Trump-appointed conservative judges have been lining up for years to audition for the next Republican Supreme Court opening. Lately, their efforts have been escalating, in keeping with Pres. Donald Trump’s well-known expectation of demonstrative fealty. One judge may have come
President Trump’s new special envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, wants to help make Greenland “part of the U.S.” “Thank you @realDonaldTrump ! It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S.,” Landry wrote on X after
Bari Weiss’s excuse for killing a 60 Minutes story about the Trump administration’s deportations proves just how poorly suited she is to be editor-in-chief of CBS News. In a call with CBS staff Monday morning, Weiss offered a flimsy explanation for her decision to hold a
What better way to recognize the 250th anniversary of American independence than a bloodless revolt against the current would-be king.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will swear in Zohran Mamdani (D) as New York City’s next mayor in a public ceremony on Jan. 1, 2026, a person familiar with the plan confirmed. Mamdani could pick any official authorized to notarize a legal document to swear him in as New York City’s
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering migrants living in the U.S. illegally a $3,000 stipend to voluntarily self-deport by the end of the year. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday that DHS is tripling the so-called exit bonus for migrants
The Trump administration has suspended the authority of five major offshore wind farms to keep building in federal waters, yet another escalation of the administration’s attacks on the wind energy industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a post on the social platform X
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board went after former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) over his “tax the rich” proposal in a New York Times op-ed. “The rich who favor higher taxes pitch this as an act of civic virtue. But paying higher taxes on income or capital gains is no
Vice President Vance on Sunday rejected the idea of "purity tests" within his party as tensions between different conservative factions rose to the surface during Turning Point USA's annual event in Arizona over the weekend. “When I say that I'm going to fight alongside of you,
The United States has a meal gap of 9 billion meals and wastes 120 billion meals, but with the right coordination and federal tax credits, a national food rescue system could ensure no American family goes hungry.
We bet you didn’t have this on your 2025 bingo card: Vice President JD Vance just quoted rapper Nicki Minaj defending white people. Following Minaj’s appearance at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest this weekend, Vance took to X Monday to tout that he’d finally found an actually
Kash Patel made the FBI buy a custom fleet of armored BMW X5 for him to ride around in, according to MS NOW. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000. “It offers protection not just against attacks with blunt instruments and handguns, but also against the world’s most
President Trump has denied disaster aid to the state of Colorado in the wake of wildfires and flooding. The office of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced the denial in a Sunday statement. He accused the president of playing “political games” and urged him to reconsider.
Files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are once again top of mind after the Justice Department released thousands of documents over the weekend. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, however, are unhappy with the high level of redactions found in the cache of
Red flag laws can be an effective tool to prevent mass shootings and suicides by allowing for the temporary removal of guns from individuals who pose a serious risk to themselves or others.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is pushing for the Senate to sue the Justice Department over the partial disclosure of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, accusing the administration of trying to “hide the truth.” Schumer says the Trump
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said President Trump had an “awful” last week and warned that the Republican Party will soon have a “big problem” if the president doesn’t begin making Americans’ lives better. “It's not a strange week, Jon, it's an awful week,” the
President Trump's disastrous speech has led to an early start to the 2028 presidential primaries, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emerging as a strong contender for the Democratic nomination and Vice President JD Vance as the leading Republican candidate.
It’s already happening: CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss just killed a story on 60 Minutes that would have humiliated President Donald Trump. In a leaked email Sunday evening, CBS News correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi notified her colleagues that Weiss had “spiked” a forthcoming
Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are attempting to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt and fine her for every day she doesn’t release the full Epstein files. The representatives’ bipartisan bill requiring the Justice Department to release the files passed
The five justices who stopped the Florida recount took a first step toward entrenching Republican control of the federal government.
Jeff Landry, President Trump's newly appointed special envoy to Greenland, says his goal is to make the autonomous Danish territory "part of the U.S." Landry, the sitting Republican governor of Louisiana, made the comment in a post Sunday night thanking Trump for naming him to
CBS News on Sunday pulled a “60 Minutes” segment from its latest episode that was set to highlight conditions inside the notorious Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration has deported Venezuelan migrants. The decision drew sharp backlash, including from the segment’s
Vice President Vance lashed out at white nationalist Nick Fuentes and former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki for attacking second lady Usha Vance, saying they can “eat s‑‑‑.” “Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki or Nick Fuentes, can eat
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) fired back at Vice President Vance on Sunday for suggesting her “street girl persona” was fake and for taking a jab at her nails during a speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. Vance insulted Crockett while listing Democratic candidates he
It’s far from obvious why President Trump would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug at a time when we are learning the many ways it is more dangerous than thought.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ DOJ defends partial Epstein files release ▪ US pursues more Venezuelan oil tankers ▪ Trump seeks DC golf course takeover ▪ Nicki Minaj appears at Turning Point conference The Trump administration
We should have outgrown all of this loony-tune nonsense. It is now 2025, after all.
