TRUMP, ANOTHER HAIR-ON-FIRE UPROAR, AND THE MIDTERMS. On Friday, the political and media world experienced a nervous breakdown over President Donald Trump’s posting of a video that contained a racist image portraying former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. The video contained a lot more — with a jungle theme, it […]
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing Kennedy family member Jack Schlossberg in an upcoming New York House race, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner. The New York Times was first to report the anticipated major endorsement in the tight race to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.)...
The search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother will hit the one-week mark on Sunday. In a new video posted to Savannah Guthrie’s Instagram account on Saturday, the “Today” show anchor addressed her mother’s captors. “We received your message, and we understand,” she said while seated between her siblings Annie and Camron. “We beg you now to...
President Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on countries that don’t remove digital taxes, arguing they harm technology from the U.S. “As the President of the United States, I will stand up to Countries that attack our incredible American Tech Companies. Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, and Digital Markets Regulations are all designed to harm,...
Top Democrats pounced on President Trump Monday after he moved to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations. Cook, who was appointed by former President Biden in 2022, has pledged to remain in the position, saying Trump has “no authority” to remove her. “Any attempt to fire Lisa Cook from her position of...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is pushing back on Republican criticism that President Trump’s deal to acquire a 10 percent stake in Intel, one of the nation’s biggest chipmakers, is a step toward socialism and a major break with conservative free-market principles. Lutnick pushed back specifically against Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who called the deal a...
The Movement is a weekly newsletter tracking the influence and debates steering politics on the right. Sign up here or in the box below. Those who have long preached in favor of free markets and against socialism are being thrown for a loop with President Trump’s move to have the U.S. government take a 10 percent stake in struggling...
When California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) was asked about President Trump’s recent use of military force on MSNBC, he described the bombing in Iran as “An illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.” That line really stuck out. Given Newsom’s track record on many issues, he seemed like the wrong messenger to deliver it. One...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook doubled down on her vow not to resign from the Fed, after President Trump moved on Monday to fire the board member over mortgage fraud allegations. In a statement, Cook argued the president has “no authority” to remove her from her post. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’...
Trump signed an executive order to suspend the 'de minimis' rule, which has led many postal carriers worldwide to suspend package deliveries to the U.S.
I went to prison for defending the Constitutional separation of powers. John Bolton (an occasional contributor to The Hill) may well wind up in prison, too if investigators uncover evidence and prosecutors decide to bring charges over his alleged classified disclosures. When Bolton wrote his book, "The Room Where It Happened" — reportedly receiving a...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Monday that personal attacks from President Trump “are just evidence of a guy who’s still living in fifth grade” after Trump recently commented on Pritzker’s weight. “It takes one to know one on the weight question,” Pritzker said Monday. “And the president, of course, himself, is not in good...
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday went after his city’s current mayor, Eric Adams, and a recently reported incident involving a chip bag and a longtime Adams adviser. “We are speaking about allegations that none of us would have entertained as possible or plausible, that cash would be stuffed in an envelope...
President Trump on Monday moved to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook over allegations she committed mortgage fraud. “I have determined that there is sufficient cause to remove you from your position,” Trump wrote in a letter to Cook, which was posted on Truth Social. Trump last week called for Cook, who was appointed by then-President Biden...
