Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela Smith announced Monday she is stepping down at the end of this year, a little more than two years after starting the D.C. role. “I am deeply humbled, grateful, and deeply appreciative of my time with the District of Columbia,”
The most elusive mystery of the days surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has for years been the two pipe bombs planted outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee offices on the eve of the riot. Clues emerged, like the suspect’s height and the distinctive
President Trump said Monday that he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to China in a key win for the chipmaker. “I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other
For some strange reason, two members of President Trump’s Cabinet, both men, spoke about the benefits of breastfeeding at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, Monday afternoon. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) took a swing at House Republican leadership in a new opinion piece for The New York Times. “I came to Congress five years ago believing I could make a difference for my constituents, for South Carolina and for a country I love deeply. I was the first
European powers rallied behind Ukraine on Monday after President Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a day prior, accusing him of not reading the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. "We stand with Ukraine," British Prime Minister Keir
President Trump cast blame on members of his own party Monday for halting some of his U.S. Attorney nominations — most recently for his former personal lawyer, Alina Habba. Habba announced earlier Monday she would step down as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after a panel
Five days after he promised the American public that they would be able to see drone footage from the September 2 airstrike in the Caribbean, Donald Trump has decided to walk it all back. The president scolded a reporter during a White House roundtable Monday, berating her for
President Donald Trump revealed Monday just how clueless he is about his own tariff policies, and appeared to improvise new rice tariffs on the fly after speaking with one rice farmer. During a roundtable to unveil a $12 billion bailout package for American farmers, Meryl
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said inflation may persist through the coming year, but that the stock market could remain at near-historic highs as well. Dimon gave his assessment of the “broader macro story” for the 2026 economy in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning
Lawmakers are aiming to withhold a portion of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until he provides the Armed Services committee in both chambers “unedited video” of strikes conducted against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. The provision is included in the
As President Donald Trump eyes a federal top-down AI “rulebook," the GOP governor maintained it should be up to Congress, not the president, to establish such a sweeping policy.
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a rising star within the Democratic Party, on Monday launched a bid for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) hotly contested seat. Crockett entered the primary field Monday evening, releasing a campaign video on the social media platform X and linking to
His campaign would complicate Rep. Elise Stefanik’s path. Trump praises both.
President Trump on Monday demurred when asked about an ongoing war between Netflix and Paramount for moviemaker Warner Bros. and said he has not spoken with his son-in-law Jared Kushner about his reported role in helping Paramount win the company's board over. "I don't know
President Trump on Monday lashed out at a reporter who asked about impending GOP House resignations. “There’s at least 20 House Republicans who have either said they’re going to retire or not run again—” “And Democrats, and Democrats also. And Democrats also,” Trump chimed in.
Joseph Hibbeln, a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said Monday that a vote to axe a recommendation that every newborn get the hepatitis B vaccine "wasn't based on data.” “I repeatedly asked for
President Trump said Monday he would defer to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether to release video of a controversial military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, shifting his stance from last week. ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott asked Trump whether he
Donald Trump’s latest attempt to appeal to American farmers involves imagining that he’s ever operated a piece of farm equipment. The country’s agriculture industry is in the toilet—largely thanks to the president’s volatile tariff plan, which has destabilized relationships
The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.” Lawmakers on Sunday released a negotiated version of the annual defense authorization bill that resolves differences
President Trump on Monday lashed out at an ABC News reporter after she pressed him on his comments about controversial military strikes on alleged drug boats, marking the latest instance in recent weeks of the president criticizing a female journalist. ABC's Rachel Scott asked
Protesters packed the Indiana Statehouse Monday to fight against Republican plans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to give their party an extra advantage and eliminate the state’s two Democratic congressional seats. President Trump has pushed for the redistricting,
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) leads among young Democratic voters in a hypothetical 2028 presidential primary, according to a new survey. The Yale Youth Poll, released on Monday, shows Ocasio-Cortez with a double-digit lead over former Vice President Kamala Harris,
More American newborns are not receiving vitamin K shots, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study found that from January 2017 to December 2024, 3.92 percent of the more than 5 million newborns in a U.S.-based
A 31-year-old social worker was stabbed to death inside Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital late last week, a tragic incident that some officials have criticized as “predictable and preventable.”
