The Issue: Pope Leo’s denunciation of war with Iran and the extent of his involvement in global politics. It’s reasonable for the pope to object to wars, but using...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stopped short of formally endorsing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a Democratic primary challenge to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, but signaled he is ready to embrace whatever she decides to do next.
President Trump's job approval has slipped among his party and Americans are growing more pessimistic about the country's direction, according to a new survey.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The president is scheduled to be in the courtroom, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. At least twice this week he has ripped into the 14th Amendment's citizenship guarantee. At 9 p.m. EDT, Trump will...
President Trump said that U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is “beyond reconsideration,” marking one of his strongest rebukes of the alliance to date. “I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,”...
Keep reading for our interview with an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney who is the challengers' counsel of record. President Trump is headed to Supreme Court this morning to see up close when his bid to end birthright citizenship falls into the justices' hands. The face-to-face moment will make Trump the first known sitting...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Tuesday that the U.S. will reexamine its relationship with NATO after the conflict with Iran ends, echoing criticism from President Trump toward European allies who have been reluctant to join the military operation in the Middle East. “Ultimately, that’s a decision for the President to make, and he’ll...
Arkansas Sen. Kim Hammer (R), who received support from a handful of top Republican officials in the state, is projected to win the GOP primary runoff for Arkansas secretary of state, according to Decision Desk HQ. Hammer defeated Republican Bryan Norris — a retired Army first sergeant and businessman who enjoyed the backing of backing of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell...
President Trump is set to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, according to his public schedule, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court. Before his schedule was released, the president told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he planned to attend. "I'm going," Trump...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) expressed deep disapproval of the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran in an interview released Wednesday. “It's a war that should be opposed on every single ground, not just procedural, but also moral, but also political, and also a war that should be opposed on the grounds of the fact...
Two chemicals commonly used to make plastics more flexible are connected to newborn deaths and premature births, according to a study released Monday. According to the study, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, two chemicals, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP), were notably linked to newborn deaths and premature births. The study looked at data...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced that the Army crew that flew two AH‑64 Apache helicopters near singer Kid Rock’s Nashville, Tenn., estate over the weekend will not face disciplinary measures or an investigation. The military personnel had been suspended for their actions, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday, but that suspension...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Trump will address the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday night. “TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran,” Leavitt said in a Wednesday evening post on...
President Trump is mulling a deployment of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran to remove the country’s highly enriched uranium, a complex and dangerous operation that could take days to complete. The mission, which would likely involve elite special operations teams to extract radioactive material, would place U.S. personnel deep inside Iran, exposing them to the...
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is kicking off the American leg of what he called a “political and very topical” tour on Tuesday in Minneapolis, Minn. “The tour is going to be political and very topical about what’s going on in the country,” Springsteen said last Monday, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune, describing his “Land...
