Some claim DOGE is “revolutionizing the government”; others argue its savings amount to “a rounding error”; in fact, Liberty Vittert explains at The Hill, “both can be true at...
Romania's electoral body on Sunday rejected Calin Georgescu's candidacy in the presidential election rerun, after the far-right populist won the first round of last year's race before a top court annulled the election.
Aubrey Lay - a Fulbright scholar - was supposed to get paid for three months of work by the U.S. government through his teaching assistantship at a school for Ukrainian refugees in Estonia. Instead, he only got about one week's pay, and no word on when he might see the rest of his grant.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered its 80,000 employees a $25,000 buyout offer as part of President Trump’s plan to scale back government spending. Workers can opt into the buyout starting Monday and have until Friday to accept the deal. The offer was sent to staff across HHS, which includes the Centers...
A small plane crashed in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, on Sunday. The incident occurred just after 3:15 p.m. and crews were on the scene, ABC6 reported. The Aircraft N347M took off from the Lancaster airport at after 3 p.m. and quickly went down. It is not yet known what caused the incident. Multiple injuries have been...
Vice President JD Vance on Monday knocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for "a certain sense of entitlement" during a clash with the Kyiv leader and President Trump in the Oval Office last week. “Even when Zelensky was kind of needling him, even when Zelensky was saying things that I thought were untrue, the president just...
The Pentagon, in initial work with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has found some $80 million in what it's deemed wasteful spending, according to the building's top spokesperson. In a video posted to X Monday evening, Press Secretary Sean Parnell read from an unreleased list detailing funding devoted largely to diversity, equity and inclusion...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Democrats to have a “strong, determined and dignified” presence at President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. “The decision to attend the Joint Session is a personal one and we understand that members will come to different conclusions,” Jeffries wrote in a “Dear...
Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of “The View,” called the heated Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky one of the “most embarrassing” exchanges she’s ever seen. “You know, that has to be one of the most embarrassing things I've ever seen,” she said in Monday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View.” “This is...
The Pentagon is sending up to 5,050 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border even as unlawful border crossings have sharply fallen in recent weeks. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) and a general support aviation battalion to “bolster military support in securing the U.S. – Mexico border,” Pentagon press...
Top appropriators are still in search of a deal to fund the government with 10 days until a shutdown deadline, as talk in the Senate turn to two possibilities for stopgap spending bills. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday told reporters that negotiators are working on dual tracks: either a full-year continuing...
Germany's Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country's next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump on Friday resulted from a "deliberate escalation" by the U.S. At a press conference on Monday, Merz said he watched the interaction several times to reach that conclusion, according to multiple...
Legislation to prevent transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports failed to advance in the Senate on Monday after all Democrats voted against it. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act failed to clear an initial procedural hurdle on a 51-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to advance, which would have...
President Trump has ordered a pause on U.S. aid going to Ukraine in its war against Russia, a consequential move as he clashes with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the path to ending the conflict. "The President has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump says tariffs will finally take effect tomorrow The president told reporters Monday that his 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods will be implemented Tuesday, no matter what either nation does to avoid them....
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A second name reversal: Hegseth orders Army base return to Fort Benning The Pentagon will change the name of the Georgia military base Fort Moore back to Fort Benning, formerly named after a Confederate general, though...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare — Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly acknowledged that the measles shot has benefits and encouraged parents to talk to their doctors about the vaccine. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr. tells parents to...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he is prepared to cut off electricity exports to the U.S. if President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods go through. “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face,” Ford told reporters...