President Trump’s former lawyer and interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba is stepping down from her role in the wake of a 3–0 appeals court ruling that found she was “unlawfully” serving in the position. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with a
The Teamsters, one of the nation’s largest and most diverse unions with 1.3 million members, unveiled a Substack newsletter Monday, becoming the first major union to use the online forum to reach people outside traditional media. The move was spearheaded by Sean O’Brien, the
Bruna Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, is pushing back on the “disgusting” narrative from the Trump administration that she’s an absent mother and a criminal. Ferreira — who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Separate Senate Republican contingents are floating competing proposals on health care, as the party struggles to unify behind a plan to stop looming premium hikes. GOP leaders are faced with a political dilemma: Either they extend the subsidies and endorse ObamaCare, which
Alina Habba, the former personal attorney to President Trump, is stepping down from her contested position atop the federal prosecuting office in New Jersey after federal courts ruled she was unlawfully appointed. She said in a post on X that she’ll continue to serve the
It’s not looking so good for former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—or any Democratic appointees at federal agencies. While hearing arguments Monday in a case challenging Slaughter’s removal earlier this year, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed primed
The Department of Transportation (DOT) on Friday rescinded an $11 million penalty on Southwest Airlines imposed during the Biden administration. The order from DOT amends its 2023 directive, which fined Southwest $140 million, $35 million of which was due to the U.S. Treasury
President Trump has been quite upset over six Democratic legislators telling members of the military that they have to refuse illegal orders, calling the lawmakers seditious and saying their statements are “ punishable by DEATH .” But as it turns out, Attorney General Pam Bondi
Cinnabon said, in part, that it does "not condone this behavior."
A conservative advocacy group led by former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday praised provisions in the annual defense bill that called for increased military spending and stripped out a proposal covering in vitro fertilization (IVF) for active-duty military members.
For Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping, events in America could not be more to their liking.
Congressional leaders on Sunday released the text of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a compromise defense policy bill that fully repeals sanctions on Syria, seeks to put restrictions on withdrawing service members positioned in Europe and provides some
Rep. Ilhan Omar is speaking out regarding massive welfare fraud allegations in Minnesota, her home state, under the watch of Gov. Tim Walz. Because the vast majority of the fraudsters are Somali, and because Ilhan Omar is herself a member of that community, she appeared on
Congress's annual defense policy bill does not include a provision expanding coverage of assisted reproductive technology for military members, including in vitro fertilization, sparking the ire of lawmakers and advocates. Currently, service members’ Tricare insurance only
GOP Representative Brian Fitzpatrick sat down with CNN’s Manu Raju on Sunday and directly criticized the recent policy decisions of President Trump and the Republican Party in general, further emphasizing the various internal rifts on the right. The Pennsylvania representative
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s Monday. Welcome back! This week has already started with a bang. Let’s get into it. In today's issue: • Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. • Supreme Court hears major Trump case • MTG’s fiery ‘60
The Trump administration is attempting to slash housing funding and punish homelessness, which will result in over 4,000 formerly homeless people in Louisiana being forced back onto the streets, and will not address the real driver of homelessness, which is the soaring cost of
President Trump is expected Monday afternoon to announce $12 billion in aid to farmers in the U.S. Farmers, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are expected to join the president at the White House for the announcement. Watch the
Talk about a bad beat, or was it? The Denver Broncos took care of their AFC West rival the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, but the end of the game left some fans and sports bettors scratching their heads. Denver, which was a seven-and-a-half-point favorite at kickoff, led the game
The military's strike on drug boats has brought into light the need to define what a war crime is, as the standard of conduct should be maintained at all times, even in the worst of conditions, and the responsibility for this restraint must come from the top.
The Education Department announced on Monday it is adding an earnings indicator at the end of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process to warn students about institutions with poor financial outcomes. During the FAFSA process, students indicate which
South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn (D) said Sunday he doesn’t think the U.S. is ready for a woman to be president. “If you look at the history, we demonstrated that we are not ready, these are incredible women who have run, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris,” Clyburn told NBC's
Prince Harry has maintained without property security he wouldn’t be able to bring his family back to the U.K. for safety reasons.