EUROPEANS WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THEY HAD LISTENED TO TRUMP. President Donald Trump is back in the United States, tending to urgent political matters, including the upcoming midterm elections. But as usual, when he travels to Europe, Trump leaves a lot of turbulence in his wake. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, many European […]
PITTSBURGH — A little more than 75 years ago, my father and a handful of friends, all sons of Italian immigrants, hitched up their sleds and rode them from the top of the city of Pittsburgh’s Summer Hill neighborhood slopes onto East Street during what was later called the Great Appalachian Storm. That superstorm on […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday he is back in the Lone Star State after a viral photo showed him on a plane as the state prepared for a massive winter storm. “I’ve returned home from my work trip. It’s 66 degrees & beautiful. A storm is expected tomorrow night,” Cruz posted on the social...
With dangerously-cold arctic air already settling over a large swath of the U.S. Friday, at least 177 million people are under watches or warnings for ice and snow.
An FBI agent in Minneapolis who attempted to probe the death of a 37-year-old woman killed by a federal immigration officer earlier this month has resigned, according to multiple reports. Tracee Mergen left her job in the bureau's Minneapolis field office after facing pressure to discontinue an inquiry into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
Air Force One on Tuesday, en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will land at Joint Base Andrews after crew members identified "a minor electrical issue." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the issue was found after takeoff and, out of an abundance of caution, Air Force One will turn...
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order stopping Wall Street investors from buying and owning single-family homes, amid his push to focus on affordability ahead of the November midterm elections. "Buying and owning a home has long been considered the pinnacle of the American dream and a way for families to invest and build...
President Trump said Tuesday in an interview with The Hill’s sister network NewsNation that he will match Europe if it moves to threaten the U.S. on trade amid rising tensions over Greenland. “See anything they do with us, I'll just meet it. All I have to do is meet it, and it's going to go...
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday announced that Lindsey Halligan, the top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, has departed her position, citing Senate Democrats "making it impossible" for her to continue past her 120-day appointment deadline. "During her 120-day tenure as Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan...
Protect Our Care, a healthcare advocacy group, on Tuesday projected two critical messages onto the facade of the Health and Human Services (HHS) building in Washington, D.C., blaming HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for policies they say are making Americans sicker. “RFK JR: MAKING AMERICA SICK AGAIN,” read one message, projected outside the building....
The race to fill a state Senate seat in Georgia is headed to a runoff, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Democrat Lemario Brown and Republican Steven McNeel will head to a Feb. 17 runoff after neither candidate was able to cross the 50 percent threshold. There were five Republicans running, splitting the vote and helping...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed concerns that President Trump’s new tariffs could upend existing trade deals, saying he’s confident the disagreement with European allies over Trump’s push to acquire Greenland will “sort its way out.” In an interview with CBS News on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Lutnick defended Trump’s approach...
Virginia voters gave Democrats another special election win on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding to a string of recent victories for the party in the Old Dominion. Democrat Garrett McGuire will replace state Del. Mark Sickles (D), who has been tapped to be Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s secretary of finance, in the 17th House District. The Tuesday contests...
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham on Tuesday commentated during President Trump's marathon press briefing, saying it feels "like he's ... mentally slipping." "This presser is bizarre even for him," Grisham posted on the social platform X. "It’s all the usual rambling, off-topic tales, half-truths, lies, 'I’ve fixed everything - no one has ever...
President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that continued assassination threats made by leaders in Tehran would be met with the country getting "blown up." "Well, they shouldn't be doing it but I've left notification," Trump told NewsNation's Katie Pavlich on "Katie Pavlich Tonight." "Anything ever happens, we're going to blow the whole — the whole country's...
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that there would be an American “political earthquake” if President Trump uses military force in Greenland. “I think, even within the Republican Party, I see a lot of increased dissent over this. And I think if Trump actually used military force against Greenland, there'd be a political...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story The GOP’s midterm MAHA conundrum Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a strong contingent of supporters to the Trump administration through his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, but it’s unclear if this support will translate into the upcoming...
