President Trump on Saturday accused Iran of bombing an Iranian girls' school, while several media outlets reported that the explosions were likely caused by U.S. airstrikes. A reporter asked Trump about the strike while aboard Air Force One, after the president attended the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members killed in Kuwait on March...
Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary on Saturday vowed that Tehran will respond to attacks from U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf amid the U.S. military operations. "When the enemy attacks us from regional bases, we respond to it and will respond; this is our right and a consistent policy," secretary Ali Larijani wrote...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Jesse Jackson dies at 84 ▪ Next round of Iran nuclear talks ▪ FBI won’t share evidence in Pretti investigation ▪ AOC stumbles on foreign policy U.S. and Iranian officials are set to meet for a second round of talks on Iran’s...
Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a statement, after battling the neurodegenerative disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). He was 84 years old. "Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Monday said President Trump was at fault for the Potomac waste spill, which now appears to be the largest in U.S. history, following scrutiny from the White House leader. "The President has his facts wrong—again. Since the last century, the federal government has been responsible for the Potomac Interceptor,...
President Trump on Monday said the United States and Cuba are talking as the island faces crippling circumstances in the midst of a White House-imposed oil blockade. “Cuba is right now a failed nation, and they don't even have jet fuel to get for airplanes to take off. They're clogging up their runway,” Trump told...
President Trump on Monday slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for what she said at the Munich Security Conference in Germany after the New York lawmaker was asked a series of questions on foreign policy. “I watched AOC answering questions in Munich. This was not a good look for the United States,” the president told reporters...
Tom Pritzker resigned as executive chair of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation on Monday, citing his association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as reason for the departure. Files released by the Justice Department show Pritzker was in close contact with Epstein in the years after Epstein’s 2008 plea deal for procuring a minor for...
A new analysis shows that enforcement agreements between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local and state law enforcement agencies have increased by more than 900 percent during President Trump’s first term. The analysis, released Monday by criminal justice reform advocacy group FWD.us, found that there are 1,372 agreements between local law enforcement agencies and...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) appearance at the Munich Security Conference has drawn a mixed response from members of her own party, underscoring a potential vulnerability of hers amid speculation she could mount a presidential run in the future. The New York congresswoman took part in the annual international security conference alongside world leaders — including...
Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-Ariz.) attorney warned the Department of Justice not to pursue a second indictment against the Arizona lawmaker, describing any efforts to do so as a “remarkable abuse of power.” A Friday letter from Kelly’s attorney, Paul Fishman, urges Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro...
Strained ties between the U.S. and Europe took center stage at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, as President Trump forces both sides of the transatlantic alliance to face the consequences of America’s growing belligerence on the world stage. The annual conference, a preeminent venue to debate the state of European and global security,...
Three people are dead, including the suspect, and three others are in critical condition after a shooting at a Rhode Island ice skating rink Monday afternoon.
President Trump on Monday blamed local and state officials in Washington, D.C., and Maryland for the wastewater spill into the Potomac River and directed federal authorities to assist in recovery efforts. Trump wrote on Truth Social that the spillage, which stemmed from a section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line in Maryland collapsing last month,...
