Gov. Hochul has spent much of her 4 ¹/₂ years in office facing a time bomb left by her predecessor: drastic, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets that the state...
At least a half-dozen Senate Democrats are threatening to force repetitive votes on war powers resolutions and use other tools of the minority party to gum up the works in the chamber until Republicans schedule public hearings on the Iran war.
President Trump on Monday said other countries might have been responsible for firing a Tomahawk missile that hit an Iranian school on the first day of U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Sunday called on President Trump to immediately release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising oil and gas prices caused by the military conflict in Iran. Oil prices jumped to nearly $120 a barrel before dropping some on Monday as missile strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump puts pressure on Thune ▪ Iran chooses new supreme leader ▪ Trust in public health institutions drops ▪ Officials investigate U.S. Embassy explosion President Trump’s declared refusal to sign any legislation until Congress passes a key bill that would add new voting requirements...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “there will be more casualties” in the ongoing U.S. operation against Iran, with seven American service members having died so far in the fighting. “The president's been right to say there will be casualties. Things like this don't happen without casualties,” Hegseth said in an interview that aired on...
Enrique Tarrio, a far-right activist and former Proud Boys national chair, posted a photo of himself with Secretary of State Marco Rubio taken at the inaugural "Shield of the Americas" summit in Florida on Saturday. Tarrio posted the photo on Saturday on the social platform X with a caption that read, in part, "Proud of...
President Trump said Sunday that increasing prices of oil are “a very small price to pay” for “safety and peace” amid the U.S. conflict with Iran. “Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World,...
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) has issued a safety warning to Iranian civilians amid the U.S.’s current conflict with Iran, stating that the country’s government “is using heavily populated civilian areas to conduct military operations.” “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is issuing a safety warning to civilians in Iran, March 8, as Iran’s terrorist regime blatantly disregards...
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mike Mullen said Sunday that he has anxiety around the potential for a lasting U.S. conflict in Iran — which has led to the deaths of seven U.S. service members as of Sunday. “We've got friends and allies out there. We've got the economy of the world, in great...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday his country could feasibly defend itself in the event of a U.S. ground incursion. “For the time being we are capable enough. We have very brave soldiers, who are waiting for any enemy who enters into our soil to fight with them, and to kill them and destroy...
Iranian clerics elected the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the next leader of the country, Iranian state media reported Sunday, as the U.S. and Israel continue to pummel the country with military strikes. Mojtaba Khamenei was elected by a body of 88 Iranian clerics in the wake of the death...
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) on Sunday did not commit to either supporting or opposing additional funding for the Pentagon amid the war in Iran. “We'll cross that bridge when we get to it in terms of if the administration makes a request to Congress to consider additional funding,” Jeffries told host Kristen Welker...
A week after President Trump launched strikes against Iran, Democrats are digging in against reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without significant reforms to the agency. Party leaders are amplifying their demands for tougher rules governing agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Rank-and-file Democrats appear to...
House Republicans will gather Monday at President Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their message for the 2026 midterm elections. The meeting comes after a turbulent week for the GOP conference. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) confessed to having an affair...
