It’s well-known that California has the highest gas prices in the nation. While the national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $2.82, Californians pay about $4.21 per...
When a handful of House Republicans sank a slate of GOP labor bills last week, it not only marked an embarrassing blow to GOP leadership, but showcased the populist and pro-union sentiment that's shaking up the orthodoxy of national Republican politics. The upshot is that the pro-union shift in the GOP may not have reached...
President Trump early Tuesday revealed a message from French President Emmanuel Macron tied to Trump's push to acquire Greenland. “My friend, we are totally in line on Syria, we can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,” Macron said, according to a screenshot the president posted to...
Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns — often in his trademark shade of “Valentino red” — were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, has died at home in Rome, his foundation announced Monday. He was 93.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ 1 year of Trump 2.0 ▪ Trump’s Greenland letter sparks blowback ▪ Cassidy charts path after presidential snub ▪ Putin gets Trump invite to join Gaza board President Trump is taking a broad view of executive authority and showing no signs of...
The normal and abnormal are as closely intertwined as ever as President Trump marks the end of his first year back in office Tuesday. Some of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses as he begins Year 2 are the standard stuff of politics: voter unease about the economy, approval ratings that are weak but not disastrous, a...
President Trump on Monday declined to say whether he would use force to seize control of Greenland, according to a new interview with NBC News. The president told the outlet that he had "no comment" on the question, as he continues to push for the U.S. to acquire the Arctic territory that’s part of Denmark. ...
The number of deaths during widespread protests in Iran now exceeds 4,000, according to a human rights group tracking the toll. The Human Rights Group Activist News Agency announced Monday that confirmed fatalities have reached 4,029, with more than 9,000 deaths under review. The number represents a surge of hundreds since Saturday, when the fatalities...
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, called on Monday for a congressional inquiry into President Trump’s fitness. Reiner, a CNN medical analyst, cited Trump’s recent letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which he appeared to link his threats to acquire Greenland to his having not been...
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon be in Greenland for “long-planned” activities, even as President Trump pushes for U.S. control of the Arctic territory. Along with aircraft operating from bases in the U.S. and Canada, NORAD aircraft at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, will “support various long-planned NORAD activities, building on the enduring...
