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The United Kingdom and France gathered more than 50 countries in Paris on Friday for a discussion focused on joint efforts to secure free trade through the Strait of Hormuz.  French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer co-chaired the panel. The discussion included representatives from 51 countries, with around 30 to 40...

An Iranian state news outlet on Friday questioned the "unexpected tweet" from Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following the start of Israel and Lebanon's 10-day ceasefire. Araghchi wrote on the social platform X that the Strait of Hormuz was open "for all commercial vessels... for the remaining...

The Senate on Friday passed a 10-day extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers, approving a House plan hatched on the floor after a chaotic rejection of a package negotiated with skeptics. The bill will now head to the president’s desk, but Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will continue to dominate Congress in...

A federal judge this week rejected the Trump administration’s pre-emptive lawsuit from last year to block the state of Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies over climate impact concerns. Hawaii Senior U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor dismissed the administration’s lawsuit with prejudice in a Wednesday ruling. Federal officials filed the U.S. complaint on April 30,...

A jury on Wednesday found Ticketmaster's parent company Live Nation to be guilty of running a monopoly over large venues across the U.S.

The president should be smart enough to understand that religious leaders answer to a higher authority than him.  

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee Friday morning on the administration's priorities for health care. Kennedy faced back-to-back hearings before two other House committees on Thursday — his first appearances on Capitol Hill in 2026 — where he faced questions on President...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday will testify once again before a House panel on the Trump administration's health care agenda. It comes a day after he was grilled by lawmakers over vaccine changes and his "Make America Healthy Again" initiative. President Trump on Friday is set to speak at...

Is President Trump trying to nudge older conservatives off the Supreme Court? Did former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) just give the GOP a shot at the California governor's mansion? Will the U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz hand Trump a win in Iran? Plus, what about the Michigan Senate race? The Hill’s senior vice...

[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Despite the hardening realization that the House of Representatives has moved out of reach for Republicans this fall, you’d still...

Newsom may be in a hurry to become president, but his record as governor will likely be a giant speedbump slowing him down. 

Cameron Hamilton, who was fired from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) almost a year ago, is expected to be tapped by President Trump once again to lead the disaster relief agency, according to multiple reports. A source who was not authorized to discuss the plans publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity told The...

At some point, outreach starts to look like abandonment of core supporters and principles.

The Trump presidency has highlighted the need for new reforms to prevent executive branch abuse, as the post-Watergate era laws and norms have been eroded, and suggested reforms include prohibiting presidents from owning public companies, communication platforms, and stakes in companies engaged in cryptocurrency, as well as requiring presidents to publicly release their tax returns and limiting executive orders.