President Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump changing marijuana’s classification would be ill-advised. “I think rescheduling marijuana is wrong. The fact is, marijuana is a gateway drug. Most of the people who end up using hard substances start out on marijuana,” Lawler told host Blake Burman on “The Hill.” The president said...
The Pentagon is escalating its preliminary review into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) over his participation in a video where he and other Democrats told U.S. service members to disobey “illegal orders.” A Pentagon official told The Hill on Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office, along with the Defense Department’s Office of General Counsel, are...
The U.S. military continued its campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats, blowing up three vessels in the eastern Pacific on Monday and killing eight “narcoterrorists” in total. All three vessels were operated by designated terrorist organizations and were targeted in international waters. It is unclear which terrorist groups the U.S. military was referring to. Three people...
Bipartisan leaders in the House of Representatives have called for a bipartisan solution to the looming health insurance crisis, urging party leaders to listen to voices of reason and not play politics with people's lives and health care.
President Trump floated the possibility of talks with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro amid the growing U.S. military presence in the Caribbean. “We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that turns out. They would like to talk,” Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach, Fla., before returning to Washington on Sunday...
President Trump rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) concerns for her own safety on Sunday evening amid their ongoing feud over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac before leaving Palm Beach, Fla., Trump doubled down on calling the staunch MAGA supporter a “traitor” when asked about Greene saying her life...
The Supreme Court should admit its error and restore the principle that no one, not even the president of the United States, is exempt from the rule of law.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ President reverses ahead of Epstein vote ▪ Trump-MTG spat intensifies ▪ FAA ends all flight reductions ▪ Measles spread threatens US status President Trump made a late reversal declaring his support for releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files as the House appears set to approve...
The 43-day government shutdown has exposed the intensifying battle between progressives and centrists over the direction of the Democratic Party in 2026 and beyond, an ideological struggle that could determine whether Congress can avoid another lapse in federal funding in February. The intraparty struggle is taking place on Capitol Hill as well as in key...
President Trump is welcoming Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman to the White House this week, with the visit showcasing deeper U.S. ties to the kingdom despite its troubling human rights record. It will mark another turning point in U.S. relations with the Saudis in the form of fully vested...
President Trump on Sunday night called on House Republicans to vote to release files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his previous position. Trump's announcement came amid signs that a vote this week on a measure forced by a discharge petition might have won dozens of Republican votes despite the president's opposition. “As...
MSNBC officially rebranded to MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion and the World, on Saturday. The name change, which was announced in August, comes as the cable network moves to a new media company, Versant, leaving NBCUniversal as well as nixing the Peacock logo. The network now stands apart from the...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to end all flight reductions at major U.S. airports in the wake of a lengthy government shutdown that caused aviation chaos over the last few weeks. On Sunday, the FAA issued an order to end the reduction of “operations at certain airports by 3 percent” and reinstate “normal...
