This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would sue the paper and columnist Nicholas Kristof for defamation over the publication of what he called a "blood...
Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a "rededication of our country as One Nation under God."
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday that President Trump is considering using arms sales to Taiwan as part of broader U.S.-China negotiations, noting recent past presidents also paused sales.
President Trump on Sunday warned Iran that the "clock is ticking" as peace negotiations between the U.S. and Tehran appear to be at a standstill. “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE” the president wrote in a...
Taiwan’s representative to the US, Alexander Yui, on Sunday said Taipei trusts the Trump administration to deliver on future arms sales after President Trump said he would hold off on a $14 billion arms sale to create leverage in talks with China. Beijing has never formally recognized Taiwan’s sovereignty, and Taiwan has long argued that...
Jennifer Lawrence has questioned the effectiveness of celebrities speaking out against President Trump, while the Democrats should focus on the economy and the struggles of everyday Americans, rather than relying on out-of-touch celebrities to deliver their message.
A group of former officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked the agency to repeal its "news distortion policy," which it notes sitting Chair Brendan Carr has cited in threatening to crack down on mainstream media coverage that is critical of President Trump. In a petition filed Thursday, the group criticized the policy as...
The federal government starts the process of reopening on Thursday after a record 43-day shutdown ended. President Trump signed the House-passed funding measure bill late Wednesday. Six Democrats voted with Republicans to end the shutdown. Many federal workers will start receiving paychecks on Saturday. But both the U.S. air traffic system and federal food assistance...
The first wave of federal workers will start receiving paychecks on Saturday as the government begins to reopen after a record-long shutdown. A senior administration official told The Hill’s sister network NewsNation that paychecks will start going out this weekend and the administration aims to pay all federal workers by Wednesday. A memo, obtained by...
“There are two types of people on the battlefield — the quick and the dead.” This Army saying is instilled in basic training then reinforced throughout one’s military career. Until last month, Ukraine was "the quick" in its defensive war against Russia. Kyiv, since day one of the war, has understood that to be quick requires...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Trump signs bill to reopen government ▪ House sets vote on Epstein files ▪ President's approval rating sags ▪ THC ban set to go into effect Longest shutdown in history ends after 43 days The longest shutdown...
Michelle Obama is seemingly sounding off on President Trump without naming him, saying that commanders in chief have to set "a standard" in the White House around accepting gifts. "When you are the commander in chief, there's a standard at which you have to set for the American people. And some of these things aren't...
Sen. John Fetterman's (D-Pa.) new memoir details a souring relationship between him and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), particularly over the governor's approach to criminal justice. In "Unfettered," Fetterman described an "ugliness between us — from which we have never recovered," Axios reported. He said he saw Shapiro as someone with "political ambition" who sought...
