For decades, activists and economists have urged America’s elite universities to expand their undergraduate enrollment. Yet the schools resisted, keeping class sizes artificially small to protect their prestige and climb college rankings. Now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some of these same institutions are finally serving more Americans — democratizing access to elite […]
The State Department has paused visas for Afghan nationals after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot close to the White House. “The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety,” the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military's recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post. “As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth said Friday evening in a...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) committed to repaying his fraud victims on Wednesday, days after President Trump commuted his sentence and the former lawmaker walked free from prison. In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” the New York Republican said his legal team is “looking into” ways to pay restitution, even though his clemency order frees...
The Oslo-based Nobel Peace Prize committee may have turned down President Trump’s latest bid for glory. Yet by honoring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado — at a time when Trump is openly backing efforts to topple the government in Caracas — it has laid bare the extent to which the peace prize has become...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ US sanctions Russian oil companies ▪ Merkley’s marathon speech ▪ The Democrats’ conundrum ▪ Texas governor goes after professors President Trump on Wednesday took his most significant and direct action yet against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a...
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could soon be headed to San Francisco. McLaughlin said in an interview with NewsNation's "The Hill," there would be "no safe haven in the United States, whether that be Los Angeles, Chicago, New York or San Francisco." "We do...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Todd Lyons said Wednesday that New York City will see more immigration arrests, after protesters confronted agents during an operation. "You will see an increase in ICE arrests because there are so many criminals and illegal aliens that have been released in New York, specifically," Lyons said in a...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Wednesday that the U.S. military conducted another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing three “narco-terrorists.” Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization and that the individuals on board were engaged in “narco-trafficking.” It is unclear which designated terrorist organization the...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Wednesday night that he will sue the Trump administration for sending immigration agents to San Francisco. "Send troops to San Francisco and we will sue you, @realDonaldTrump," Newsom wrote in a post on X, which included a video of the governor at a press conference. "We're going to be...
The three candidates in New York City’s mayoral race took to the debate stage for the final time on Wednesday less than two weeks out from Election Day. There was no shortage of fireworks between Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D), former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who’s now running as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa,...
Just over half of Americans believe President Trump is using the Department of Justice to go after his political enemies, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. Of those who were polled, 52 percent found the criminal charges to be unjustified. Broken down by party, 6 percent of Republicans see the charges to be...
