The U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Thursday released financial disclosure forms showing that President Trump disclosed at least $220 million in financial transactions in the securities of major U.S. companies earlier this year. The reports show a cumulative value of between $220 million and around $750 million, with purchases including securities linked to companies...
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday called on the Trump administration to not extend a waiver on sanctions for anyone who purchases oil from Russia, which is set to expire just after midnight on Saturday. “Tonight, when the current license for Russian oil expires, it should not be renewed," Shaheen, the...
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) returned to hosting his eponymous show on Wednesday, after he was hospitalized earlier this month for viral pneumonia. During a recent episode of “The Rudy Giuliani Show," the former mayor said that he is “in the middle of making a very, very full and complete recovery” and...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told President Trump in Beijing ahead of their high-stakes meeting that the major question that China and the U.S. will have to answer is whether they can avoid the "Thucydides Trap." Xi asked if both countries can overcome the "Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major country...
A group of Miami residents is suing President Trump and top Florida officials over a state land donation for Trump’s future presidential library and museum, alleging the transaction is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the Southern District of Florida on behalf of a Miami nonprofit, several residents and a student at Miami Dade...
The House is moving ahead with a vote next week on an amended bipartisan housing bill, even after President Trump pressured the lower chamber to pass the Senate version. House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the committee’s ranking member, on Thursday released the House's version of the “21st...
If a single statute can be used aggressively against pro-life activists under one president and against anti-ICE protesters under another, the problem is not who is wielding the weapon, but that the weapon exists.
The NAACP on Wednesday alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates on the basis of race. The legal action follows lawmakers’ decision to carve out the state’s only majority-Black district through a Republican-friendly map that threatens the status of the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member delegation. Several Southern states moved to...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday defended President Trump's comment that he is not focused on the financial situations of Americans while negotiating with the Iranian government. “He said something that got clipped ... saying, 'I’m not thinking about [the] American people financially,’ but what he really was saying — he did say, is, ‘I'm...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that during the summit in China, President Trump and administration officials will try to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to take an “active role” in negotiations to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity in Beijing, Rubio...
A majority of Republican voters support policies requiring AI models to undergo independent security testing, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey, shared first with The Hill from Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), found that 71 percent prefer a mandatory testing process, compared to 17 percent who said AI companies should voluntarily test...
President Trump told Fox News that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to purchase soybeans, energy and jets during the two leaders' bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday. According to Fox News, Trump told host Sean Hannity that Xi committed to helping the U.S. with Iran, buy U.S. soybeans, buy more oil and liquified natural gas...
President Trump signaled in his opening remarks at a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he's ready to do business with China. The host of business leaders accompanying Trump is just one sign of that. His first full day in Beijing is a busy one with a state banquet following the...
President Trump during his trip to Beijing on Thursday formally invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the White House in September. “Thank you again, President Xi, for this beautiful welcome, and tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you, Madam Peng, to visit us at the White House this September 24...
