In today’s episode, economist Paul Krugman lays out an expansive case that Donald Trump holds a losing hand in the war with Iran. Krugman also argues that Trump can’t seem to admit that the Strait of Hormuz problem has cornered him. Krugman also details why the situation could
California gubernatorial candidates struggled to break through on the debate stage Tuesday, as Democrats look to capitalize on former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) dramatic exit from the crowded field. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, billionaire Tom Steyer,
President Trump on Tuesday said King Charles III “agrees” that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. “We're doing a little Middle East work right now, as you might know, and we're doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we're never going to
More than 70 Democrats in the House signed on to a Tuesday letter urging President Trump to block Chinese automakers from saturating the U.S. car market. Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell (D) led the effort with support from 73 colleagues ahead of Trump’s meeting with Chinese
The GOP agenda is running aground, and many lawmakers believe only direct presidential engagement will fix it.
Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday said the agents who responded to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner did a “great job” reacting to the unexpected intruder. “My agents did a great job,” Curran told CBS News's Nikole Killion, while appearing for a
Republican leadership has struggled to break stalemates amid intraparty debates.
President Trump and Melania Trump will be joining Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a meal fit for royalty. The White House has released details of the menu for Tuesday's state dinner. The first lady "led preparations for the dinner," according to the White House.
The House is seeking to advance a biofuel bill and then procedurally tie it to the Farm Bill before sending the package to the Senate. The legislation in question enables year-round sales of gasoline with a high ethanol content, which is typically restricted in the summer due
Republican leaders snapped the House out of a state of limbo caused by GOP infighting as the House Rules Committee advanced an ambitious slate of high-profile, must-pass bills on Tuesday evening — tacking on two major sweeteners to appease corn-state Republicans and hardline
House Republicans have teed up a vote to renew the nation’s spy powers that has those on varying sides of the issue crying Groundhog's Day. The GOP is once again moving ahead with legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Stalemate on a deal with Iran The Trump administration continues to pour cold water on a reported proposal by Iran that would end the two-month
Former FBI Director James Comey issued a Tuesday video response to a new indictment on two charges of making threats to harm President Trump stemming from a social media post in which he arranged seashells that read “86-47.” “Well, they're back. This time about a picture of
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Former Fauci aide charged for evading records requests The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted David Morens, a former top official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Multiple Republican lawmakers poked fun at Democratic lawmakers for applauding King Charles III on Tuesday, given their prior support for “No Kings” protests against President Trump. Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) asked on the social platform X, “Why did I just watch every
More than five years after it was granted approval in court, payments in the massive $2.67 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement should start hitting people's bank accounts in just a matter of days.
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who now chairs the powerful Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is taking the Pentagon to task for sitting on $400 million in military aid to Ukraine authorized by Congress. And he is putting the spotlight on
The White House posted a picture of President Trump and King Charles III with the caption “two Kings” amid the monarch's visit to the U.S. on Tuesday. Opponents of the president have used the phrase "No Kings" in protests against the Trump administration. On Sunday, Trump
The FCC is ordering an early review of the broadcast licenses of several local television stations owned and operated by Disney, the sprawling media and entertainment conglomerate that owns ABC. In a filing made on Tuesday, the department confirmed it had been conducting an
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Controversial pesticide policies complicate farm bill A contentious pro-pesticide provision in the farm bill could create hurdles to the legislation moving through the House, as lawmakers aligned with the Make
Republican lawmakers will get their chance to air out frustrations with the Trump administration’s handling of the Iran war and a string of high-profile Pentagon firings when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes back-to-back public appearances on Capitol Hill this week. Hegseth
The economic front in the U.S. war against Iran is reaching a crisis point for both sides, as negotiations on an end to the war remain deadlocked over Iran's nuclear program. Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz has sent average U.S. gas prices to their highest average
King Charles III of the United Kingdom spoke before a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, becoming only the second British monarch to do so. The sole precursor was his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, who spoke in 1991. Charles’s address came at a moment of sky-high
Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to defeat a resolution sponsored by Senate Democrats to stop President Trump from launching military operations against Cuba without authorization from Congress. The resolution sponsored by Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is rolling out its messaging playbook ahead of the Trump administration’s push to pass President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request, arguing that increasing defense spending will create more jobs and boost local economies.
