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Great Barrier Reef not in peril, answer Putin’s ‘recalcitrance’ and other commentary

“President Trump has extended” Vladimir Putin “incredibly generous terms” to end the Ukraine war, notes Fred Fleitz at American Greatness. Yet Putin has “spurned him.”

The ‘Boriswave’ and Britain’s Immigration Disaster

When Keir Starmer says that the Johnson government ran an ‘experiment in open borders,’...

A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump’s order

Law enforcement officials on Sunday removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation's capital.

The sins of health ‘experts’ gave us RFK Jr.

The growing liberal outrage against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a handful of resignations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not cut to the heart of the crisis at the CDC. That happened because the previous health “experts” destroyed the agency’s credibility and ultimately invited Kennedy’s transformation. […]

Paul slams Vance’s ‘despicable’ comments about alleged drug boat strike

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took a swing at Vice President Vance on Saturday over comments Vance made about a strike on an alleged drug boat. “Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” Vance said in a Saturday morning post on the social platform X, referencing...

Trump caught on hot mic saying Putin wants to ‘make a deal for me’

President Trump was captured on a hot mic Monday telling French President Emmanuel Macron that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “make a deal for me.” “I think he wants to make a deal,” Trump said in the East Room of the White House ahead of the multilateral meeting between several of Europe's most powerful...

Democratic-aligned nonprofit, civil rights groups ready to sue over Texas congressional map

Several Democratic-aligned and civil rights groups are readying to sue over a proposed set of new congressional lines in Texas as lawmakers in the Lone Star State look to advance a GOP-friendly map ahead of 2026. Several groups including the National Redistricting Foundation, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee’s nonprofit arm; Mexican American Legal Defense and...

Burchett: Putin realizes we can ‘shut him down with our energy capabilities’

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin realizes the United States can “shut him down with our energy capabilities” amid a push from the Trump administration for an end to the war in Ukraine. “I think Putin realizes too we could shut him down with our energy capabilities,” Burchett told NewsNation’s...

How Trump introduced European leaders

President Trump met with European leaders on Monday to discuss the war in Ukraine alongside the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, amid a push from the White House for an end to the conflict. Among those who participated in the meeting included German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian...

Barrett lauds ‘collegiality’ in legal field in rare public remarks

CHICAGO — Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Monday lauded “collegiality” in the legal profession, hailing it as what lets the judicial system work well despite its inherently combative nature. She said she’s been “thinking a lot lately” about getting along and bridging disagreements. “It occurs to me that law is a profession that,...

What to know about the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story What to know about the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting President Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday as the search for an end to the three-and-a-half-year war intensifies. © UPI Photo Major European...

Russia-Ukraine peace deal details elusive after Trump hosts European leaders

President Trump and European leaders met for a one-of-a-kind summit at the White House on Monday to push toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. But by the end of a marathon day of meetings, details on what such an agreement might entail remained elusive. One major bit of news did emerge: Trump announced...

Missouri attorney general to serve as co-deputy FBI director

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is joining the Justice Department as the co-deputy director of the FBI, he announced Monday. Bailey is set to share duties as deputy FBI director with Dan Bongino, a staunch Trump ally whose future in the role came into question amid clashes over the case of the disgraced financier Jeffrey...

Trump administration restores public spending data after legal fight

The Trump administration restored a public database that showed how funding is apportioned to federal agencies following a recent order by a federal appeals court. Public access to the data was restored over the weekend, not long after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the website be restored in...

German leader presses for ceasefire before Putin-Zelensky meeting

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday pressed for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine before President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet. “I can’t imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire. So let’s work on that, and let’s try to put pressure on Russia because...

Senate Dems urge Trump to walk back chip deal

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Senate Democrats urge Trump to walk back chip deal Several top Senate Democrats are urging President Trump to walk back a deal with Nvidia and AMD that would allow the companies to sell artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China after they agreed to share 15 percent of revenue from sales. © Greg...

One GOP battle to watch this funding season

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story A GOP battle to watch this funding season The return of earmarks to the annual government funding bills has sparked a battle among Republicans on Capitol Hill, pitting fiscal hawks against members of the Appropriations Committees...

5 takeaways from the Trump-Zelensky White House meeting

President Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday as the search for an end to the three-and-a-half-year war intensifies. Major European leaders also jetted in for the meeting. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were all in...

Trump calls Putin to arrange face-to-face with Zelensky 

President Trump said Monday he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin following meetings at the White House with top European leaders and began arranging a potential bilateral meeting involving Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump said the meeting between Putin and Zelensky would take place at a time and location to be determined. It...

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