President Trump referred to CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia this week as “semi-routine” after the Kremlin confirmed Ratcliffe was in the country to meet intelligence officials. "I hate to disappoint people," Trump told conservative talks show host Glenn Beck on Wednesday. "John Ratcliffe is a fantastic guy. He's the head of the CIA,...
President Trump said in an interview Wednesday that the late country music icon Dolly Parton liked him but was not “a very political person." “She was unique. She was amazing, and to lose her, it’s like losing a member of the family,” Trump told conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. “We all knew her so...
In his reflection on 30 years of patient advocacy, Matthew Zachary argues that the movement must transition from organizing around specific diagnoses to uniting all patients under a single, powerful civic identity.
The State Department on Monday issued a travel advisory for Americans visiting the northern Mexican city of Mexicali. The advisory, issued by the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, noted the U.S. government was suspending its consular activities in the border city on Tuesday. The Hill has reached out to the State Department for clarification on whether...
President Trump said Wednesday he does not believe Iran’s supreme leader is dead after a report suggested he could be deceased or brain-dead. "He was very seriously wounded, but I don't think he's dead,” Trump said in an interview with conservative commentator Glenn Beck. “And if he is, they're putting on a pretty good show...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to sign off on President Trump’s Day 1 proclamation shutting down asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border, accusing lower courts of “judicial interference” in declaring it illegal. Solicitor General D. John Sauer described it as one of the president’s most important initiatives as he urged the...
Fox News host Laura Ingraham warned Republicans on Tuesday that they could be headed for trouble in November if the party does not shore up support from states that have typically been thought of as safe. “They better get their act together in Iowa,” she said on “The Ingraham Angle,” as guests discussed a Senate...
Three U.S. Secret Service (USSS) officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday amid an investigation into possible misconduct, a spokesperson told The Hill. The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting the probe, and details around the investigation were not immediately clear. All three officials were non-law enforcement personnel, according to the spokesperson. “The U.S....
The Trump administration has implemented measures to restrict independent journalism, including the firing of leadership at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes following reports on poor conditions aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
The Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling on Monday in favor of President Trump stirred up the dust just ahead of the midterms. “Only time will tell,” the court cautioned on the lawfulness of Trump’s policy in question as it ruled on an early challenge to it. Mail ballots are set to go out in a matter of days. And the battle could quickly boomerang to the high court. To hear some prominent Democrats tell...
In the 1990 movie "Kindergarten Cop," it is a five-year-old boy, not Arnold Schwarzenegger, who blurts out the actual biology lesson: "Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina." Schwarzenegger's character, an undercover detective drafted into substitute teaching, doesn't linger on the matter or turn it into a discussion. Rather, he offers a dry, one-line...
