Tensions have never been higher between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over how to end the war they started together, threatening the viability of a U.S.-Iran peace deal signed over the weekend. Trump is claiming victory in cutting off the Islamic Republic’s pathway to a nuclear weapon, while the deal also reopens...
Vice President Vance is taking center stage as the U.S. is poised to sign a preliminary deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in what could prove to be a political opportunity or minefield as seeks to tout his credentials ahead of 2028. President Trump said on Monday the vice president will represent...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Warsh faces bind between Trump, inflation Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is facing a major challenge ahead of his first monetary policy meeting leading the central bank on the heels of an alarming May inflation report....
The U.S. supply of emergency oil has hit its lowest level since 1983, according to newly released federal data. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is down to 340.3 million barrels, according to the data released on Monday. The last time that levels were this low was 1983, when the Reagan administration was filling up the reserve...
An Alaskan election official determined Monday that a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is ineligible to appear on the ballot. “On review of the complaints and other information in the Division’s possession, I conclude that your declaration of candidacy was not properly filed with the Division because it was...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he doesn’t yet have enough information to make a judgment about the peace deal between the United States and Iran announced by President Trump on Sunday, and he urged the administration to send senior officials to Capitol Hill to brief lawmakers on the details. “I don’t know enough...
Millions of dollars' worth of contraceptives meant to be distributed to low-income nations in Africa have expired, but the Trump administration is paying tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep them in storage in Belgium, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) inspector general. About $9.7 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives purchased by USAID and...
President Trump’s World Cup czar, Andrew Giuliani, on Sunday claimed that a Somali referee —who was denied entry into the U.S. for the FIFA World Cup — "was talking to some very bad people." "There's some classified information we can't discuss now," Guiliani told CBS News in an interview. "At some point, that may be released." Giuliani told...
U.S. men’s soccer striker Folarin Balogun scored two goals in the Americans’ victorious opener of the FIFA World Cup on Friday, a performance that would not have occurred had his mother not traveled to the U.S. just before he was born. The performance has also put President Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship back in...
Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday predicted that President Trump is "going to walk away" from the presidency and leave office by next Easter. Carville said during a discussion with his "Politics War Room" podcast co-host Al Hunt that Trump "has no earthly idea of what's coming" following the midterm elections in the fall. "The...
The White House last year weighed suspending habeas corpus rights, which allow for a challenge of someone’s detention, for undocumented immigrants, according to a new book from two New York Times reporters. According to a report from the Times published Monday featuring details from “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” by reporters...
Fox Corp. announced Monday it is buying streaming company Roku for $22 billion. In a release, Fox said it will pay $96 in cash and 0.9693 shares of its Class A common stock for each Roku Class A and Class B share outstanding. The deal values each Roku share at $160. The deal gives Fox...
President Trump on Monday arrived at a summit with other Group of Seven (G7) leaders in the French Alps after announcing the U.S.'s deal to end the Iran war. The summit will bring Trump face-to-face with some European allies who have been openly critical of the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran, specifically British Prime Minister Keir...
