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Ball is in the GOP’s court on DHS funding standoff, House minority leader says

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he's not confident Congress will strike a deal to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded and it's up to Republicans to break the stalemate.

Hesitation is no longer US policy

For years, hostile regimes have tested the limits of American resolve, calculating that the United States would avoid confrontation even when its security interests were directly threatened. President Donald Trump has now upended that calculation. The recent U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, followed by tough diplomacy, combined with Trump’s clear warnings to […]

Jeffries says GOP ‘finally showed some backbone’ in criticizing Trump for racist video of Obamas

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday his GOP colleagues in Congress “finally showed some backbone” in pushing back against a video President Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday evening portraying former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. “It was a disgusting video. And the president was rightly and appropriately...

Trump rips Olympic skier over remarks about representing US

President Trump ripped Hunter Hess on Sunday after the U.S. skier spoke out against the political climate in his home country at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan earlier this week. "U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics," Trump wrote on Truth Social....

The US prison system isn’t working — here’s what we can learn from other countries

That is not a series of bad individual choices. It is a system producing a revolving door. 

Pelosi to endorse JFK grandson Schlossberg in New York House race: Reports

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing Kennedy family member Jack Schlossberg in an upcoming New York House race, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner.  The New York Times was first to report the anticipated major endorsement in the tight race to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.)...

Nancy Guthrie search nears second week: What we know so far

The search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother will hit the one-week mark on Sunday. In a new video posted to Savannah Guthrie’s Instagram account on Saturday, the “Today” show anchor addressed her mother’s captors.  “We received your message, and we understand,” she said while seated between her siblings Annie and Camron. “We beg you now to...

A Super Bowl starting at 12:30 a.m.? Welcome to an Olympic-sized problem for fans in Italy

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — USA Luge men's doubles slider Zack DiGregorio is a New England Patriots fan. Makes sense: He's from Massachusetts, his mother has worked for the Patriots for more than two decades and the Patriots are about to play in the Super Bowl for the 10th time since he was born. He...

More Americans interested in Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance than Turning Point’s Kid Rock-headlined alternative

More Americans are interested in watching Bad Bunny perform in Sunday's Super Bowl's halftime show than Turning Point USA’s Kid Rock-headlined alternative concert, according to a new poll.  The YouGov America survey, released Friday, found that 35 percent of respondents prefer the Puerto Rican star’s halftime show, compared to the 28 percent who favor the...

MEDAL COUNT: Who’s topping the table in the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics?

With 116 medal events in total, KXAN is keeping track of how many medals each participating team has won.

Washington Post publisher Lewis steps down days after sweeping layoffs

The Washington Post’s publisher and CEO is stepping down amid widespread layoffs at the company, the paper announced on Saturday. In an all-company email sent on Saturday, Lewis said it’s the “right time for me to step aside” and thanked Post owner Jeff Bezos for his leadership at the company, The New York Times reported. ...

Green Day frontman calls out ICE ahead of Super Bowl: ‘Quit that s–tty job you have’

Green Day's lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong on Friday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to "quit that s--tty job you have" during a pre-Super Bowl LX party in San Francisco ahead of their performance before Sunday's game. "This goes out to all the ICE agents out wherever you are," Armstrong said. "Quit...

Sunday shows preview: Trump faces heat over call to nationalize elections; DHS funding at risk

President Trump’s suggestion this week that the federal government should “nationalize” elections in several states faced bipartisan opposition and inflamed Democratic fears that the president could attempt to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. Trump made the comment on Monday during a recording of former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s podcast.  “The Republicans should say,...

Gabbard under scrutiny over whistleblower report, election probes

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard is coming under scrutiny from lawmakers in both parties for delays in transmitting a whistleblower complaint and her involvement in two different seizures of voting records. On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Gabbard’s office had failed to relay a whistleblower report made last May accusing her...

Progressive candidate launches last-minute challenge to Karen Bass for LA mayor

Progressive Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman (D) on Saturday made a last-minute bid to challenge Mayor Karen Bass (D) in the June primary election. Raman made the announcement hours before the 12 p.m. filing deadline for candidates be on the ballot. She praised Bass in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, calling the...

Trump set to host first Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ meeting on Feb. 19

President Trump is planning to host the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace later this month, a source familiar with the plans told The Hill’s sister network, NewsNation. The meeting will coincide with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House, which had already been scheduled for the day before, Feb. 18....

3 Doors Down’s Brad Arnold dies after cancer fight

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Brad Arnold, the front-man for the rock band 3 Doors Down, has died after a battle with kidney cancer. Arnold passed away on Saturday at the age of 47. "With his beloved wife Jennifer and his family by his side, he passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, in his sleep...

Hegseth says Pentagon cutting academic partnership with ‘woke’ Harvard

The Pentagon is severing its academic partnerships with Harvard University, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. The secretary said the decision was “LONG OVERDUE” in a post on the social platform X. “At the War Department, we will strive to maximize taxpayer value in building lethality to establish deterrence. It’s that simple,” Hegseth said...

Maureen Dowd says Trump suffers from ‘Obama Derangement Syndrome’ after video controversy

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Saturday said President Trump suffers from "Obama Derangement Syndrome" after controversy erupted Friday when a since-deleted racist video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes was posted on the commander in chief's Truth Social account. "It was at the end of a video...

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