The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will shift the focus of its science researchers toward approving new chemicals — and indicated it may be preparing to cut hundreds or thousands of jobs. In a press release issued Friday, the EPA said it would be “shifting its scientific expertise and research efforts,” including by transferring 130 experts...
President Trump spoke Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Trump posted on Truth Social that he and Erdoğan had a "very good and productive telephone conversation" that covered the war between Russia and Ukraine, the situation in Syria and Gaza. Trump said he was invited to visit...
President Trump is expected to announce Monday afternoon that the NFL draft will be hosted in Washington, D.C., in 2027. A source told The Hill that officials hope to hold it on the National Mall. The three-day event, which typically draws thousands of fans to the host site, is set to take place in Pittsburgh...
Hollywood’s top studios and streaming services saw stocks fall on Monday morning after President Trump vowed to implement a 100 percent tariff on movies made abroad. In early morning trading, Netflix dropped around 4 percent, Disney fell more than 2 percent and Warner Bros. Discovery was down more than 3 percent. Paramount fell more than...
Israeli Cabinet ministers approved a plan early Monday to take over the Gaza Strip for an unspecified period of time, a move that dampens hopes of a ceasefire with Hamas in the near term. Israeli officials on Monday suggested the plans, which would mark a sharp turn away from talks proposing an Arab-led transition in...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said Monday that it was “shocking” to hear President Trump say in an interview the day prior that he doesn’t know whether he needs to follow the Constitution. “It was shocking, and it tells you all you need to know about this presidency and this man: that he doesn't...
The Trump administration announced Monday it would give migrants a $1,000 payment if they “self-deport” using a government app. The announcement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the funds a way to “facilitate travel back to their home country” that will be paid once their return has been confirmed through the CBP Home...
President Trump said during a wide-ranging interview Sunday that he does not know if he has to uphold the Constitution. When asked by “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on NBC, Trump deferred to Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding the Supreme Court deportation battle and said “I don’t know” when asked about his need to...
Starbase, Texas, a new city formed around Elon Musk's SpaceX testing and launch site in South Texas, was officially incorporated with overwhelming support from residents, who also elected the city's first government officials.
Larry Summers, former president of Harvard University, said in an interview that President Trump won't end the war with Harvard until the Ivy League bows to the administration’s demands. “I think [Trump’s] end game is to try to get the university to bend the knee,” Summers said in an interview with CBS News that...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who serves as President Trump’s senior adviser, said in a new interview that he and the president agree on 80 percent of issues. On Fox News Channel’s “My View with Lara Trump,” the president’s daughter-in-law asked Musk to reflect on his relationship with the commander in chief. “I do consider the...
President Trump confirmed late Sunday that deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller is at the top of his list of possible contenders to permanently fill the role of national security adviser. “Stephen Miller is at the top of the totem pole. I think he sort of indirectly already has that job,” Trump told...
Governments do not control whether or how many children people have — they’ve always played a supporting role, even when fertility rates were high, and their ability to raise the rates in a low fertility world is limited.
