When I was in fifth grade, I aced the Presidential Fitness Test. Not because I was some athletic prodigy — I was a large child who’d later become a big man — but because we had a pull-up bar at home. My parents had installed it in a doorway, and like my 5-year-old daughter today, […]
King of the Hill aired the final episode of its original run on Sept. 13, 2009, when then-President Barack Obama still enjoyed a double-digit net approval rating, the BlackBerry was still the premier smart device, and Donald Trump seemed to be fading permanently from public life as The Apprentice‘s schtick wore thin. At the risk […]
President Trump on Thursday evening nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Taibleson to serve as a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the sixth federal appeals court nominee of his second term. "It is my Great Honor to nominate Rebecca Taibleson to serve as a Judge on the United States Court of...
President Trump said on Thursday that he would like to see foreign journalists granted access to the Gaza Strip by Israel. "I'd like to see that happen, sure," the president told reporters at the White House. "I would be very fine with journalists going. And it's a very dangerous position to be in, as you...
A Minnesota man accused of killing State House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, Vance Boelter, was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury on eight charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that Boelter, who was also accused of injuring another Democratic Party state lawmaker and his...
Conservative pundit and social media personality Benny Johnson used an appearance in the White House Press Briefing Room's "new media" seat to rail against crime in Washington, D.C., and suggest a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer, who was recently assaulted in the District, be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "As a D.C. resident...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday said his counterpart, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was “in denial” about the suffering in Gaza. His comments come after Australia's commitment on Monday to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, following in the footsteps of Canada, France and the United Kingdom. Albanese said he spoke with Netanyahu...
The Department of Justice announced Monday it is settling lawsuits challenging race-based admissions at West Point and the Air Force Academy. Students for Fair Admissions, which won the Supreme Court ruling in 2023 banning race-based admission at universities, challenged the policies at military institutions, which were left off the high court’s decision two years ago....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking on what he calls a “no regrets strategy,” saying he must “fight fire with fire” in countering the President Trump-led redistricting efforts in Texas. In exclusive comments made to The Hill, Newsom said he is feeling “very confident” about moving forward with his own redistricting plan, as the California...
The world must not ignore the suffering in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed and starvation is at a record high, and Donald Trump must use his power to stop the Israeli military offensive and provide food and medicine to the area.
California Governor Gavin Newsom trolled President Trump on social media with a "SECOND-TO-LAST WARNING" post, ribbing him over his polling, squishy deadlines, and communication style, while also criticizing his attempts to rig congressional maps and his emergency declaration in Washington, D.C.
About one-in-three U.S. adults say their family’s finances have gotten worse in the past year, while another 40 percent said it roughly stayed the same, according to a new poll. The latest Yahoo Finance/Marist Poll survey, released Monday, found that 33 percent of U.S. adults said their family’s finances have deteriorated in the last year....
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that George Washington University is in violation of federal civil rights law and described it as “deliberately indifferent” to antisemitism on campus. The DOJ said George Washington took “no meaningful action” to combat antisemitism that led to harm to Jewish students and faculty. In a letter...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said he planned to call another special session after the GOP failed to achieve a quorum, or the minimum number of lawmakers needed in order to conduct business, to pass a new GOP House map. “With the Texas House and Senate today announcing they are prepared to sine die on...
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is set to introduce a resolution to party members this month that moves to limit corporate and dark money spending in primaries, according to a draft obtained by The Hill on Tuesday. The resolution states that the “only way” to solve the “problem” of the flow of unlimited corporate...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott accused President Trump of promoting "racist viewpoints" after Trump suggested expanding his crime crackdown to other major US cities with Black mayors, while Scott noted that these cities have seen historic lows in violent crime.
National Guard troops began arriving in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Trump deployed some 800 members to the nation’s capital to combat what he called out-of-control violent crime. The troops were seen arriving at the D.C. Armory, the National Guard’s headquarters in the city, and are expected to be on the ground...
