President Trump declared communism the greatest threat facing the USA and vowed the country would never become a communist nation in his Mount Rushmore speech.
President Trump on Friday issued a “fierce rebuke” of communism as part of his Independence Day kickoff speech, injecting partisan rancor into remarks commemorating America’s 250th birthday with Mount Rushmore as the backdrop. Speaking in Keystone, South Dakota, Trump declared that “such doctrines can be given no quarter,” issuing a thinly-veiled dark threat against less...
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary on Saturday, almost half of Americans do not know what the day celebrates, according to a new survey released on Thursday. A nation-wide poll conducted by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute found that only 53 percent of respondents could correctly identify the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as...
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce officially tied the knot in a long-awaited wedding celebration on Friday evening, a representative for the singer confirmed. The star-studded event was held in Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City in front of around 1,000 guests. Purple screens outside of the iconic event venue displayed the words “JUST&T MARRIED”...
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Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) said Friday that she believes Democrat Graham Platner has “disqualified himself” from the Maine Senate race amid a series of escalating allegations about his past behavior toward women. “I think it’s so distressing, all of the stories that are coming out, and they’re more and more it seems by the hour,”...
President Trump sought to appeal to farmers at a roundtable in Wisconsin on Friday amid skyrocketing fertilizer and energy prices as a result of the U.S. war in Iran. “We’re going to come out, and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down, just like they were four months ago,” Trump told farmers in...
A federal prosecutor in California has opened probes into alleged voter fraud in the state after President Trump accused Democrats of “cheating” in its primary elections this week. Bill Essayli, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, announced on Friday that his office had “multiple election fraud investigations underway,” but did...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Putin pours cold water on Zelensky meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin poured cold water on the prospect of meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in person, arguing there is no reason to have diplomatic talks to...
Three top correspondents at "60 Minutes" say they will stay with the program amid speculation about their futures as CBS News implements sweeping changes across the show and the network more broadly. In a letter to colleagues, which was obtained by The Hill on Friday, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim wrote they are...
Two Senate Democrats on Thursday called on the Trump administration to stop the production of a 24-karat gold coin bearing President Trump’s image to commemorate America’s 250th birthday, with the lawmakers expressing concerns that some of the gold used by U.S. Mint could be traced to foreign cartels. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden...
Russian President Vladimir Putin poured cold water Friday on the idea of a face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reportedly saying he does not see a reason to hold direct talks regarding an end to the ongoing war between the two nations. "I don't see any point for now," Putin said during Russia's annual...
Subaru is recalling nearly 70,000 of its popular SUVs over a defect that could cause the glass moonroof to detach while the vehicle is moving, according to a filing with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The House Armed Services Committee early Friday advanced a historically large defense policy bill that would authorize some $1.15 trillion for the Pentagon, giving service members a pay bump and supporting U.S. allies and acquisition reforms. The legislation also included measures that require more accountability from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, amid some bipartisan frustration over...
President Trump shrugged off frustration among New Yorkers that tickets to see the New York Knicks play in the NBA Finals in person are so expensive. The cheapest tickets to Game 3 of the NBA Finals, which will be played Monday at Madison Square Garden, are going for more than $8,000 on secondary ticket markets....
