At one time, there would have been a place for Prince Harry, a natural-born people person, alongside his father. But he has pretzeled himself into an untenable position.
Senate lawmakers on Thursday approved a short-term extension of a provision in the federal surveillance law to hash out the final terms of its reauthorization.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is removing certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after this week's White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking into Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who has recently faced sexual assault allegations, over allegations of hiring a nanny illegally. In a statement to The Hill’s broadcast partner NewsNation, a spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it “has been collecting information on the allegations involving...
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said Sunday it will begin blockading Iranian ports at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, 5:30 p.m. in Iran, following posts earlier in the day from President Trump directing the U.S. military to "clean out" the Strait of Hormuz. The move follows 21 hours of unproductive peace talks in Pakistan on Saturday,...
Michael Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., said Sunday that there could be a “potential” for “continued talks” with Iran about the U.S.-Israeli conflict against the country after Vice President Vance said no progress was made in the direction of a peace agreement in recent negotiations. “When you said the talks are still going...
Lawmakers are set to return to Washington this week as questions over future pay for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees — including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers — loom over efforts to end the partial shutdown. The impasse follows a last-minute split before the Easter recess, when Senate Republicans advanced a measure to fund most of...
In one of Europe's most consequential elections of the year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded to the party led by Péter Magyar, ending his run as Hungary's leader after more than 16 years. With 60 percent of the votes counted, Magyar's Tisza Party had more than 52 percent of the vote compared with Orbán’s...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that he didn’t understand the “logic” behind President Trump’s recent announcement that the U.S. military would begin blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz. “We know we've got $4-a-gallon gasoline. We know that 25 percent of the world's natural gas goes through the strait. We know a...
President Trump said Sunday that the prices of oil and gas could drop, stay even or go “maybe a little higher” by this year’s midterm elections in comments that follow his announcement that the U.S. military would start blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz. “So, do you believe the price of oil...
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Sunday that the U.S. has not “won” the war with Iran yet, despite President Trump saying otherwise on Saturday. “We will not have won until we have completely defanged the Iranian regime. … To me, finishing the job is to make sure that Iran can never produce a nuclear...
After his vice president departed Pakistan without an agreement to end hostilities with Iran, President Trump’s next steps are uncertain, as 10 days remain in the ceasefire between the two sides. Speaking to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Sunday, Vice President Vance said that while talks with Iranian officials were “substantive,” the...
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Sunday that any possible agreements or discussions with the United States are "possible" but "difficult" amid heightened tensions between the two countries. "I think we can have an approach in terms of what is possible and what is difficult. I think dialogue and deals with the U.S. government are possible,...
