The Justice Department announced Thursday it cut more than 360 grants to work with the Department of Government Efficiency, removing millions of dollars that went toward diversity victims and feminist organizations.
President Trump on Thursday said trade negotiations are unfolding between the U.S. and China but refused to say who was involved, adding to confusion around the tariff spat after Beijing said no such talks are underway.
President Trump is getting dour reviews from voters on his handling of inflation and the economy, but they are satisfied with his approach to immigration and securing the border, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.
The New York mayor's race has already attracted roughly a dozen candidates, including a disgraced former governor, a democratic socialist and a Republican best known for founding the Guardian Angels vigilante group.
President Trump said he'll meet with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Thursday for an interview following the notorious Signal app incident.
President Trump on Wednesday signed a “full and unconditional pardon” for Michele Fiore, the conservative firebrand and former Las Vegas City Council member who was convicted of wire fraud last year. A jury found Fiore guilty of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in October 2024, for...
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is asking the Trump administration to halt the deportations of Afghan Christian refugees in the United States. In a letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Raffensperger said he has “deep concern” after the department revoked protections from deportation for Afghans, along with Cameroonians. “I...
China has left President Trump twisting in the wind on tariffs, declaring it is not engaged in any negotiation with the U.S. as the tariffs take a political and economic toll on Washington. Trump and the White House insist the U.S. and China are making progress toward a deal, but they’ve provided no concrete proof....
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea mining has never been done — though some companies have pushed for it — but the seafloor is expected to contain valuable materials. A Trump administration official told reporters Thursday that it expects to find manganese,...
Demonstrators gathered Thursday on the steps of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building for a “die-in” over proposed funding cuts at the agency that could devastate programs addressing LGBTQ health disparities. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sought to radically reshape the department and its approach to health care, including through...
Evening Report is The Hill's evening newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below. DEMOCRATS ARE GRAPPLING with internal divisions as primary season gets underway ahead of next year’s midterm elections. David Hogg, a vice chairman at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is facing pushback over his group Leaders We Deserve, which says it will spend $20 million to back...
China canceled 12,000 metric tons of United States pork shipments amid a high-stakes trade standoff between the superpowers, according to data released Thursday. China, one of the biggest U.S. trading partners, axed 12,000 metric tons of U.S. pork orders, the data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows. The move represents the biggest cancellation...
The Defense Department will resume providing gender-affirming care for service members, a blow to the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate transgender individuals from the U.S. military. A Pentagon memo dated Monday and revealed Thursday states the department will restore surgical procedures and cross-sex hormone therapy to individuals, including dependents of troops, as first reported by Politico....
