Former Vice President Mike Pence was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his refusal to honor President Trump's request to overturn the 2020 election results.
Rep. Elise Stefanik may be a Harvard graduate, but she's lining up with President Trump in the battle over the Ivy League university's tax status. Asked whether Mr. Trump did the right thing when he declared that his administration would remove Harvard's tax-exempt status, Ms. Stefanik agreed emphatically, citing the university's handling of campus antisemitism.
President Trump on Sunday confirmed he offered to send troops into Mexico, but said the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is terrified of the cartels. A day earlier, Sheinbaum had said that she rejected an offer from Trump for American troops to be shipped south of the border for the purpose of combating drug trafficking. “And...
President Trump is calling for a 100 percent tariff on foreign films, saying "a concerted effort" by other countries to lure filmmakers abroad constitutes a threat to national security. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away...
Some packages of tomatoes that were sold in several states, including Ohio, have been recalled due to a possible salmonella risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Saturday.
If President Richard Nixon had perpetrated any of these acts, the Watergate Special Prosecution Force would have investigated him for potential violations of federal criminal law arising out of his abuse of presidential powers.
In today’s issue: As the White House continues to stonewall a federal judge’s demand for information about efforts to secure a mistakenly deported Maryland man, politicians on both sides of the aisle are considering the case’s wider implications — and its messaging. On Tuesday, Justice Department lawyers revealed little information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia in...
President Trump’s handling of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador, is inflaming tensions with libertarians and some rule-of-law conservatives. Trump has further alarmed some conservative allies by declaring last week that his administration is exploring the possibility of deporting incarcerated U.S. citizens to...
As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth finds himself staring down yet another controversy and more calls from critics to resign, he has a potent ally not just in President Trump, but in Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. Influential MAGA voices have used their platforms to back Hegseth, who they see as a product of...
An attempt by Republican lawmakers to roll back the federal government’s share of Medicaid expansion could result in tens of thousands of additional deaths, according to an analysis by a liberal think tank. The analysis by the Centers for American Progress (CAP), shared first with The Hill, found that about 34,200 more people would die annually...
Meta's Oversight Board is calling on the company to evaluate how recent changes to its content moderation policies could impact the human rights of some users, including those in the LGBTQ community. The Oversight Board published 11 case decisions overnight Wednesday, marking the first cases to take into account the policy and enforcement changes announced...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump eyes trade deal with China, talks with Xi President Trump said Tuesday that the hefty tariff rate on China will significantly be reduced after he negotiates with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing optimism about a...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Tuesday that President Trump was “very gracious” when he called on Saturday to ask about the arson attack on the governor’s mansion last weekend. "I appreciated that the president called me, kind of mid-morning on Saturday,” Shapiro told reporters at the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the governor’s residence....
A Congressional delegation traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday to demand the release of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University, and Mahmoud Khalil, a 2024 Columbia University graduate, and to examine conditions at their separate detention facilities. It’s the first time a delegation has visited with either detainee. The visit was first reported by...
Deborah Lipstadt, President Biden’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, said in a new interview that she’s pleased to see the Trump administration address antisemitism and said she supports some of the measures taken to hold universities and students accountable. “I’m pleased that they’re addressing it, because that’s what I did for the past...
Fox News host Laura Ingraham pressed Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari (Ariz.) in a heated exchange on Tuesday, with the host saying Kilmar Abrego Garcia “doesn’t matter” to the lawmaker. Ansari joined “The Ingraham Angle” shortly after she and other House Democrats visited El Salvador to check on Abrego Garcia, a wrongfully deported Maryland man, and...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr. wants to ban food dyes—but voluntarily The Trump administration is working to strip out eight artificial food dyes from the food supply by 2026, according to a plan unveiled by the Department of Health and...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump eyes trade deal with China, talks with Xi President Trump said Tuesday that the hefty tariff rate on China will significantly be reduced after he negotiates with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing optimism about a trade...
