Post readers discuss the woman shot dead by cops in Times Square after stabbing two, including a new mom who died, and John Galliano dropping out of the Met...
Four out of five parents support the recent Meta settlement that will implement new restrictions on teens' Instagram and Facebook accounts, according to a new poll.
Proposed reductions in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are the latest flash point for Republicans as they work through sticking points on the “big beautiful bill” of President Trump’s legislative priorities. SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, are currently funded entirely by the federal government, while costs of administering it...
House Republicans are falling further apart in negotiations on a reconciliation package that represents President Trump’s first-year legislative agenda, with just weeks to go before their self-imposed deadline. GOP lawmakers on Wednesday sent conflicting signals on how to cut Medicaid, indicating they were no closer to a deal on one of the biggest points in...
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said Wednesday that the U.S. will not “survive” if it’s not put on “sustainable fiscal paths.” “If we don’t put our country on sustainable fiscal paths, we are going to be not be able to survive as a country,” Spartz said on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” Spartz’s comments came on the same...
President Trump on Wednesday night teased a trade deal announcement, nearly a month after he implemented a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs and implemented a 145 percent tariff on China. “Big News Conference tomorrow morning at 10:00 A.M., The Oval Office, concerning a MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY....
A federal judge issued a stark warning to the Trump administration on Wednesday that the deportation of immigrants to Libya would violate a previous court order. “If there is any doubt—the Court sees none—the allegedly imminent removals, as reported by news agencies and as Plaintiffs seek to corroborate with class-member accounts and public information, would...
Pro-Palestinian protestors clashed with security at Columbia University’s main library on Wednesday, according to a student newspaper. The Columbia Daily Spectator reported that protestors in Butler Library's Lawrence A. Wien Reading Room on Wednesday took part in an "Emergency Rally," but were stopped from getting out of the room by officers with the school's Department...
Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday he doesn’t think about retiring, but he once asked two longtime friends to intervene if his health is ever in decline. “I've sat down with them and said, 'I want at the appropriate time' — because you don't always notice that you're slipping — 'I want the two of you...
President Trump said Wednesday he was not considering softening the 145 percent tariff on imports from China. Reporters in the Oval Office asked if the president would consider reducing levies on the foreign nation, to which he succinctly responded, “No.” In early April, the Trump administration announced tariff exemptions on electronics such as phones, computers...
House GOP moderates are telling Republican leaders they will not walk the plank and vote for Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill” only to see the Senate strip them out — their latest warning shot in the effort to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda. In the past, GOP leaders have corralled the conference around...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) asked a witness in a House hearing on transgender athletes Wednesday to play a game of “Trump or trans.” “This hearing has nothing to do with improving government efficiency,” Crockett said during the Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee meeting. “It’s another attempt by Republicans to distract from their demonic and disastrous...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) banged her gavel almost 50 times in an effort to silence Ranking Democratic member Melanie Stansbury (N.M.) during a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday afternoon. The hearing, which focused on trans women in sports, devolved into heated crossfire between Democrats and Republicans on multiple occasions. However, the hearing got especially intense when Stansbury...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story 2nd F/A-18 falls into Red Sea as Houthis agree to ceasefire The Navy lost a second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on a mission to target Houthi rebels...
