Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Sunday that President Trump will not postpone his latest round of tariffs in response to the financial fallout and uncertainty across global markets.
Attorney General Pam Bondi pushed back Sunday against a federal judge's ruling that the Trump administration must bring back an illegal immigrant from Maryland who was wrongly deported to El Salvador.
The year was 2022. Democrats were in a panic heading into the midterm elections, all thanks to an unpopular president pushing unpopular spending that led to the highest inflation the country had seen since E.T. was in theaters 40 years ago. The southern border was a full-blown crisis, with nearly 2.8 million people entering the […]
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and his top deputy after demands from far-right influencer Laura Loomer, saying Sunday that China and Russia are “laughing at us” after that decision. “I will tell you, this puts us back. It hurts...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged Democrats to be bolder in their approach to winning over voters, saying in an interview that his party has been guilty of not “thinking big” or “acting big.” In an interview on NBC News's "Meet the Press," moderator Kristen Welker asked Schiff about a moment from Sen. Cory...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has initiated removal efforts for Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist, by citing Section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which denotes individuals whose presence poses serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States as deportable. Government officials allege that Khalil promoted pro-Hamas rhetoric on the campus of...
The United States has for the first time shifted the pressure to Russia in President Trump’s push for a ceasefire in Ukraine, after securing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s support for a 30-day truce in the war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio came out of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday saying the geopolitical ball was...
NASA and SpaceX will launch the Crew-10 mission to retrieve astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station on Wednesday evening. Williams and Wilmore, part of last year's Boeing Starliner mission that was meant to only last eight to 10 days, have been docked on the space station since June. The initial launch...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated Wednesday that it will slash a broad suite of rules and determinations that aim to cut pollution or mitigate climate change — including from cars and power plants. The EPA announced that it will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that are expected to sharply increase the number of electric...
The U.S. government is seeking to move Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil’s case from New York, where a hearing into his status happened Wednesday, to Louisiana or New Jersey. Khalil is a Palestinian activist who is a permanent legal resident of the U.S. in the country on a green card, but the Trump administration is...
President Trump floated the idea of running for a third term during a St. Patrick’s Day event on Wednesday, saying he looked forward to celebrating with the Irish prime minister “at least three more times.” The remark came during the annual “Friends of Ireland” gathering during which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) hosted Trump, Irish leader...
President Trump has used funding pauses and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to target climate initiatives by the federal government, but will need the help of Congress to repeal the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy tax credits.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump plans to introduce steep tariffs on copper imports after he directed Cabinet officials to investigate the country’s ability to rely on its domestic supply chain for the metal instead of foreign trade partners. “The president wants steel and aluminum in America. And let me be clear, nothing's going...
The measles outbreak in the South Plains region of Texas has been linked to confirmed cases in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The outbreak in West Texas is centered in Gaines County, which neighbors Lea County, across the border in New Mexico. Gaines has reported 156 confirmed cases, more than two-thirds of Texas’s total of 223...
President Trump on Wednesday said Education Secretary Linda McMahon was behind the mass layoffs at the agency, not mentioning tech billionaire Elon Musk while defending the overhaul. “When we cut— we want to cut— but we want to cut the people that aren't working or not doing a good job. We're keeping the best people....
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees and outside groups are fighting an order from the agency’s leadership to shred and burn its classified documents as well as personnel records. An email obtained by The Hill sent by USAID’s acting executive secretary instructs remaining employees at the dismantled agencies to “shred as many documents as...
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te took a major step forward on Feb. 14 when he publicly committed to raising Taiwan’s defense spending from 2.45 percent to 3 percent of GDP in 2025 through a special budget.
PEPFAR, a global program to combat AIDS, faces an existential threat due to partisan politics, but Congress has an opportunity to reform the program and ensure its continued success.
