President Donald Trump has dismissed the matter of “affordability” as a hoax, but voters consistently name the cost of living as the matter most likely to affect their votes next year, even as inflation has slowed since Trump took office. Unfortunately for those voters, the Democratic Party contrasts itself to Trump only with policies that […]
Turkish police on Thursday said they arrested 115 ISIS suspects allegedly tied to plots related to Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office said the "ISIS Armed Terrorist Organization was planning to carry out actions targeting our country, especially non-Muslim individuals, within the scope of the upcoming Christmas and New Year events,” according...
Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, offered his first Christmas sermon as pontiff on Thursday, praying for peace from wars and freedom from economic distress. A crowd of 26,000 gathered to hear the words of the pontiff during the annual “Urbi et Orbi” address from the Central Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “If he...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Comey, James cases dismissed ▪ Mike Johnson facing internal divisions ▪ Trump delays health care proposal ▪ Stephen A. Smith discusses presidential speculation Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) scored big victories Monday when a federal judge dismissed...
President Trump on Monday praised quarterback Shedeur Sanders of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. “Shedeur Sanders was GREAT. Wins first game, career start, as a pro (for Cleveland). Great Genes. I TOLD YOU SO!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform early Monday. Trump’s post came after the Browns won Sunday versus the...
Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, pleaded not guilty in a case involving rigged poker games, according to The Associated Press. Billups on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges that he made money via poker games that were fixed and featured multiple people in the Mafia and at least one...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday the price of this year's Thanksgiving turkey is set to rise a “whopping 40 percent." “So, we're coming up on Thanksgiving, and it's as good a time as any to try to take stock of Donald Trump's promise to reduce costs for the American people. Well, grocery prices are...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon goes after Mark Kelly The Pentagon said Monday that it has received “serious allegations of misconduct” against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and launched a review after the senator joined a handful of other lawmakers calling...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) stunning decision to resign from Congress sets off a political grenade for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he works to keep his grip on an already delicate GOP majority in the House. Greene’s decision comes at a pivotal moment for Johnson, who is counting on every Republican vote to pass...
Democratic strategist James Carville is pushing Democrats to run on “pure economic rage” in an opinion piece for The New York Times. “It is abundantly clear even to me that the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression,” Carville said in the piece published Monday. “It is...
Senate Democrats are asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi to declassify and publicly release the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel’s classified, written opinion outlining the legal basis for the Trump administration's strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Thirteen Senate Democrats, all members of the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Ron Johnson shoots down tariff checks Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), a leading fiscal hawk in the Senate, says the country “can’t afford” President Trump’s proposal to send out $2,000 tariff “dividend” checks to working-class Americans to...
