ADAM SCHIFF: IF ONLY WE’D PROSECUTED TRUMP EARLIER. The Democratic lawfare campaigns against President Donald Trump — two federal prosecutions, an indictment in Georgia, an indictment and conviction in New York, a damaging lawsuit, also in New York — are still having repercussions today. In some cases, the legal wrangling goes on, while in others, […]
In Budapest eight months ago, I heard many hopeful Hungarian conservatives point out that Hungary had risen from the bottom of European birth rates to almost the top. They credited the administration of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had implemented all sorts of pro-family policies, including lots of cash, accommodations, and tax breaks for parents. TIMOTHY P. CARNEY: […]
Europe is ramping up its war on free speech by targeting X with fines for not submitting itself to censorship regulations demanded by the European Union. The EU levied a fine of $140 million against X, the first-ever penalty under Europe’s Digital Services Act. Europe decided that the website’s blue checkmark symbol is misleading, that it won’t […]
Charlamagne tha God criticized New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s (D) messaging around President Trump, with whom Mamdani recently had a cordial meeting. “If you're, you know, Joe Biden, and you say, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, but then when Donald Trump wins the presidency, you standing outside the White House saying, ‘Welcome...
Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said her husband is “not going to run for president” in 2028. “Cheryl, is your husband going to run for president in 2028, and if so, are you ready for that?” NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas asked Hines on her show. “Gosh,...
The Trump administration is proposing to extend the life of some coal plants and their controversial waste-disposal practices. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Tuesday to allow as many as 11 coal plants to keep operating for three extra years. In 2020, the last Trump administration issued a rule that exempted coal plants from requirements to stop...
President Trump said Wednesday he and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will “fix” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. The president posted a video of workers attending to the pool, with “Time to Say Goodbye” by Andrea Bocelli playing in the background, to his Truth Social platform. Near the end of the video, the...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Tuesday signed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of hair. “Real freedom means being respected for who you are — no matter what you look like, where you come from, who you love, or who you pray...
Former first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she “felt a loss for us as a nation” when she saw the East Wing of the White House being demolished. In an interview on the Jamie Kern Lima's podcast, Obama was asked what it felt "like for you in your body” when she saw the viral...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating Amazon after one of its drones struck an internet cable in Texas last week. The drone, an MK30 delivery aircraft, struck a line in Waco, Texas, at roughly 12:45 p.m. local time last Tuesday, the FAA told The Hill. A video of the incident released by...
The Interior Department on Tuesday shared plans to increase national park entry fees for non-residents. The new policy will be applied at 11 of the most visited national parks in the U.S., where non-residents without an annual pass will pay an additional $100 per person to enter. Annual passes will cost $80 for U.S. residents...
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is under fire after he reportedly instructed a Russian official on how to coach Russia's President Vladimir Putin to approach Trump as the U.S. seeks to broker an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine. Trump defended Witkoff, calling the interaction about a proposed peace plan "a standard thing." “That’s...
President Trump on Tuesday defended special envoy Steve Witkoff’s call with Russian aide Yuri Ushakov to coach the Kremlin foreign policy adviser on how to approach President Vladimir Putin on a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. “That’s a standard thing. He’s gotta sell this to Ukraine, he’s gotta sell Ukraine to Russia,"...
Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps are polling neck-and-neck in a Tennessee special election to replace former Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released on Wednesday showed Van Epps, former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, at close to 48 percent and...
