New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) asked Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the “ultra-wealthy,” citing a "significant chasm" in the city's $5.4 billion deficit. During a preliminary budget proposal announcement on Tuesday, Mamdani laid out two different “paths” the city could take to address the deficit concerns. The first and “most sustainable and...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said on Tuesday that he would “rather eat glass” than replace gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minn.) in her U.S. Senate seat if she is elected. The lighthearted moment occurred when the governor took a question on the way to the podium at a press conference on Tuesday. “The context was...
President Trump insisted Monday he does not care about the Nobel Peace Prize but maintained that Norway “controlled” the award despite the country's leaders denying any involvement in deciding who receives the prize. “I don’t care about the Nobel Prize,” Trump told reporters. “First of all, a very fine woman felt that I deserved it...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday slammed world leaders, calling their responses to President Trump's foreign policy initiatives "pathetic." “Do you have a message for Europeans who are concerned about the messages from the White House around Greenland this week?” Sky News’s Paul Kelso asked Newsom in Davos, Switzerland. “Yeah, it’s time to buck...
A signing ceremony to formalize President Trump’s Board of Peace will be held Thursday in Davos, Switzerland. Trump is set to meet with global leaders later this week at the World Economic Forum and will sign the Board of Peace charter on Thursday morning, according to a White House schedule. The board, headed by Trump,...
When a handful of House Republicans sank a slate of GOP labor bills last week, it not only marked an embarrassing blow to GOP leadership, but showcased the populist and pro-union sentiment that's shaking up the orthodoxy of national Republican politics. The upshot is that the pro-union shift in the GOP may not have reached...
President Trump early Tuesday revealed a message from French President Emmanuel Macron tied to Trump's push to acquire Greenland. “My friend, we are totally in line on Syria, we can do great things on Iran. I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland,” Macron said, according to a screenshot the president posted to...
Valentino Garavani, the jet-set Italian designer whose high-glamour gowns — often in his trademark shade of “Valentino red” — were fashion show staples for nearly half a century, has died at home in Rome, his foundation announced Monday. He was 93.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ 1 year of Trump 2.0 ▪ Trump’s Greenland letter sparks blowback ▪ Cassidy charts path after presidential snub ▪ Putin gets Trump invite to join Gaza board President Trump is taking a broad view of executive authority and showing no signs of...
The normal and abnormal are as closely intertwined as ever as President Trump marks the end of his first year back in office Tuesday. Some of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses as he begins Year 2 are the standard stuff of politics: voter unease about the economy, approval ratings that are weak but not disastrous, a...