The Rev. Al Sharpton early Monday pushed back on President Trump’s claim that he was paid to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential bid, saying he neither received money from the campaign nor formally endorsed the Democratic ticket. “Absolutely not,” Sharpton said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked if he was...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday welcomed a ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand that halts five days of border clashes that killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands of people. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim mediated the ceasefire. Malaysia is the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc for 2025. ...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s document releases about the Obama administration’s review of the 2016 election are leading President Trump to call for prosecution of former officials, including his predecessor. But many Republicans in Congress aren’t ready to go quite that far. While Trump’s GOP supporters in Congress have united in expressing outrage, they...
The prospect of Ocasio-Cortez becoming Democrats’ 2028 presidential nominee is not out of the realm of reason, and even looks considerably more plausible than it did just one year ago.
President Trump told reporters he plans to shorten the timeline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine based on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued attacks on Ukrainian cities. Trump had said on July 14 that Russia would face additional sanctions and tariffs if it did not stop fighting in Ukraine within 50 days, putting the...
Belgium's prime minister said on Sunday that the trade deal announced between the United States and the European Union is a “moment of relief” but not worthy of celebration. In a post on the social platform X, Bart De Wever said he hopes President Trump will one day come to "embrace the value of free...
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is entering the state’s Senate race, a recruitment win for Democrats who hope that the popular former governor will give them a strong chance in one of the most competitive races next year. He announced his intention Monday morning in a social media post that leaned into attracting...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is asking Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano to provide additional information about the wait times for phone calls, amid reports of discrepancies in data. In a letter sent Sunday evening to Bisignano, provided exclusively to The Hill, Warren followed up on her meeting with the SSA chief last Wednesday,...
President Trump is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for "wide-ranging talks" on Monday in Scotland that the leaders said would partially focus on the humanitarian crisis and mass starvation occurring in Gaza. The struggle to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as well as the war in Ukraine, are also on the...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) weighed in on talk of a possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the 20-year sentence she received for conspiring with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors was not harsh enough. Johnson said during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press" that it’s up to President Trump...
If the Trump administration truly aims to uphold ideological neutrality and preserve intellectual freedom, cutting off funding to biased government institutions is just the first step. The greater challenge lies in confronting powerful private entities like Google, which function as modern-day gatekeepers of public discourse.
After months of delays, President Trump’s long-awaited global tariffs are slated to take effect at the end of this week. Trump on April 2 announced “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of other countries, using trade deficits to help calculate the tariff rate. But a week later, he lowered those rates to 10 percent for three months...
The Ohio State University (OSU) President Ted Carter said on Sunday that he thinks Ivy League schools are in “survival mode,” when asked about Columbia University’s settlement with the Trump administration. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked Carter whether he’s troubled by the “precedent” that the settlement sets...
