Texas A&M University’s president Mark Welsh will step down on Friday after turmoil ignited over a gender identity lesson, the Texas A&M University System said on Thursday. Welsh, a former Air Force pilot and Joint Chiefs of Staff member, has received blowback from Republican lawmakers in recent days over a viral video where a student...
A group of Senate Democrats are calling on the United States government to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside a secure state of Israel. The nonbinding resolution was introduced Thursday by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the first of its kind in the Senate, as the pressure rises on Israel over its nearly two-year military siege...
Four members of Congress called attention to the bipartisan work their staffers put in on Thursday. The lawmakers, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Reps. James Comer (D-Ky.), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), honored the work of their staff at The Hill’s third annual Notable Staffers event. During a panel moderated by The Hill’s...
President Trump slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Somalia on Thursday, a day after a resolution to formally reprimand the Minnesota Democrat and remove her from committee assignments failed in the House. “I think she's terrible. I think she should be impeached. I think she's terrible,” the president told reporters aboard Air Force One on...
CNN anchor Kate Bolduan and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) got into a heated debate on the network on Monday over President Trump blaming the left for an increased level of political violence and tension in America. Bolduan played for Burchett a clip of Trump speaking to reporters over the weekend and calling "agitators" on the...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called President Trump’s 50 percent tariff against the country “political” and “illogical” in a New York Times opinion column published Sunday. “The tariff increase imposed on Brazil this summer is not only misguided but illogical,” he said. “The lack of economic rationale behind these measures makes it clear...
With the government funding deadline just over two weeks away, House Republicans are considering a continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the lights on through Nov. 20, GOP sources told The Hill. Text of the continuing resolution (CR) has yet to be released, though Republicans have said it will largely be "clean." President Trump touted...
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau was able to reconstruct a note from Tyler Robinson, saying the alleged shooter of conservative activist Charlie Kirk said he planned to take him out. Patel, during a Monday morning appearance on “Fox and Friends,” summarized the content of the note. “The suspect wrote a note saying I have the...
House GOP leaders are aiming to pass a stopgap spending bill this week that funds the government through Nov. 20, GOP sources told The Hill, as lawmakers face an end-of-the-month shutdown deadline. Text of the continuing resolution (CR) has yet to be released, though Republicans have said it will largely be "clean." House leaders face...
Arthur Sze, a Pulitzer Prize-finalist and translator, has been appointed as the nation's newest poet laureate and will use his time in the role to promote the impact of poetry in translation.
The Trump administration announced Monday that nearly $500 million in federal funds will be redirected to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribally controlled colleges and universities (TCCUs). HBCUs and TCCUs will get a one-time investment of $495 million on top of what is going in the 2025 federal budget, totaling an increase of...
The memorial service for Charlie Kirk is set for this Sunday morning at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz, Turning Point USA announced on Saturday. Kirk, 31, was fatally shot at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, last Wednesday. The accused gunman, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was taken into custody...
China’s market regulator on Monday accused Nvidia of violating Chinese antimonopoly laws and said it would continue investigating the leading U.S. chipmaker. The State Administration for Market Regulation issued a brief statement on Monday saying a “preliminary investigation” found Nvidia in violation of the Chinese law in connection to its $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox...
States can begin applying Monday for their share of a $50 billion fund for rural health providers under the GOP’s tax and spending law, but they need to move quickly. The Trump administration has officially launched the window for states to submit a detailed application for the first tranche of the five-year fund created to...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) late Sunday criticized President Trump's use of the word "scum" in his latest remarks criticizing left-wing groups and pushed back on the suggestion that political violence is a problem plaguing only one side. “No one party is immune from political violence,” Shapiro said in a post on the social platform...
