Britain taught the world what freedom means. But often these days I look across the pond at the United States and think you guys might be onto something.
“Not a single federal dollar goes to providing health insurance for undocumented immigrants. NOT. ONE. PENNY.” These were the words of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a recent X post, after Republicans accused Democrats of shutting down the government in order to keep funding Medicaid for illegal immigrants. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) echoed this […]
President Trump on Sunday called this weekend’s “No Kings” demonstrations against him a “joke” and rejected suggestions that he is acting like a monarch. “I'm not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That's all it is. I'm not a king at all,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One...
Ford has issued a recall notice for more than 291,000 vehicles over a potential issue with the rearview camera causing the image to be displayed improperly in certain lighting conditions. The recall notice said the issue with the 360-degree view camera system may reduce the driver’s view behind the car, increasing the risk of a...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) claimed Friday morning that President Trump is “unserious” about ending the federal shutdown as the two political leaders have continued their back-and-forth over government funding. “It’s further confirmation that Republicans are the ones who were clearly determined to shut the government down," Jeffries said during an appearance on MSNBC....
The Trump administration announced Friday it was freezing $2.1 billion in funding for infrastructure projects in Chicago, marking the latest instance in recent days of the White House withholding money for projects in blue states. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought wrote in a post on social platform X that the money...
Zohran Mamdani is likely to win the mayoral race in New York City, and while progressives are celebrating, his socialist policies could be a warning sign for the Democratic Party and a boost for Republicans.
The Senate reconvenes Friday with another vote that could reopen the government, on its third day of shutdown. If it fails, expect the shutdown to last into next week. “They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to open up the government,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday. “If that fails, we’ll give them the weekend...
President Trump late Thursday labeled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought the “grim reaper," as the Trump administration prepares to move forward with threatened layoffs amid the government shutdown. The president posted a video to Truth Social depicting Russell as the grim reaper who “wields the pen, the funds and the brain.” ...
Trump has warned Democrats that he may take advantage of the current shutdown to terminate a sizeable number of federal employees. Just think: AOC may have set in motion the biggest downsizing of the federal government in history.
Let’s start with the stipulation that the current government shutdown could hardly have been designed to be more damaging to Republican candidates in next month’s off-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey. The White House is trumpeting another round of deep federal layoffs even before voters had forgotten about the pain from the Department...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that any supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine would threaten the U.S. relationship with Russia, but that Moscow’s defense systems will swiftly adopt to the new weaponry. Putin, during a foreign policy forum in Sochi, Russia, said the U.S. potentially sending Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine will indicate a...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) says the “jury’s still out” on whether President Trump is winning the trade war, particularly because the Trump administration has yet to strike a comprehensive trade deal with China. “I think we’re in the early stages of the battle, to be honest with you,” Tillis told video journalist Nicholas Ballasy....
Germany’s Munich Airport temporarily closed Thursday night after several drone sightings, the airport announced in a news release. The airport said that German air traffic control first restricted flight traffic at 10:18 p.m. local time, and then suspended all incoming and departing flights. In total, 17 departing flights could not take off from Munich, while...
Apple has removed ICEBlock, which allows users to track and report the location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, from its App Store. “We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps,” Apple said in a statement to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company. “Based on information we’ve received...
Former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was charged on Thursday with possessing firearms while in the U.S. illegally, less than a week after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, investigators found Roberts in possession...
