Clarence Thomas choked up recalling a promise he made after his grandparents' deaths and Thomas Sowell's influence on his thinking about self-reliance.
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent is advocating for President Donald Trump to get the U.S. out of the Iran war and remove U.S. troops from the Middle East.
Taliban officials rejected President Trump’s suggestion that Bagram Air Base near Kabul could return to U.S. control after it was abandoned during the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan under the Biden administration. The Taliban indicated it is willing to talk with the Trump administration about the base — which was built by the Soviet Union...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper called ABC's decision to suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show a "direct" violation of the First Amendment, accusing the broadcaster of stifling speech critical of President Trump and his allies. “If we do not have the ability to criticize, mock, investigate our leaders, we are no longer the United States of...
Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace on Friday in what the country’s top diplomat called an “unprecedented and brazen intrusion.” The three Russian MiG-31s flew into Estonian airspace for 12 minutes, Margus Tsahkna, Estonia’s minister of foreign affairs, wrote in a post on X. Tsahkna said that the Russian charge d’affaires was summoned...
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel is meeting for the second day Friday to vote on guidance for the Hepatitis B and COVID-19 vaccines for children. The 12-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), in its first meeting on Thursday since Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Speaker Mike Johnson is ready to bring a continuing resolution (CR) to avert a shutdown to the House floor on Friday, before the chamber leaves for a recess that stretches beyond the Oct. 1 government funding deadline. Democrats have vowed to vote against the funding bill, demanding restoration of Medicaid support and action to extend...
It is exceedingly difficult to comprehend why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an airstrike on a group of Hamas leaders meeting in Doha. These men were negotiating with representatives of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, to bring a halt to the conflict in Gaza. And the Mossad had refused to mount a ground operation to...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg weighed in on former Vice President Harris’s assertion in her new book that picking him as her running mate would be “too risky,” saying he was "surprised." “Well, I was surprised when I read that — I just believe in giving Americans more credit," Buttigieg said Thursday in an interview...
It took Democrats until the spring and summer of 2024 to get serious about unwinding the excesses of the opening phase of Joe Biden’s presidency. And they unwound as hard and fast as a deep-sea fisherman’s reel after a tarpon hit the line. The administration changed course on fossil fuels, student loans and, most notably,...
ABC has taken Jimmy Kimmel off the air for making hateful comments about the recent murder of Charlie Kirk. Does that constitute an attack on free speech, as some of his supporters are alleging? No. That is called accountability. Kimmel is perfectly free to spew his left-wing atrocities, but ABC is also free to decide...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Anna Gomez said Thursday that the independent regulatory agency does not “have the authority” to retaliate against broadcasters over what they choose to run on air. “That's exactly the point, because we don't have the authority to do this, because it's against the law, we would not be able to...
For two decades, China’s strategy in Africa was straightforward: shower the continent with opaque and corrupt loans to build roads, ports, and power plants, securing influence and natural resources for itself. But that lending boom is winding down and the bills are coming due. As China shifts from serving as Africa’s ATM to its debt...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Reactions to Trump's media threat ▪ Partisan tensions reach boiling point ▪ CDC panel shifts vaccine guidance ▪ Senate Dems back Palestinian state The fallout from Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and President Trump’s battle with media outlets is spreading as the president suggests licenses be...
There is a time for everything. Now is the time for the Department of Veterans Affairs to go opioid-free. When I first began practicing medicine at the VA, it was common to “prescribe” alcoholic beverages to veterans. Many VA hospitals even listed whiskey, wine, and beer on their formularies to make patients “more comfortable.” Although...
