $250 bill with his picture on it to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary, but federal law prohibits printing money with a living person on the bill and Congress would have to pass new legislation to make it happen.

Trump demands New York civil, criminal cases be thrown out

President Trump is demanding that his criminal conviction and civil fraud judgment in New York be tossed, months after his former lawyer claimed he felt “pressured and coerced” to testify against Trump during the investigations. Trump ranted in an overnight Truth Social post

We must not participate in the crime of enabling

In December 2024, while sitting at home outside Jerusalem, I received the most extraordinary email possible. The subject line was the name of my late grandfather, murdered in Auschwitz in May 1944. My initial thought: Spam. I took a quick look; there were three identifying

California’s 3-horse race for governor comes down to the wire

In today's issue: ▪ Close finish looks likely in California ▪ Status of Iran talks uncertain ▪ Trump drops ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ▪ Airline industry pushes back on Mullin It’s primary day in California, and the primary field for governor appears to be down to a three-horse

Ukraine changed its tactics, and now Putin is slowly losing

The events of recent days in Ukraine and Russia have radically changed the picture of the war as well as attitudes toward the Russian aggressor. There was recently a telling sign of the shift: Russia, for the first time in almost 20 years, held its festive annual parade on Red

Trump’s Jan. 6 story becomes GOP’s status quo

President Trump’s narrative about Jan. 6, 2021, has become the dominant one in the Republican Party, as candidates and prominent lawmakers backing his claims about what happened that day have notched wins at the expense of GOP rivals with a different view. The latest round of

Transcript: How Democrats Can Win the Crime Debate

This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 1 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon . You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic . Great guest

The Rise of Right-Wing “Biblical Economics”

Have you ever heard of “biblical economics”? At first blush, you might presume that the phrase must involve the application of love-thy-neighbor moral teachings to business practices and economic policy. There is indeed a long and varied tradition of applying various principles

How Democrats Can Win the Crime Debate

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . In the 2022 and 2024 elections, Republicans successfully used the issues of crime and immigration to cast Democrats as

View hosts criticize Platner amid sexting controversy

Multiple hosts on ABC’s “The View” slammed Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner for his litany of controversies, after reports surfaced over the weekend that he sent sexually explicit messages to women after he married his wife. Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as

Platner to meet Tuesday with Senate Democrats

Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner is meeting with Senate Democrats on Tuesday, according to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. A campaign official told NewsNation’s Jackie Koppell that the meeting is a “longstanding” one. It will take place after reports

Powell's warning

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Powell warns of political pressure on Fed Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Sunday warned of growing political pressure on the central bank, saying it