President Trump on Monday will honor “Angel Families” who have lost family members to crimes committed by people in the country illegally. The White House event comes one day before Trump is set to deliver a high-stakes State of the Union address. Watch Monday's event, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST, in the video player above.
European Union (EU) leaders said over the weekend that they will not accept an increase in U.S. tariffs in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling against some of President Trump's most sweeping tariffs. “The Commission will always ensure that the interests of the European Union are fully protected. EU companies and exporters must have...
For years, the South Caucasus was a zone of exclusive Russian domination. This equation has changed following the recent success of Trump administration diplomacy in Armenia and Azerbaijan. This shift is especially critical now, because both countries border Iran. In the last several days, the U.S. administration has taken steps to reactivate relations with the...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ State of the Union lands amid DHS fight ▪ Trump turns to tariff plan B ▪ Armed Mar-a-Lago intruder killed ▪ FBI's Patel on defense over Olympic video Lawmakers are coming back to Washington, D.C., Monday ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union...
The House Democrats’ campaign arm on Monday named the first group of candidates for its program dedicated to supporting contenders looking to flip key GOP-held districts as the party looks to retake the House majority in November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) named 12 candidates to its “Red to Blue” program, which gives additional resources to Democratic candidates running in competitive battleground districts. The...
Multiple Muslim-majority nations criticized U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for suggesting that Israel could claim the entire Middle East during an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. In a joint statement, the foreign affairs ministries of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bahrain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon and...
C-SPAN said Sunday that the man who called in to the network on Friday was not, in fact, President Trump. “Because so many of you are talking about Friday’s C-SPAN caller who identified himself as ‘John Barron,’ we want to put this to rest: it was not the president,” the network wrote on the social...
President Trump praised Team USA as the Winter Olympics concluded Sunday. Just over 30 minutes after the U.S. men’s hockey team knocked off Canada in the gold medal game, the president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “LOTS OF WINNING!!!” Later Sunday afternoon, Trump touted the U.S. winning 12 gold medals, the most ever for...
FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed critics of his presence in the locker room during the U.S. men’s hockey team’s celebration of their gold medal game victory over Canada on Sunday. Patel, who was in attendance in Milan, Italy, was captured on camera in Team USA’s locker room on the final day of the Winter Olympics....
A major winter storm is sweeping through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Sunday, with conditions expected to persist into Monday. The National Weather Service (NWS) says that the system will produce heavy snow over the northern mid-Atlantic into the Northeast from Sunday evening into Monday. Snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour will...
Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who has entered the California gubernatorial race, took a stand against the Trump administration on Saturday, carrying a large sign that read “F--- Trump” on stage at the state Democratic convention. The phrase has gained steam nationally ahead of midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race. Earlier in the week,...
