U.S. forces pummeled a critical offshore hub of Iran's oil-export industry as the world waited to see if President Trump would follow through on his threat to bomb the country into the Stone Age unless his ceasefire demands are met.
A majority of Americans want to see the country restrict access to birthright citizenship along the lines of what President Trump has proposed, according to results from a new survey released Thursday.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said during an interview broadcast Sunday that ending foreign wars is “the best thing that we could do” to lower gas prices — comments that come amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran. “There's been some conversation in this state, at least, about possibly waiving the gas tax for a little...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Sunday backed the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts to his agency, as the Artemis II mission continues. “Yes, of course I do,” Isaacman said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” when host Jake Tapper asked whether he supported the administration’s proposed budget cuts for fiscal 2027. On Friday, the Office...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that those who push to not “engage” with popular Twitch streamer and left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker “will cost us future elections.” “The lesson of the last election is we've got to be out there. We've got to engage. It's a complex, messy, multiracial democracy. I will defend...
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) floated a possible 2028 presidential run in a Sunday interview touting his ability to resonate with Latino voters and regain support from the working-class population for the Democratic party. “Obviously, like any other elected official, especially ones that won red states in 2024, we have to look at it,” Gallego told...
President Trump warned against reading into reports of an impending Cabinet shake-up during a brief phone interview on Sunday. Trump told The Hill that reports of staffing shake-ups should not be read into, saying the country was on the right track. His comments come after Attorney General Pam Bondi was ousted from her post Thursday,...
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Sunday slammed the war in Iran for swallowing money allocated to military defense and said repeated strikes are only hardening the regime overseas. “I think this war was a mistake in large part because of the cost and also because of what we talked about earlier in terms of the...
President Trump said in a brief phone interview with The Hill on Sunday that he is not ruling out ground troops in Iran if Tehran does not make a deal. "No," Trump told The Hill when asked if he would rule out sending ground troops to the country. "Normal people would make a deal. Smart...
Democrats are focusing on affordability in the midterm elections, but without a longer-term vision, they risk being exposed for 2028 and beyond, as there is no quick fix to the entrenched economic realities facing Americans.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring the lower chamber back from recess to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The partial government shutdown has spanned more than a month as lawmakers debate funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without significant reforms to operations...
The Trump administration's mounting frustration with NATO allies over their refusal to join the Iran war has policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic bracing for change. President Trump would need congressional approval to officially withdraw from the international military alliance, but there are other steps he can take to curb cooperation, and Europeans say...
Brett McGurk, who served under President Trump during his first term, warned that the president's latest threats against Iran will not bring Tehran to the table to negotiate opening the Strait of Hormuz. "This is an escalate to try to get a deal that's not going to get a deal," McGurk, who also served in...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said that former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent firing “should be a lesson” for the next nominee to lead the Justice Department. “But here's the lesson from Pam Bondi, Kristen, the AG is supposed to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer and have an independent gravitas and integrity....
