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‘Unilateral Surrender’: Trump’s TikTok Deal Leaves China in the Driver’s Seat, National-Security Hawks Warn

‘It’s like inviting the Soviet Union to help shape the editorial decisions of major American news outlets during the Cold War.’

The Institutional and Moral Case for Free Enterprise, According to Milei

At Davos, Milei argues free markets are a moral order: only liberty, property rights,...

ICE’s 5-Year-Old ‘Human Bait’ Story Strains Credulity

The activists are right: This was a shameful episode. But the shame in this...

The Cost of Trump’s Greenland Grab

A price has already been paid.

Don’t Let the Board of Peace Succumb to Mission Creep

To hear the president and his allies speak of it, it is a United...

Jeh Johnson worried about ‘type of people’ being recruited for ICE

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Friday questioned the “type of people” being recruited by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after two shootings involving immigration authorities. “I also worry about the type of people that are being recruited now for ICE. The recruitment rhetoric is 'Defend your culture.' What does that mean? I think...

Trump wants Venezuela ‘deal’ with oil companies

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump wants Venezuela 'deal' with oil companies Major oil firms expressed interest — with reservations — about doing business in Venezuela as President Trump said Friday he’s seeking a deal to decide which companies will drill in the Latin American nation. © Evan Vucci,...

Iran protests catch fire as Trump, Khamenei escalate war of words

President Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are escalating a war of words as the Islamic Republic cracks down on mass protests that saw buildings set on fire in cities across the country overnight Friday.  Khamenei claimed Friday that nearly two weeks of protests amounted to rioters and “hirelings” acting on Trump’s behalf,...

Insurers’ time in the barrel? 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care   The Big Story Insurers’ time in the barrel? House Republicans are summoning health insurers to Capitol Hill later this month to talk about health care affordability. © Photo credit The move comes weeks after the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expired on Dec. 31, resulting in...

Trump posts jobs numbers before release

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump accidentally disclosed jobs report data before release, White House says In a series of Thursday evening posts on Truth Social, the president shared infographics including information from the December jobs report, which was released Friday...

DNC chair calls Trump a ‘lying piece of s‑‑‑’ over false Minnesota election claims 

The chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) lashed out at President Trump after he claimed that he won the election in Minnesota “all three times.” “You lying piece of s‑‑‑,” Ken Martin posted on social platform X. “I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three...

France moves G7 meeting to avoid Trump’s birthday, UFC event

France has moved the annual Group of Seven (G7) meeting to avoid scheduling conflicts with President Trump’s birthday and the accompanying White House UFC fight, the White House confirmed Friday. The convening of top world leaders was originally scheduled to take place June 14-16, two officials with direct knowledge of G7 planning told Politico EU. It will now take place in Évian, France, June 15-17. ...

A fifth Venezuela-linked tanker taken by US

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story A fifth Venezuela-linked tanker taken by US The U.S. early Friday seized a fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela in its campaign to control oil experts from the South American country. © Matias Delacroix, The Associated...

Big Oil expresses tepid interest as Trump seeks deal on Venezuela

Major oil firms expressed interest — with reservations — about doing business in Venezuela as President Trump said Friday he’s seeking a deal to decide which companies will drill in the Latin American nation. During a meeting at the White House, Trump said he would try to “cut a deal” to determine which firms get...

Comedian John Mulaney postpones weekend Minneapolis shows

Comedian John Mulaney will not perform in Minneapolis this weekend as tensions mount over the presence of federal authorities in the city following the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good by a federal immigration officer. Mulaney was scheduled to perform three shows at The Armory, a venue in downtown Minneapolis, as part of his...

Musk limits AI images to paid users

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk limits AI image generation to paid subscribers Elon Musk’s social platform X blocked most users from manipulating images with Grok after complaints that the AI chatbot was producing sexualized images of women and children, but left the feature available to paid subscribers. © AP Photo/Noah Berger “Image...

Anti-abortion groups pressure Trump, GOP leaders on ACA Hyde ‘flexibility’

A coalition of leading anti-abortion groups on Friday urged President Trump along with House and Senate Republican leaders to hold firm in demanding strict protections against ObamaCare subsidies being used to pay for abortion. The letter from Americans United for Life, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Students for Life and others comes just days after Trump told Republicans to be “flexible” in their demands for Hyde Amendment protections as part of...

Supreme Court will review FCC’s fines against AT&T, Verizon 

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) authority to issue massive fines violated AT&T's and Verizon’s constitutional right to a jury trial.  It’s the latest Supreme Court case to take aim at federal agencies’ regulatory power. The case is expected to be argued near the end of this term, which would enable it to...

Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant’ over Venezuela war powers vote

President Trump on Thursday laid into Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) with a “profanity-laced” phone call after she supported a Democratic-led war powers resolution over his actions in Venezuela. According to two sources familiar, a fuming Trump dialed up Collins, the foremost Senate GOP centrist, during the vote aimed at blocking the White House from using...

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