Democrats eyeing majorities in the House and Senate are plotting how they will police Supreme Court justices they say are influenced by right-wing, dark money groups.
President Trump said Wednesday he knows it is not easy for the Iranian people to rise against their hardline leaders, but he thinks the Islamic regime will get "weaker by the day" and become vulnerable to overthrow.
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In today’s issue: President Trump’s signature trade policy is hitting a series of hurdles in the courts, as multiple panels this week sought to block their implementation. First came the U.S. Court of International Trade, which on Wednesday declared the levies illegal. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras followed suit, blocking the bulk of...
While Democrats search for a new party leader, one old name keeps coming up in conversation: Rahm Emanuel. The Democrat has been an investment banker, congressman, White House chief of staff, Chicago mayor, and U.S. ambassador to Japan, and now he's been thinking about adding another title to his long resume: president. There's just one...
Texas is set to become the largest state in the nation to mandate that every public school classroom display a copy of the Ten Commandments, with advocates fearing a further erosion of church and state and the legislation’s sponsor making clear that’s a separation she doesn’t believe in. While Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has not...
The Trump administration keeps shifting the battleground over international students' visas as it pulls more and more government levers to crack down on the group. What started with allegedly combatting campus antisemitism by going after pro-Palestinian activists has escalated into attempts to take away all of Harvard University’s foreign students, threats to cap international student...
Elon Musk is exiting the White House with little to show for his cost-cutting push and a list of frustrations from his time in the Trump administration. Musk entered politics with grand ambitions of slashing federal spending and chipping away at the $36 trillion in national debt. But after months of serving Trump as a loyal supporter...
Republican lawmakers are breathing a sigh of relief that the courts are putting the brakes on President Trump's trade war, which has pummeled markets, created economic uncertainty and taken a bite out of Trump’s own approval ratings. It’s unclear who will win the final legal battle, which could end up in the Supreme Court. But...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that talks with China over trade are somewhat in limbo amid U.S. trade tensions with the country. “I would say that they are a bit stalled,” Bessent told Fox News’s Bret Baier of U.S.-China trade talks. “I believe that we will be having more talks with them in the...
The White House and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are looking into a reported attempt at impersonating White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, according to a Wall Street Journal report. People familiar with the message told the outlet that an unknown individual sent text messages and made phone calls to multiple notable Republicans...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Absent Trump support, GOP leery of approving tougher Russian sanctions A bipartisan bill to place tough sanctions on Russia has more than 80 Senate cosponsors, but Senate Republicans are leery of putting it on the...
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) pushed Republicans to speak out on President Trump’s foreign policy in a Thursday opinion piece for The Washington Post. “America’s global leadership has never been perfect, but it has been indispensable. For decades, our willingness to engage — to lead not only with our military or markets but also with...
President Trump denounced a court ruling blocking his tariffs in a lengthy Truth Social post Thursday night that targeted Leonard Leo, who played a central role in shaping Trump’s judicial picks during his first term. “Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY. Backroom ‘hustlers’ must not be allowed...
