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NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani identified as Black, Asian on Columbia application: report

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani listed himself as Black on a Columbia application but later said he wasn’t, according to reporting from the New York Times.

ICE director says progressive Dem should apologize to voters after calling agency a ‘terrorist force’

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is calling out the hypocrisy of progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who said the agency is "acting like a terrorist force."

Trump says economy will ‘rocket’ after signing ‘big beautiful bill’: ‘It’s going to be really great’

President Donald Trump said his "big beautiful bill" will turn the U.S. into "a rocket ship" after Congress passed what he called the biggest bill of its kind ever signed.

Trump’s remarkable win streak marks a big, beautiful beginning for a historic second term

You wouldn't know it from the Democrats' caterwauling, but President Trump is riding high...

US looking into attempt to impersonate Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles: Report

The White House and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are looking into a reported attempt at impersonating White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, according to a Wall Street Journal report. People familiar with the message told the outlet that an unknown individual sent text messages and made phone calls to multiple notable Republicans...

Absent Trump support, GOP leery of approving tougher Russian sanctions

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Absent Trump support, GOP leery of approving tougher Russian sanctions A bipartisan bill to place tough sanctions on Russia has more than 80 Senate cosponsors, but Senate Republicans are leery of putting it on the...

Trump goes after Leonard Leo in attack on tariff ruling 

President Trump denounced a court ruling blocking his tariffs in a lengthy Truth Social post Thursday night that targeted Leonard Leo, who played a central role in shaping Trump’s judicial picks during his first term. “Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY. Backroom ‘hustlers’ must not be allowed...

Flake pushes Republicans on Trump foreign policy: ‘Responsibility to speak out now rests with you’

Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) pushed Republicans to speak out on President Trump’s foreign policy in a Thursday opinion piece for The Washington Post. “America’s global leadership has never been perfect, but it has been indispensable. For decades, our willingness to engage — to lead not only with our military or markets but also with...

Karl Rove: Trump tariffs could cost GOP their majorities

Republican strategist Karl Rove said in a Wednesday opinion piece that President Trump’s tariff rhetoric could cost the GOP its majorities in Congress. In the Wall Street Journal piece, Rove said the Trump administration’s “messaging” around trade “is a muddled mess.” “Republicans should hope the president really believes in reciprocity—the policy that if countries lower...

Trump to hold press conference with Musk as Tesla CEO departs government

President Trump will hold a press conference on Friday at the White House alongside Elon Musk, who is departing his role as a special government employee. "This will be his last day, but not really, because he will, always, be with us, helping all the way. Elon is terrific! See you tomorrow at the White...

Lynch, Mfume enter race for top Oversight Committee Dem

Two additional Democrats, Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) and Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), on Thursday launched their bids for the top Democratic spot on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Mfume, in a letter announcing his candidacy, stated he was "prepared to meet that moment; as my lifelong friend, successor, and predecessor Elijah Cummings did when he...

Swiss village buried in glacier collapse

A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch Glacier, located above Blatten, collapsed, causing a gigantic landslide,” the government of the canton of Valais said in a Thursday press release translated from French. “At the bottom of the valley, a huge deposit of ice...

Supreme Court narrows NEPA

Presented by Entergy {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Supreme Court narrows environmental reviews The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of environmental review under one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. © Greg Nash In an 8-0 ruling Thursday, the high court determined reviews conducted under the National Environmental...

GOP senators to hold hearing on Biden’s ‘cognitive decline’

Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced Thursday they will hold a hearing next month on what they’re calling President Biden’s “cognitive decline while in office and the mainstream media’s subsequent coverup.” It will be the first full congressional committee hearing on the topic. “For four years, when the American people saw Joe...

Anti-abortion group targets 12 GOP senators

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare — A key anti-abortion group is pressuring a group of Senate Republicans to back a measure aimed at defunding Planned Parenthood. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Group pressures GOP senators to defund Planned Parenthood The House-passed bill to advance President Trump’s agenda includes...

DOGE cuts spur debate

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Conservatives ramp up DOGE push There’s been a growing chorus of complaints made by fiscal hawks in Congress and prominent conservatives outside Capitol Hill in the days since the House’s passage of President Trump’s “one big,...

The Memo: Tariffs pause, Musk exit hold silver linings for Trump

President Trump could have his political fortunes buoyed by two developments that are not of his own choosing. Within hours on Wednesday night, Elon Musk announced he was departing from his political role, and the Court of International Trade blocked many of the tariffs that Trump had sought to impose in early April. On the...

Musk caps off DOGE time voicing frustration

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk caps off DOGE time voicing frustration Elon Musk is exiting the White House with little to show for his cost-cutting push and a list of frustrations from his time in the Trump administration. © United Press International Musk entered politics with grand ambitions of slashing federal spending and...

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