President Donald Trump has a constitutional obligation to check his ego at the door when it comes to military readiness. Increasingly, he is failing to do so, and it is having deleterious consequences for the Navy. Trump reacted petulantly to concerns about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. Operating in the Arabian Sea, […]
Ryan Routh, the man accused of plotting to kill President Trump as he golfed in south Florida last year, was found guilty Tuesday following a trial where he mounted his own defense. A jury of 12 Floridians convicted Routh on all five counts he faced in federal court, including attempted assassination of a major...
President Trump warned that countries are going to “hell” if they embrace the green energy transition and fail to clamp down on irregular migration, in a long and highly combative speech that questioned the purpose of the United Nations during its 80th annual gathering. Trump followed through on what the White House previewed as “tough...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will shutter the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), accusing the 74-year-old panel of “advancing a divisive feminist agenda,” the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Hegseth “has decided to terminate” DACOWITS, as he believes the committee “is focused on advancing a divisive feminist agenda that hurts combat readiness, while [he]...
President Trump on Tuesday canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders aimed at preventing a government shutdown, saying their demands were ridiculous and that no meeting could be productive. The decision, unless it is reversed, means Trump will not meet with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) lauded California’s redistricting efforts in a Tuesday video and encouraged residents to support the push, which follows Texas's successful redrawing of its congressional map. “California, you know we don't back down from a fight. And this November, the fight belongs to you. Donald Trump is redrawing election maps to force through...
Comedian Jon Stewart and his audience were among those mocking President Trump’s pronunciation of acetaminophen on Monday. The president struggled to pronounce the medicine during a press conference in which he advised pregnant women to avoid taking the drug due to an alleged connection to autism in children. Acetaminophen is the primary ingredient in Tylenol,...
Nexstar Media Group, the largest provider of local news in the country, said Tuesday its affiliate stations will not carry comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late night show on ABC ahead of the host's highly anticipated return to the airwaves this week. Kimmel was suspended by ABC last week for comments during an opening monologue, in which...
President Trump on Tuesday argued the United Nations is contributing to issues involving migration around the world, calling on allies to crack down on the issue in their own countries. “Not only is the United Nations not solving the problems it should, too often it’s actually creating new problems for us to solve,” Trump said...
Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in the House on Tuesday released an open letter condemning political violence. The letter, first shared with The Hill, comes in wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month, and after a House resolution honoring his life and legacy last week divided Democrats. While Monday’s...
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President Trump on Tuesday claimed climate change was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” as he used his speech to the United Nations to bash efforts to reduce carbon emissions and move toward clean energy. “It’s the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world in my opinion. Climate change, no matter...
Democratic leaders on Tuesday criticized President Trump for canceling their planned meeting to prevent a governemnt shutdown next week, accusing the White House of "running away from the negotiating table," in the words of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). “Trump is running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there,” Schumer said...
Tara Reade, a former Senate aide who accused former President Biden of sexual assault, said on Monday that she is now a Russian citizen. “This was a very special day. I am now a Russian citizen! What an honor. Thank you to President Putin for this amazing honor of signing a decree making me a...
