Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said Monday that President Trump sending the National Guard to his city would "only serve to destabilize" it. "From my first day in office, public safety has been my top priority. In just two years we have made historic progress, driving down homicides by more than 30% and reducing shootings...
President Trump on Monday announced plans to deploy some 800 members of the Washington, D.C., National Guard to the nation's capital as part of his administration's effort to crack down on street crime in the city. Formally declaring a public safety emergency, Trump claimed the deployment is part of a citywide effort to combat violent...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story High costs after tariffs pose threat to Trump and GOP The cost of living in America is projected to rise because of President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, and that’s a political problem for the president...
President Trump on Monday announced he would nominate E.J. Antoni, a top economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to serve as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he pushed out the previous leader. "Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE," Trump posted...
President Trump announced Monday that he was taking control of the District of Columbia’s police and deploying the National Guard. Trump portrayed the moves, which will involve around 800 National Guard troops, as a response to high crime rates in the nation’s capital. He said it was an attempt to “rescue” the District from “bloodshed,...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) campaigned with New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday, slamming both President Trump and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "New York has always stood up to bullies and defended what's right, even when it's difficult, which is why we were so shocked to learn that Andrew Cuomo called...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kennedy visits CDC after weekend shooting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on Monday, days after a gunman shot multiple rounds into four...
As President Trump seeks a breakthrough in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, former Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are torn. A ceasefire deal could finally free thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who remain in Russian prisons, but it could also mean ceding land that thousands have died fighting to defend. “The guys who...
President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an attempt to fight crime. “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people, and we’re not going to...
President Trump met Monday with Lip-Bu Tan, the CEO of Intel, who Trump just days earlier had called on to resign over claims he was "conflicted." Trump said he met with Tan, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The president provided few details about their conversations, but he indicated he would have...
Stocks closed with losses Monday as Wall Street braces for the first federal inflation report released after President Trump ousted the head of the agency responsible for producing it. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 201 points, falling 0.5 percent Monday. The S&P 500 index and Nasdaq composite each fell 0.3...
President Trump on Monday announced he was putting the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard in what he portrayed as a crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. “This is liberation day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back,” said Trump, who has long floated plans...
