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Don’t trust the mullahs, Mamdani’s ignorant ‘equity’ plan and other commentary

“The two sides” in the US-Iran ceasefire “seem to have a dramatically different sense of what they just agreed upon,” frets National Review’s Jim Geraghty.

Trump’s truce with Tehran: Letters to the Editor — April 9, 2026

NY Post readers discuss Iran agreeing to a two-week cease-fire and reopening the Strait...

Olympics finally remembers what women’s sports is for

American soccer star Megan Rapinoe is furious that the International Olympic Committee has decided...

Tucker Carlson attacks Trump over religion: ‘Who do you think you are?’

Right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson said President Trump was "mocking me and every Christian" with his Easter Sunday threat to decimate Iran that included an expletive and ended with the phrase "Praise be to Allah."

White House downplays Trump toll proposal with Iran

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified President Trump's proposal that would let Iran accept tolls of ships going through the Strait of Hormuz.

DHS rescinds contract approval policy implemented by Noem

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has walked back a controversial policy to review major expenditures, implemented by former Secretary Kristi Noem. In an emailed statement on Wednesday night, a DHS spokesperson told The Hill that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin “re-evaluated the contract processes to make sure DHS is serving the American taxpayer efficiently.” “Today,...

NYU closes Abu Dhabi campus amid Iranian strike threats

New York University (NYU) has temporarily closed its campus in Abu Dhabi after Iran said U.S. universities in the Middle East were “legitimate targets” amid ongoing military operations in the region.  NYU had already moved classes completely online in early March, following the launch of joint military operations by the U.S. and Israel on Iran...

Israel support takes center stage in New Jersey House candidate debate 

Democrat Analilia Mejia and Republican Joe Hathaway battled it out in a heated debate for New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D) former U.S. House seat, with support for Israel being a notable flash point between the candidates. During the Wednesday debate, Mejia was asked if she believed that Israel’s actions in its war in Gaza...

Trump economic approval tanks

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump approval on economy drops to new low: Poll A new CNN/SSRS poll found just 31 percent of respondents approved of President Trump’s handling of the economy, a new low relative to the outlet’s previous surveys....

Mark Warner slams Trump’s NATO threat 

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) pushed back on President Trump’s statement that he might pull the U.S. out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Trump told The Telegraph in an interview published Wednesday that the U.S.’s membership in the military alliance is “beyond reconsideration.” “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were...

NATO’s Rutte schedules Washington trip as Trump reevaluates alliance

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will meet with President Trump in Washington next week as Trump publicly weighs pulling the U.S. out of the alliance over the war in Iran.  A White House official confirmed the development to The Hill after The Wall Street Journal first reported on Rutte’s visit. NATO spokesperson Allison Hart told the...

Iranian president leaves door open to diplomacy in open letter to US

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian released a letter addressed to “the people of the United States of America” on Wednesday, hours before President Trump is scheduled to address the nation about the U.S. military’s ongoing operations against Iran. "Today, the world stands at a crossroads,” Pezeshkian wrote in a letter posted on the social platform X. ...

New heart health guidelines at odds with MAHA food pyramid: Which should you follow?

(NEXSTAR) – New guidance released by the American Heart Association this week outlines nine key tenets of a heart-healthy diet, several of which contradict the federal nutrition guidelines released by the Trump administration earlier this year. In January, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled an upside-down food pyramid that emphasized the importance of protein,...

FDA’s Makary touts ‘healing’ following DOGE cuts

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story FDA commissioner credits himself with ‘healing’ agency after DOGE cuts Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary commemorated one year as head of the country’s drug regulatory authority on Wednesday, saying he helped bring “healing” to the agency following cuts...

Trump says Iran exit could be soon

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump says U.S. could exit Iran 'pretty quickly' President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. will be “out of Iran pretty quickly” after nearly five weeks of airstrikes on the Middle Eastern country but warned that it could come back for some “spot hits.” © AP Photo/Alex...

Gorsuch asks Sauer if Native Americans are birthright citizens 

Solicitor General D. John Sauer seemed to struggle when pressed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday on whether Native Americans should be considered birthright citizens. The question came during two hours of arguments at the Supreme Court in a case challenging President Trump's 2025 executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship. “I...

What to know about the Artemis II launch

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story What to know about Artemis II launch NASA’s Artemis II test flight is set for Wednesday, a trip that will mark the first crewed mission to head toward the moon in more than five decades. © P Photo/John Raoux The launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Merritt...

Here are the very rare exceptions to birthright citizenship in the US

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case involving President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, putting the 14th Amendment back in the legal spotlight. The amendment, ratified in 1868 amid Reconstruction, states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United...

Trump: US only country ‘stupid enough’ to allow birthright citizenship

President Trump fired off a short TruthSocial post shortly after oral arguments wrapped up for the birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court, slamming the challenge to one of his Day 1 executive orders. "We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow 'Birthright' Citizenship!" he wrote. It was the only time...

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