The man tapped to fill Pam Bondi’s shoes isn’t any better at handling the Epstein files than she was. Hours after Donald Trump named him as Bondi’s temporary successor on Thursday, acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche took to Fox News, weaving a bold-faced lie about the
President Trump is seeking the largest military budget in this country’s modern history for 2027, even as a multitude of domestic issues—from health care, to housing, to the general cost of living—continue to persist. The White House on Friday requested $1.5 trillion from
President Donald Trump is bragging about committing war crimes in Iran—and promising to commit even more. The United States military executed a double-tap strike on a highway bridge outside of Tehran, according to a U.S. official who spoke anonymously to The New York Times
The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.
America's attacks on Iran reveal a deeper strategic logic behind Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine: a renewed emphasis on controlling the maritime chokepoints that underpin economic and geopolitical power.
The White House is denying reports that Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard is next, after President Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said Trump has “total confidence” in the DNI "and any
The White House on Friday is expected to send its 2027 budget proposal to Congress. It is expected to include a major boost to defense spending, as much as $1.5 trillion, with about $350 billion funded via reconciliation, an official with the Office of Management and Budget
The U.S. job market accelerated in March, adding far more jobs than expected after a major February decline. U.S. employment grew by 178,000 jobs last month, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The March job boost came in far higher than the gain of
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The Kremlin may have attempted to lay the groundwork for a hybrid aggression with the Narva People’s Republic “hoax.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that Pam Bondi's ouster from the Justice Department was not related to the Trump administration's release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I have never heard President Trump say anything that the
The flyby is drawing new scrutiny, not from the Army this time, but from a government ethics watchdog group.
[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.] I’m not aware of any Justice Department in any administration that wasn’t
President Trump issued a warning to Iran to make a peace deal on Thursday evening, saying the U.S. military has not begun “destroying” the Middle East nation and reupping his vow to “finish the job." “Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World,
The current system never requires unions to get the consent of the workers they represent. Florida is changing that, but Oregon is making it worse.
The 2028 Republican nomination will be influenced by Trump's confrontational nature and the potential for chaos, with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential candidates, and Trump's mental state and the possibility of a presidential health crisis
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Bondi ousted as attorney general ▪ DHS funding plan goes to House ▪ White House ballroom approved ▪ Resentencing for Tina Peters President Trump is hoping for a fresh start with the Department of
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 3 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. If Donald Trump’s speech
If the United States economy is headed off a cliff, better that we receive no warning in advance. That may not be the stated goal of the Trump administration, but, to borrow a term from the late MIT economist Paul Samuelson, that’s its “ revealed preference .” The preference in
The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. At Wednesday’s oral arguments, the justices showed little interest in letting the president arbitrarily deny citizenship to untold numbers of Americans. But
President Trump’s biggest fans and strongest critics agree on something: The downfall of Pam Bondi as attorney general had two causes. The largest failure was her inability to secure convictions of the president’s enemies despite his adamant urging that she should do so. “He is
Films don’t come much more self-consciously provocative than Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama . It’s a cautionary tale about the power of gossip, designed to pique the curiosity of a social mediasphere in thrall to its gorgeous A-list stars. The sheer
Campaign contributions from Palantir are becoming a thorn in the side of Democrats in the midterms, as lawmakers on the left dig into the Trump administration’s immigration efforts and the controversial tech company’s involvement. Several Democratic candidates have returned or
Tehran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz is complicating President Trump’s exit strategy from the Iran war. Trump in a Wednesday night address to the nation dismissed concerns about the strait, asserting that the U.S. produces enough oil to sustain itself and that other
Since the launch of his political career more than a decade ago, President Donald Trump has always been sensitive to his approval ratings. His popularity in office has never topped 50 percent, a first for a modern president, but there has also consistently been a clear floor:
Graham Platner, an oyster farmer with a plainspoken style, isn’t a typical Senate candidate. But in a cycle where political outsiders are increasingly gaining traction, candidates like him are no longer outliers — they’re becoming contenders. Platner’s candidacy is an early
Jewish groups are raising alarms over a judge's ruling this week that the University of Pennsylvania must turn over contact information for Jewish faculty and organizations on campus to the Trump administration. While the Trump administration says the information will assist
During Donald Trump’s speech on Iran this week, he revealed too much. In a line that sounded partly ad-libbed, he declared that the Strait of Hormuz “ will open up naturally. It will just open up naturally.” This should be read as a straight-up admission that Trump has no idea
A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has departed Croatia after receiving repairs during a five-day port visit, the Navy announced on Thursday, a sign the warship could be poised to rejoin U.S. military assets in the Middle East. The ship sailed out of
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday defended the SAVE America Act after a George Washington University student challenged whether the proposal was “worth” risking the possible disenfranchisement of millions of Americans to stop “a few hundred cases of voter
Hot sauces, barbecued beef brisket, cake, 58 tortillas – here's a look at what the astronauts aboard Orion have to eat during their journey.
