Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ US sanctions Russian oil companies ▪ Merkley’s marathon speech ▪ The Democrats’ conundrum ▪ Texas governor goes after professors President Trump on Wednesday took his most significant and direct action yet against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a...
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could soon be headed to San Francisco. McLaughlin said in an interview with NewsNation's "The Hill," there would be "no safe haven in the United States, whether that be Los Angeles, Chicago, New York or San Francisco." "We do...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Todd Lyons said Wednesday that New York City will see more immigration arrests, after protesters confronted agents during an operation. "You will see an increase in ICE arrests because there are so many criminals and illegal aliens that have been released in New York, specifically," Lyons said in a...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Wednesday that the U.S. military conducted another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing three “narco-terrorists.” Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization and that the individuals on board were engaged in “narco-trafficking.” It is unclear which designated terrorist organization the...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Wednesday night that he will sue the Trump administration for sending immigration agents to San Francisco. "Send troops to San Francisco and we will sue you, @realDonaldTrump," Newsom wrote in a post on X, which included a video of the governor at a press conference. "We're going to be...
The three candidates in New York City’s mayoral race took to the debate stage for the final time on Wednesday less than two weeks out from Election Day. There was no shortage of fireworks between Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D), former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who’s now running as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa,...
Just over half of Americans believe President Trump is using the Department of Justice to go after his political enemies, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. Of those who were polled, 52 percent found the criminal charges to be unjustified. Broken down by party, 6 percent of Republicans see the charges to be...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday praised President Trump's decision to not provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles in its war with Russia. Speaking with CNN hours after meeting with Trump at the White House, Rutte said that "one specific weapon system" would change the war, whether from other European countries or from the U.S. "And...
Almost one in three Americans say the country is moving in the wrong direction, mostly due to President Trump's actions since returning to the White House in January, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Sixty-two percent think the nation is on the wrong track, including 92 percent of Democrats...
