The funeral for the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is being held at the House of Hope in Chicago on Friday afternoon. The service at 752 E. 114th St. will begin at 12 p.m. EST, with the doors opening to guests at 10 a.m. EST. Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack
The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations, two months after President Trump launched a military operation that resulted in the capture of the country’s president and U.S. control of its oil industry. The State Department on Thursday said the
As the legal battle over the firing of Yosemite National Park ranger Shannon “SJ” Joslin heats up, Joslin tells The Hill that their termination is part of a broader Trump administration campaign against the transgender community and the federal workforce. “Yes, I lost my job
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vowed further consequences against outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, after President Trump announced her exit from the agency on Thursday. The governor has rebuked Noem and the Trump administration over DHS’s immigration
We could all breathe a sigh of relief if Donald Trump had fired Kristi Noem for the right reasons. If, for example, Trump had determined that a Cabinet member who accused two American citizens of engaging in “domestic terrorism”—after they’d been shot at point-blank range by
As job growth stagnates , as oil prices spike amid war on Iran, and as the majority of Americans view his second term negatively, President Trump has laid his eyes on Cuba. In a phone call with CNN’s Dana Bash on Friday, Trump, unprompted, turned his attention to Cuba. “Cuba is
The Justice Department has released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files related to allegations against President Trump, a move that came after the department was pressured to review its disclosures following reports that some files were missing. The files include FBI
For many Cubans who care deeply about their country’s independence, American interest inspires less hope than unease.
President Trump said on Friday that he would be open to having another religious figure to lead Iran following a joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week. When asked by CNN’s Dana Bash in a phone interview if he would be okay with having
Surprise, surprise: Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again stabbed Donald Trump in the back—but this time, it wasn’t about the war in Ukraine, it was about Iran. Russia has been helping Iran target the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft,
Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Friday said “we saw this coming” after President Trump announced he was replacing Kristi Noem as DHS chief. “There have been a series of unfortunate incidents that have overshadowed the great success and
With the air war begun in Iran, we are only now seeing how the Iraq War ends, 25 years later.
The U.S. president could not care less if Iran’s violent retaliation includes the deaths of American citizens. Actually, it’s something he’s planning for. When asked by Time if Americans should be worried about Iran attacking them at home, Trump responded: “I guess.” “But I
Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who also previously served as commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), argued Wednesday that the U.S. military has achieved “air supremacy” over Iran as conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Petraeus was asked by NewsNation host Blake
The funeral for civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson is being held in Chicago on Friday afternoon. Jackson, 84, died last month after battling the neurodegenerative disorder progressive supranuclear palsy, his family said in a statement. The political sphere — including
President Trump responded to rising fears of retaliation from Iran on the U.S. military, as the conflict ramps up in the Middle East. When asked during a phone call with Time magazine’s Eric Cortellessa on Wednesday about whether Americans should be concerned about a potential
Republicans in Congress want the Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a White House aide in Donald Trump’s first administration who testified against the president during congressional hearings about the January 6, 2021 Capitol
Despite its flaws and shortcomings, polling remains the primary prism through which journalists, pundits and the public at large evaluate the ebb and flow of political campaigns.
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs, and unemployment rose 4.4 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, a dismal economic showing for an economy that was already on shaky ground. “Let me put this another way: The US economy has LOST jobs since April
The father of one of two young girls killed and buried in suitcases in Collinwood, Ohio told Nexstar's WJW Thursday that he tried for years to get his daughter back from the girl's mother.
President Trump on Friday called for Iran’s unconditional surrender to end the war launched by the U.S. and Israel last week. “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump posted to Truth Social. “After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE
This may explain several recent Trumpian enthusiasms.
U.S. military investigators believe that it’s likely the United States was responsible for the deadly strike that killed more than 175 people, including dozens of children, at a girls’ school in Iran. Two U.S. officials told Reuters Thursday that the horrific attack at Shajarah
The Justice Department released FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of beating her after he sexually assaulted her when she was a child. The interviews took place between August and October 2019. The woman, according to her testimony , was abused by Jeffrey
Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) says the Senate will confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security, praising his colleague as “competent” and “honest.” Welch welcomed Mullin’s nomination as an opportunity for Republican and Democratic
President Trump is mourning the death of legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, who died Thursday at the age of 89, remembering him as a “true American patriot.” “The wonderful Lou Holtz passed away yesterday, so sad. Lou was an absolute WINNER both on and off the field,”
President Trump reupped his calls on Thursday for regime change in Iran, nearly a week after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on the Middle East nation that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We want to go in and clean out everything. We don’t
The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February and the jobless rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The February jobs report showed the nation's labor market rapidly losing steam last month, defying the expectations of
Industrial revival requires investing in competitiveness, not reshuffling bilateral trade accounts.
Iran and Lebanon were pummeled overnight, as President Trump said he wants to "clean out everything" when it comes to Iranian leadership as the conflict expands in the Middle East. “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump posted on his social
President Trump on Thursday confirmed his dissatisfaction with a pricey ad campaign that featured Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. The comments to NBC News come after Trump announced that Noem would soon be replaced as DHS chief. The $220 million
[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.] The premise of the first year of the second Trump administration was a kind
The war in Iran is once again proving that oil is an essential geopolitical weapon.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing California to proceed with a politically gerrymandered map favoring Democrats may be, as the headlines proclaimed, a victory for Democrats, just as the Texas map gerrymandered in favor of Republicans was considered a victory for
Many employers responded to rising health insurance costs by scaling back pay increases, the New York Fed found.
"AI has allowed propaganda at scale."
Ben Affleck joins Netflix as a senior adviser on the deal.
Like much that comes out of the UN, it is all a ruse.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 6 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. White House press secretary
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ The breaking point for Noem ▪ Trump steps up Iran involvement ▪ Gonzales ends reelection bid ▪ Savannah Guthrie visits “Today” show President Trump’s decision to replace Kristi Noem as secretary
The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is rapidly expanding across the region, sucking in Gulf allies and pulling European countries and Iranian proxies into the fight. Since the joint operation was launched over the weekend, Tehran has retaliated by firing thousands of drones and
America’s pressure campaign on Cuba is pushing the country to the breaking point, with President Trump and Republicans in Congress predicting the communist regime’s imminent fall. A major blackout across the western half of Cuba on Wednesday underscored the energy crisis
The toppling of Kristi Noem on Thursday marks the first firing of the second Trump presidency and the exit of a face at the center of President Trump’s controversial pledge to carry out mass deportations. During her tenure as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
On September 12, 2002, Benjamin Netanyahu—then out of government and power—was invited to the U.S. House of Representatives to provide “an Israeli perspective” on a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq. With his usual hubris and swagger, Netanyahu made a confident prediction : “If
In her prose poem, “Toni Morrison,” Nikki Giovanni imagines cooking a “Toni Morrison stew.” Among its ingredients are the heightened contradictions that characterize her novels: An exotic mix of tears and sympathy. Nothing grows except The Bluest eyes and a special shot of
President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran is an illegal and unconstitutional war. Congress did not authorize military action against Iran. The joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, and wiped out a
In 2022, Margaret Messerlie went to vote in Houston County, Georgia. She selected her candidates on the machine, which then printed her ballot to be deposited in a scanner to count her vote. But first, having been swayed by conspiracy theories about rampant election fraud
By the time Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney left the stage at the World Economic Forum on January 20, observers understood his speech’s importance. In front of the elite audience at Davos, with which he is intimate as a former central banker for Canada and the United
Customs officials will head to court Friday to lay out ideas for how to process refunds for billions of dollars of tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court. Judge Richard Eaton, who serves on the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, began managing the process this