House Republicans should pass a budget package that indexes capital gains to inflation, which would help small businesses and ordinary Americans preserve their assets while turbocharging the economy.
A new executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday expands retirement benefits for employees without employer-provided benefits through the upcoming launch of TrumpIRA.gov. Eligible workers will be able to enroll in private-sector retirement plans called Individual
President Trump announced new tariffs against European car imports Friday, threatening to mess with the economy further. In a Truth Social post , Trump announced that he is “pleased to announce that, based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to
While officials say talks with Iran are progressing behind closed doors, publicly, it looks like a stalemate with a ticking clock.
✈️ Plus: The record-long DHS shutdown ends! {beacon} Happy Friday and happy May! Sunsets in the Washington area will happen at 8 p.m. or later now through late August. *Do a little happy dance* Oh, and “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is now in theaters! In today's issue: Iran war’s
The Trump administration massively restructured the FBI in order to accommodate its deportation goals. More than 6,000 FBI agents were diverted to handling “immigration-related matters” during the first nine months of Donald Trump’s second term, reported The Intercept Friday.
Americans must resist this dangerous attempt to undercut foundational disability rights laws.
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time we've discovered a little more evidence that the phone is on its way to a release. Trump Mobile's T1 Phone has just
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has named Katherine Szarama to be the acting director of the unit in charge of regulating vaccines and other biological products for human use. An official for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed to The Hill that
President Trump announced Friday he is increasing tariffs on the European Union, accusing the bloc of not complying with its trade deal with the U.S. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that starting next week, he will increase the tariffs on cars and trucks coming into the U.S.
The U.S. Secret Service agent who was injured during a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner last Saturday was not hit by friendly fire, according to the federal law enforcement agency. Secret Service Director Sean Curran told NewsNation, The
The majority of the United States’ military positions in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian strikes, according to a CNN investigation released Friday. At least 16 American installations across eight countries have been struck as part of Iran’s retaliatory strikes
The Cuban regime has long understood the value of curated encounters with foreign sympathizers.
This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 30 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, everybody. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of the New Republic show Right Now . We
Activists across the country are planning to partake in May Day rallies organized to push back against U.S. policies that they believe are favoring “billionaires” over families and everyday workers.
The Texas Third Court of Appeals late Wednesday approved conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's appeal to pause the satirical outlet The Onion from taking over Infowars. The court stayed the turnover order after The Onion reached a deal for a takeover last week. The next hearing on
The Trump administration exposed the private Social Security numbers of dozens of health care providers while setting up a new Medicare portal. The Washington Post reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which is run by Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz
The federal law prohibiting home distilling is un-American in both its spirit and letter
Investigators say the suspect created around 800 fake orders, then refunded the money to himself.
Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher nationwide.
Alex Jones’s final meltdown on InfoWars was a defiant rejection of the company’s new ownership. Satirical outlet The Onion bought the far-right conspiracy network, ending what was arguably Jones’s most successful endeavor and marking the beginning of his descent into
Cole Allen, a Caltech graduate, is accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump, and his actions may be attributed to the heated rhetoric used in modern political life, which can lower the psychological barrier to violence.
President Trump said Thursday that he is not satisfied with the current standing between the U.S. and Iran, amid stalled nuclear deal negotiations between the two countries. “We’ve already won, but I want to win by a bigger margin,” Trump told Newsmax’s Greta Van Susteren.
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday determined that President Trump’s halt on processing immigration applications for citizens of countries listed under his travel ban was unlawful, granting an injunction on a policy she determined was unfairly leaving thousands in
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday accused the Pentagon of lying about the U.S. cost of the war in Iran. "The Pentagon is lying. Netanyahu's gamble has directly cost America $100b so far, four times what is claimed," Araghchi wrote in a social media post,
Former President Biden dropped his first endorsement of the 2026 midterm cycle Friday morning, backing former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia governor’s race. Bottoms made a surprise decision not to run for reelection as mayor in 2021 and then joined the
It’s official: Donald Trump’s war in Iran is less popular than some of the least popular wars of all time. Sixty-one percent of Americans said that using military force in Iran was a mistake, according to a Washington Post /ABC News/Ipsos poll Friday, placing how Americans feel
The war in Ukraine is draining Russia’s forces; Moscow has little to spare for its African adventures.
The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according to an announcement on Friday. At the same time, the Defense Department has left
One Republican governor isn’t going along with President Trump’s attempt to redraw congressional maps around the country. Georgia’s Brian Kemp said Friday that he isn’t going to cancel the state’s May 19 primary elections in order to draw new maps in time for November,
If Chief Justice John Roberts has uttered two quotable sentences in his career that will likely appear high up in his New York Times obituary, they are these. The first comes from his 2005 confirmation hearing: “My job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.” The
A majority of Americans believe the U.S. military's use of force against Iran was a mistake, according to a new poll. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos survey, published this week, found that 61 percent of U.S. respondents said they believe the Trump administration erred in
At the press briefing that followed the shooting, Trump crossed party lines and transcended the violence targeting him. He was finally, improbably, truly presidential.
Seven of the country's major artificial intelligence firms have agreed to deploying their AI systems in the Defense Department's (DoD) classified networks, as the agency seeks to bolster the technology into military operations. OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection AI, Microsoft,
The president’s elder sons are making money hand over fist off of their father’s office. At least two companies tied to Don Jr. and Eric Trump have won large government contracts, setting the stage for the Trump family to make a sizable chunk of change from their involvement in
The “drill baby drill” strategy could never live up to its billing as a magic bullet.
Five people reportedly died following a plane crash in the Wimberley area of Hays County.
The record-long shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came to an end Thursday after President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the agencies. The bipartisan agreement comes after months of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, stretching
Some Republican lawmakers aren’t buying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s excuse to skirt congressional authorization for Donald Trump’s war in Iran. The War Powers Act Resolution of 1973 states that the president can deploy armed forces in a hostile environment for up to 60
Friday marks 60 days since President Trump officially notified Congress of the U.S. military's operations in Iran. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced concerns about the conflict exceeding the time limit covered by the War Powers Act, during which the president can
For the first time in 60 years, the terms are not the same.
Progressive Democrats cheered after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) preferred candidate, Gov. Janet Mills (D), exited Maine's Senate race, reshaping the field. Republicans are eyeing potential congressional seat gains following a Supreme Court ruling on the
[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.] President Trump has never been this unpopular. And it’s not even close. His
President Trump has every right to seek retribution against those who have undermined and attacked him for more than a decade. But what critics call his “revenge tour” must be done judiciously, or it will do more harm than good.
A senior Trump administration official said Thursday that “for War Powers Resolution purposes,” the military operation against Tehran was already “terminated" following the ceasefire deal reached between the U.S. and Iran. Friday marks 60 days since the administration formally
Some are coalescing around the idea of capping Social Security benefits for top earners.
President Trump is hosting a UFC event on the White House South Lawn on Flag Day, which has sparked outrage among many Americans who believe it is inappropriate to have a violent event on the anniversary of the U.S. flag's adoption.