House Republicans during a Tuesday hearing blamed hospital and health systems for high health costs, excoriating a group of CEOs for exorbitant benefits packages, large profit margins and mergers. “Our communities are better off with hospitals in them, but large health systems
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin went after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) over recent raids targeting fraud of federal agencies in Minnesota, telling the governor that “you have *zero* credibility on this issue.” Law enforcement agencies on Tuesday executed multiple
The State Department is rolling out a slew of new passport designs to commemorate the country’s 250th birthday, including one featuring President Trump’s face. The Bulwark and Fox News reported Tuesday that the department is adding Trump’s likeness to passports, set to be
A Florida Senate panel and a separate Florida House committee advanced the GOP-favored House map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday, putting it one step closer toward clearing the upper chamber. The Florida Senate Rules Committees moved forward a new set of
UnitedHealthcare on Tuesday said it fired an employee who made sympathetic comments toward the suspect involved in a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. An employee identified as Alison King uploaded to social media a video in which she
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Polls, gas prices have Democrats up, GOP down A few months ago, Republicans were highly confident they’d retain the Senate, where the GOP would have to lose a net
The US Department of Justice has once again indicted James Comey - this time, for an alleged threat the former FBI director made toward President Donald Trump on Instagram, as reported earlier by CNN. In its indictment, filed in a North Carolina federal court on Tuesday, the
British monarch King Charles III made an appeal to the shared values between the U.S. and the U.K. while stressing the importance of international cooperation and service in a historic address to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday. “The challenges we face are too great for
President Trump on Monday signed a measure stripping protections from a Minnesota wilderness area and instead opening it up to mining. The White House announced that Trump signed a resolution passed by the House and Senate to undo Biden-era protections for an area around
On Tuesday, King Charles III delivered a speech to Congress full of the stuff President Trump opposes. During his remarks, Charles mentioned that the Magna Carta—the foundational legal document signed by England’s King John in 1215—was cited multiple times in U.S. law, noting
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Tuesday said he hopes that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will depart the central bank at the conclusion of his term next month. Powell’s term as chair is set to end on May 15, but he has previously said he would continue as a board member
BP earned $3.2 billion in the first quarter, the energy giant reported Tuesday — an exponential increase in its profits that beat market projects amid the rising cost of oil due to the Iran war. It’s the company’s highest profit in three years and first reported sign of growth
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google to provide AI models to Pentagon for classified work Google has signed a deal with the Pentagon to provide its artificial intelligence (AI) models for classified work, despite concerns raised by hundreds of employees this
A new poll shows President Trump's approval rating has slipped to the lowest level of his second term, with more Americans mostly pointing toward his handling of rising cost of living prices instigated by the conflict with Iran. The Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday showed
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went after Florida’s current redistricting push, saying “it'd be a bad mistake if they move forward.” The push, which comes on the heels of a vote in Virginia to approve a new congressional map that favors Democrats, is likely the last time a
The U.S. is seeing the highest rate of tick-related emergency department visits in nearly 10 years.
President Trump slammed the chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after Friedrich Merz said the U.S. was being “humiliated” by Iran. “The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” Trump wrote on
Jimmy Kimmel is drawing fresh ire from President Trump and the White House, which called for his firing over a joke he told before a man tried to assassinate the president at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. Kimmel’s quip that Melania Trump had
King Charles III—whose brother Andrew was a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein and has been accused of sexual misconduct—made no mention of the sexual predator or his victims during his joint address to Congress, even after saying that he would. Earlier on Tuesday, HuffPost
Taylor Swift has been at the center of AI imitation controversies for years, and now, she's become the latest celebrity who's escalating attempts to protect herself from AI copycats. As usual, however, the legal system intersects with technology in complicated ways - and
The White House has literally elevated Donald Trump to “king” status. While King Charles of Britain delivered an address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, the Trump administration was cooking up a P.R. photo to exploit the royal leader’s fleeting visit. “TWO KINGS,” the
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and FBI Director Kash Patel each rushed to claim credit for a sweeping law enforcement operation across the Minneapolis area on Tuesday after federal officers conducted raids at multiple businesses as part of an ongoing fraud investigation. Agents
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) on Tuesday railed against a push to fund President Trump’s White House ballroom, citing affordability concerns in her state and nationwide. “My constituents can’t afford f---ing groceries or utility bills, and he now wants to spend taxpayer money on
Support for Democratic and Republican candidates is evenly split among likely midterm voters, according to a new poll. The Harvard-Harris poll found that 50 percent of likely voters said they would support a Democratic candidate and 50 percent said they would support a