A federal judge in New York tossed out actor Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims Thursday against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us,” but he left intact two retaliation claims.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth forces out Army chief of staff Hegseth removes Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, who will retire immediately, as the U.S. military
President Trump on Thursday offered rare praise for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after the senator joined with most members of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to approve plans for a sprawling ballroom on the East Wing of the White House. “I would like to thank the
Golfer Tiger Woods appears to have called President Trump after his rollover crash in Florida last week, according to body camera footage obtained by multiple outlets Thursday. Footage released by the sheriff’s office in Martin County, Fla., shows a deputy asking Woods, who
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump unveils 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical imports After threatening to impose tariffs on drugmakers throughout 2025 to secure Most Favored Nation (MFN) agreements, President Trump
A spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry said Thursday the U.S. has a new precision strike missile and used one to kill a group of children on the first day of strikes carried out by the U.S. and Israel. "The American new #PrSM [precision strike missile], which made its
Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Wednesday called on U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove to recuse himself from the pro-Palestinian activist's immigration case, where he risks deportation. Khalil's lawyers filed a petition requesting Bove's recusal over his
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Stocks sink, oil rises after Trump’s Iran war speech The stock market opened with losses Thursday morning and oil prices shot higher in the wake of President Trump’s speech on the Iran war. © Seth Wenig,
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Federal regulator faces off against states over prediction market rules The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois over the states’ efforts to place restrictions on prediction
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was lifting a ban on service members’ ability to carry personal firearms on U.S. military bases. “Our warfighters defend the rights to carry. They should be able to carry themselves,” Hegseth said in a video posted on
A voice actor on the popular animation series “Bob’s Burgers” was seriously injured after crashing his vehicle into a toll plaza in New Hampshire on Tuesday, according to New Hampshire State Police. Eugene Mirman, 51, was traveling northbound on the Everett Turnpike shortly
House Oversight Chair James Comer isn’t ruling out making Bondi honor the subpoena the panel slapped her with last month.
The Pam Bondi era at the Department of Justice (DOJ) is coming to an end, less than 14 months after it began. President Trump announced Bondi’s departure from the DOJ on Thursday, after she spent her tenure frequently defending the president and overseeing the rollout of files
Pam Bondi’s loyalty to President Trump wasn’t enough to save her. She constantly praised him during press conferences. She was combative in congressional hearings where she defended him and even lauded the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But he still fired her
Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired the technology streaming show "TPBN" in a surprise move for Silicon Valley. The acquisition was announced online by both brands Thursday, though no official cost for the deal was disclosed. Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the U.S.'s "import reliance" as reason for the decision. "I have determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate
A federal law requiring presidents to preserve and hand over presidential records to the government at the conclusion of their term is unconstitutional, according to a legally nonbinding Department of Justice (DOJ) opinion. The 52-page opinion, first reported by Axios, found
A month after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a prime-time speech on April 1, saying the military operation was "getting very close" to completing its mission. Trump repeated some false and questionable claims