Following Afghan shooting case, Trump administration launches rigorous audit of immigration status for residents from nations deemed security concerns.
President Donald Trump's MRI results reveal normal cardiovascular health as the administration faces increased media scrutiny over the 79-year-old president's fitness.
U.S. troops with facial hair were barred from attending an upcoming event with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in South Korea this week, according to reports. An email purportedly from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base in South Korea — posted to an unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page — advised troops that “members...
Japan will gift 250 cherry trees to the United States in honor of celebrations to mark 250 years since America’s founding, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday. “To have a magnificent celebration, we will extend a gift of 250 cherry trees to Washington, D.C.,” Takaichi said during a meeting with President Trump at the Akasaka Palace...
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for repeatedly saying he does not follow news about President Trump when asked by reporters. In his Monday night broadcast, Stewart flippantly advised Trump critics to “just pretend like you don’t see it, like Speaker Mike Johnson,” before playing footage of Johnson...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in Japan on Tuesday that the country’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. It was unclear if Takaichi's nomination would be tied to any specific achievement. The Hill has reached out to the Japanese Embassy in Washington for comment. ...
President Trump met with Japan's new prime minister Tuesday, just days after Sanae Takaichi took office. Lavishing praise, he told her, “Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level.” Later, he rallied U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington, docked outside Tokyo, praising Defense...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford ran an ad highlighting President Ronald Reagan's support for free trade, which resulted in retaliation from President Trump, who imposed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian goods and canceled all trade negotiations with Canada.
Is there a point at which Republicans and the broader conservative movement take President Trump’s third-term push seriously and start trying to make it happen? His former adviser Steve Bannon told The Economist that there is “a plan” to make Trump president again despite the limitations of the 22nd Amendment. “There’s many different alternatives,” he said, declining to reveal any of...
House Republicans are calling on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the Biden administration’s use of an autopen, an effort they hope will unwind various actions taken by former President Biden. The 100-page report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee caps an investigation brought by the panel following questions about Biden’s mental...
President Trump met Monday with families of Japanese citizens who had been abducted by North Korea amid speculation about whether he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posed for photos and spoke with the families, some of whom held up pictures of their loved ones....
Senate Chaplain Barry Black on Monday offered a pointed prayer, saying he hopes lawmakers remember that "no gold medals given" for breaking shutdown records. “Eternal God, our king, when our children and grandchildren want to know what we were doing in the 119th Congress, during the famous shutdown, may we not have to give these...
President Trump on Monday signed an agreement with Japan to ramp up cooperation on the processing of critical minerals and rare earth materials, underscoring a major priority of his trip to Asia. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed off on the agreement, which outlines how the two countries are “intensifying their cooperative efforts” to...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said Monday that she thought a “tax the rich” chant at a Sunday rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was “Let’s go Bills” instead, referencing the NFL team the Buffalo Bills. “Given the reception you received last night at Zohran’s rally, where people were chanting, ‘tax...
President Trump on Monday met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shortly after she became the country’s first female prime minister, where the two touted the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Trump and Takaichi met at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo one week after Takaichi officially took over as prime minister. Trump congratulated her on becoming...
