President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Monday morning will host the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. President Trump pledged last year that religion was "coming back to America” as he kicked off his first White House Easter Egg Roll since returning to office. Tech giants YouTube, Meta and Amazon were among the corporate sponsors of the...
The U.S. and Iran have received a draft ceasefire proposal from third-party mediators to halt their ongoing conflict, according to multiple reports. The Associated Press, citing two officials in the Middle East, reported that mediators from Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey sent a proposal to Washington and Tehran with terms including a ceasefire lasting 45 days...
President Trump’s attack on Iran and his proposal to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing has jolted Americans back to a darker era of Cold War brinkmanship, when impulsive decisions could push the world toward catastrophe.
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: President Trump amplified his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, declaring in a profanity-laced social media post over the weekend that the U.S. will escalate attacks on Iran’s civilian infrastructure if no agreement is reached by Tuesday. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday derided President Trump’s latest threats to Iran as “war crimes” if committed. “Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week,” Murphy wrote on the social platform X. “GOP leaders need to stop him. Never mind that blowing up bridges...
Former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D) on Saturday slammed President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting as unconstitutional and illegal. “It is patently illegal, and it is entirely in the playbook of voter suppression that Republicans, including Donald Trump, have been using for the last decade or so,” Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate,...
The women’s basketball program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) captured its first NCAA title on Sunday, receiving praise from former President Obama and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) after the victory. The No. 1-seed Bruins, led by head coach Cori Close, completed a 37-1 season by defeating No. 1-seed South Carolina 79-51...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he spoke with President Trump about the mission to rescue a U.S. service member whose aircraft was downed by Iranian forces. “I spoke earlier with President @realDonaldTrump and personally congratulated him on his bold decision and a perfectly executed American mission to rescue the downed pilot from enemy...
An Iranian news outlet on Sunday reported that multiple U.S. aircraft were destroyed during the mission to rescue a stranded American service member in Iran. The Iranian Fars News Agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that two C-130 aircraft and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were destroyed during the mission. ...
Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday, the day after Easter, more than two months after the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. “It’s hard to imagine doing it because it’s such a place of joy and lightness, and I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not,” she...
House and Senate Republicans scrambling to end the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history keep running into themselves. Within the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team haven’t found a formula for containing their rebellious conservative wing. Between the chambers, Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) have been at odds over...