City-owned grocery stores are perhaps the most hotly debated item on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s proposed affordability agenda . Proponents point to runaway food prices and the need to provide fresh groceries to the Big Apple’s underserved communities. Critics
President Trump is eyeing a takeover of the Washington, D.C., public golf system, but local golf officials and elected leaders are vowing not to cede control of the city’s affordable courses. The administration earlier this fall sent a notice of default to the National Links
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two lovers who are officially Going Through It decamp to a Cabin in the Woods to work things out. 2025 featured a series of sweaty, intimate thrillers about couples therapy exercises gone dangerously wrong. Both Osgood Perkins’s Keeper
It’s the end of an era. The GOP, in the person of Donald Trump, has fallen out of love with subjecting regulations to cost-benefit analysis. Our story begins in December 1980, when President Jimmy Carter signed (over the objection of four Cabinet agencies ) a law creating the
Minnesota’s Democratic Senate primary is setting up a high-profile clash within the party amid a broader fight over its future. A number of well-known Democrats have already thrown their support in the race for the reliably blue seat, which is pitting the more centrist Rep.
Senate Democrats are raising the threat of another government shutdown in late January as tensions with President Trump escalate over a series of recent maneuvers by the White House that Democrats say need a forceful response from Capitol Hill. Senate Democrats walked away from
In December 2024, Joe Biden, then in the last weeks of his presidency, made a final move to block the incoming Trump administration from resuming the execution of federal prisoners. With his clemency power, Biden transmuted the capital sentences of nearly all the men on federal
No tangible progress toward funding the government was made before lawmakers left for the holidays.
After Vice President Vance slammed Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh (D) on Sunday, Fateh fired back, saying Vance “took time away from the couch to try out comedy.” Vance, during his speech at Turning Point’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, said that Democrats “are not sending their
President Trump named Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) as his special envoy to Greenland on Sunday, after the president repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring the autonomous territory earlier this year. Trump said on Truth Social that Landry “understands how essential
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Ca.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Sunday that the House should hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in “inherent contempt” over the Department of Justice (DOJ) releasing an incomplete and heavily redacted tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine are committed to achieving peace amid negotiations on ending the ongoing war between the two countries. Witkoff said on the social platform X that he, along with President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and
Paul Coakley, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said Sunday that the Trump administration’s mass deportations are invoking fear in immigrant communities across the country. “It's instilling, as I said, fear in a rather widespread manner. So I
Rapper Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance on Sunday at Turning Point USA’s annual "AmericaFest" conference, where she talked to the organization’s Erika Kirk about President Trump and mocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). Minaj criticized Newsom over his support for
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) predicted Sunday that an extension of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will pass the House with backing from both sides of the aisle. “House Democrats are going to continue to fight to get this extension
Senate negotiators are set for a high-wire act on health care in the coming weeks after leaving Washington for the holidays without a resolution on the expiring enhanced subsidies, with lawmakers increasingly shifting into campaign mode as the calendar flips to the new year.
“Saturday Night Live” this week mocked President Trump’s new “Patriot Games” by likening them to the games in the famous “Hunger Games” book series. In the cold open, Trump, played by SNL’s James Austin Johnson, appears to be mimicking the address the president gave earlier
A new CBS News/YouGov poll found that less than 2 in 10 respondents believe President Trump’s policies are improving their current financial situation. The poll, released Sunday, found that 18 percent of respondents believe the president’s policies are making them financially
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested on Sunday he would not back Vice President Vance as a hypothetical candidate for president in 2028. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Paul cited his opposition to the Trump administration’s tariff and trade policy when asked whether he
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday that President Trump will likely back legislation to send $2,000 tariff rebate checks to Americans in the new year. “I would expect that in the new year, the president will bring forth a proposal to Congress to make
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Sunday he thinks it’s a “big mistake” for the Trump administration to release heavily redacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying the issue could now “plague them for months.” “I think it's a big mistake,” Paul said in an