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Trump admin reportedly considers NIH grant approval takeover

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Trump reportedly looking to take over NIH grantmaking Dissatisfied with how grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are being awarded, the Trump administration reportedly began discussions over the weekend to add more political influence over how the funds...

The Memo: Trump’s latest war on the media met with lawsuit, TV boycott

An all-out confrontation between President Trump and the media escalated Monday, as three banned outlets launched a legal fight, Trump compared some reporting to “cancer,” and five major TV networks came together to announce a de facto boycott of White House pool coverage. It’s a remarkable sequence of events that began with Trump’s Friday announcement...

Former WHCA president on Trump’s press ban: ‘An attack on one outlet is an attack on everyone’

Former White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) president Weijia Jiang on Sunday said President Trump's ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from covering the White House was an "attack" on all other news outlets. "This is not a tantrum by three media outlets who are upset because they can't get into the White House...

Hegseth to chair Pentagon’s new homeland defense panel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now oversee a new Pentagon advisory committee focused on homeland security and defense — the first such department panel to do so. The Homeland Defense Board (HDB), announced in the Federal Register on Sept. 11 and first reported by Defense News, is meant to fill what the Pentagon sees as...

Appeals court reinstates GOP House map in Missouri for November election

A federal appeals court reinstated the Missouri GOP's 7-1 House map to be used in time for the November elections, delivering a boost for several Republican candidates who wanted a more favorable map for the party to be used in the midterm elections. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that using...

Trump says Mamdani has ‘great potential’ after Gracie Mansion visit

NEW YORK — President Trump offered rare praise of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) Monday, saying he has “great potential.” The two leaders chatted inside Gracie Mansion before holding a press conference ahead of Tuesday's United Nations General Assembly in the city. “No, I certainly hope he will be a great mayor,” Trump...

CIA director meets with Zelensky at airport in Ireland

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at an airport in Ireland on Monday as the two waited for their planes to be refueled en route to the U.S., a person familiar with the meeting told The Hill. Ratcliffe and Zelensky briefly met at Shannon Airport, said the source, who declined to...

Trump expecting district court loss over lawsuit from CNN, MS NOW, Politico

President Trump railed against the judge who has been assigned to a case seeking to challenge his ban on three media outlets from covering the White House and telegraphed he might be forced to let the journalists working for the trio back in the building. "They have drawn a great Judge, for them," Trump said...

AI fears hit Trump-Xi agenda

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story AI fears hit Trump-Xi agenda, but challenges abound Apocalyptic warnings about the danger of uncontrolled artificial intelligence are adding new urgency to talks between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping set for later this week. © Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP, File Trump has dismissed AI’s existential...

Fury erupts over Mamdani parade invite as old Columbus insult resurfaces: ‘Are you kidding me?’

Zohran Mamdani's Columbus Day Parade invitation sparks fury among Italian Americans over his 2020 post flipping off a Christopher Columbus statue.

Rep. Eric Burlison: ‘Most of my colleagues are drunk on spending other people’s money…even Republicans’

Eric Burlison (MO-7) has a plan to fix healthcare for the American people, and blames exploding healthcare premiums for American's lack of discretionary income.

Gavin Newsom is finally apologizing for COVID. Let me help him finish

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently made a surprising admission: He has regrets about how he handled COVID. How touching.

Why U.N. Agencies Can’t Police Themselves

Too often, nefarious actors are thwarting humanitarian efforts and wasting U.S. taxpayers’ money.

Trump’s Familiar, and Legally Dubious, Move to Revoke White House Press Passes

With the Trump White House revoking CNN’s press pass, it is understandable if you feel like the news is in reruns.

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