Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world...
Paris is a city of great pleasures, but one of the best is sitting on the exterior terrace of a cafe, drinking something delicious, and puffing away on a cigar. It’s a pretty complete experience — two kinds of intoxicants entering the bloodstream, the bustle and hum of the city as it passes by, the […]
I’ve told you about U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nick Mitchel, who earned his combat action ribbon on his first day in the war in Afghanistan. Months of regular combat, and then … Sometimes things happen in the military that seem more like a novel or a Hollywood movie than real life. Mitchel, six other Marines, […]
Many political analysts did not believe Republicans could pass a single, sprawling bill encompassing much of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda using the budget reconciliation process. The majorities in both Houses of Congress were too narrow and the coalitions too diverse to achieve agreement, they argued. But Trump, with major assists from Republican leadership, continued […]
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Comedian Nathan Fielder took a swing at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday over a statement in which the agency pushed back on claims from his HBO show, “The Rehearsal.” During a recent episode of “The Rehearsal,” Fielder points to communication issues between an aircraft’s captain and first officer as appearing “to be the...
🔵 Plus: Democratic generational battle takes shape {beacon} THE WHITE HOUSE ON THURSDAY raged against two federal courts that blocked most of President Trump’s tariffs, urging the Supreme Court to intervene and promising to overturn a decision the administration described as “judicial overreach.” Press secretary Karoline Leavitt read from a lengthy opening statement at...
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision this week to appoint a new director of the Pentagon’s operational test enterprise and rapidly cut its staff by more than half. Hegseth said his directed reorganization, which would reduce the staff, budget and resources at the Office of...
The New York Times announced Thursday it would partner with Amazon and allow the company to use its content as part of its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The multiyear licensing agreement will bring Times editorial content to a variety of Amazon customer experiences and "broadens the companies' existing relationship, and will bring additional value to...
Matt Drudge mocked President Trump on Thursday with a headline on his aggregation page, making fun of a new trade on Wall Street in reaction to the president's economic policies. "TACO," as the trade has become known among investors and traders, stands for “Trump always chickens out" and looks to capitalize on the major fluctuations...
A group of 22 young Americans sued the Trump administration over executive orders the plaintiffs say will promote climate change. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Montana and challenges executive orders 14156, 14154 and 14261, which declare a “National Energy Emergency.” The Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and NASA are...
The White House on Thursday said it will fix errors in its “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, report after a news outlet’s investigation found that it cited sources that don’t exist. The report, released last week to much fanfare by the administration, cited hundreds of studies to purportedly find the root causes of chronic...
