Immigration judges have issued more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders since President Trump returned to the White House, a figure that represents a more than sevenfold increase over the roughly 11,400 such orders issued during the final 15 months of the Biden administration.
When President Trump decided to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue, he reportedly laid the groundwork to award a $6.9 million no-bid contract to someone he said worked on his swimming pools.
President Trump’s approval rating sank to a new second term low in the latest NBC News poll, amid growing concerns about his handling of the economy. In the NBC News Decision Desk survey, conducted during the first two weeks of April, 37 percent of Americans say they approve of the president’s overall performance, down from...
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from Massachusetts parents who contended the Constitution requires school employees to get their consent to encourage their child’s pronoun and name change in the classroom. The parents argued the district was violating their fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their child, protected by the 14th Amendment’s due process guarantee. It comes after the court turned away a similar case last December...
Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said President Trump is “not well” following a Wall Street Journal report that said his advisers limited his knowledge of rescue operations for two pilots downed in Iran due to the leader’s “impatience.” “The commander-in-chief was excluded from commanding a military operation because he was acting so crazy. Think...
If the administration is successful in eliminating LIHEAP, the consequences are straightforward. Arrearages will skyrocket, utility shut-offs will increase, and human suffering will intensify.
FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic for $250 million on Monday after the magazine published explosive reporting detailing the director was fearful of losing his job and struggled to be reached after nights of excessive drinking. The magazine published a story on Friday titled “The FBI Director Is MIA,” citing conversations with more than two dozen...
With less than two days until a ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and Iran expires, prospects for peace are threatened. Iran’s military is threatening to retaliate after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships traveling through the Gulf of Oman over the weekend. Vice President Vance, with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday said the country’s economic ties to the U.S. have become a “weakness,” pointing to global uncertainty caused by President Trump's trade and tariff policies. “The world is more dangerous and divided. The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during...
President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year. “No, I think he’s wrong on that. Totally wrong,” Trump said in a phone interview when asked about his energy chief’s comments. When asked by The...
Three individuals were killed during a Sunday strike led by U.S. forces on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, officials said. U.S. Southern Command posted a video of the attack and said the boat was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes. It did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment regarding the boat's...
With Democrats poised to take the House and possibly the Senate, a series of votes in the upper chamber offered an important window into the party’s evolving foreign policy posture. It did not portend good things, for the country, key allies or Democrats’ political fortunes. More than three dozen Democratic Senators backed Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) effort...
Iran's military has threatened to retaliate after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Gulf of Oman, while the U.S. has declared a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump has stated that U.S. soldiers will board Iranian-linked ships to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
