VOA is a major bone of contention for many lawmakers – which reared its head once again when Agency for Global Media Special Advisor Kari Lake spoke before a House committee.
Fox News survey shows American pride rebounding to 58%, the highest in over a decade, despite persistent concerns about the future, inflation, and government spending among voters
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration -- and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem -- in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Canada bowed to White House demands and decided not to collect a tax on U.S. tech companies as planned Monday, a sign that President Trump's hardball tactics are paying off as he cajoles dozens of trading partners to strike deals or face stiff tariffs on goods they send to U.S. markets.
President Trump on Sunday called for a deal on Israel’s war in Gaza and the hostages held in the territory to be released. “MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!! DJT,” Trump said in an early morning post on Truth Social. Trump’s push for a deal and the release of the hostages comes...
Florida is at the extreme edge of an unprecedented red-state campaign to reinforce and sometimes outdo the Trump administration’s efforts to remake higher education. But it is by no means alone.
Republican New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa continued his salvo against Mayor Eric Adams (D) and doubled down on his choice to stay in the race for New York City mayor in a morning radio interview that aired Sunday amidst calls for candidates to unite behind a single opposition figure to Zohran Mamdani, the...
President Trump's use of the f-word during a press conference to describe the conflict between Iran and Israel was the first time a president used the word intentionally on live television, while former President Biden was caught on a hot mic describing the Affordable Care Act as a "big f---ing deal" during a signing ceremony.
Democrats bashing President Trump for striking Iran without congressional consent are bumping into an inconvenient history: Democratic presidents have done the same thing for decades. From Bill Clinton, to Barack Obama, to (most recently) Joe Biden, every Democratic president of the modern era has employed U.S. military forces to attack targets overseas, including strikes in...
President Trump is seeing warning signs emerge from independent voters as his approval rating weakens with the key voting bloc. Trump’s net approval among unaffiliated voters reached its lowest level of his second term on Tuesday, according to an aggregate from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), with his disapproval rating surpassing 60 percent for the first...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Vice President Vance struck a deal Saturday night with a group of Senate conservatives who want bigger Medicaid spending cuts to save President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” from stalling. The deal hatched in Thune’s office late Saturday evening paved the way for Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to flip...
The "big, beautiful bill” is grinding slowly towards a Senate vote after a tumultuous week where Republicans have squabbled over amendments and overhauled numerous sections to pass scrutiny from the chamber’s parliamentarian. President Trump, who has maintained that he wants the massive legislation package on his desk by July 4, is almost certain to weigh...
The Senate’s version of the “big, beautiful bill” is facing serious headwinds in the House with The Hill learning that at least six House Republicans are currently a "no" on the framework, a daunting sign for GOP leadership as the Senate races towards a vote. Those six House Republicans, some of whom requested anonymity, are...
Mary Trump, the president’s niece, slammed right-wing attacks on Zohran Mamdani, the winner of New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, calling them “extraordinarily dangerous” on SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah’s Friday show. “It is not going to stop here. It’s going to get worse,” Mary Trump said in response to a question about comments by President...
Former President Biden and Vice President Harris attended the Saturday funeral of slain Minnesota lawmaker, state Rep. Melissa Hortman, in Minneapolis. A man impersonating a police officer shot and killed Hortman, her husband Mark and their golden retriever in an attack officials describes as “politically motivated.” State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife Yvetter...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) told Democratic senators Saturday that he will force the clerks to read the 1,000-page Republican megabill on the Senate floor once Republicans vote to proceed to the legislation, a procedural act of defiance that will take an estimated 12 hours and delay final passage of President Trump’s agenda by...
There are the countless other small-business owners who just keep their fingers crossed and hope against hope that nothing bad will happen. That's no way to run a business
