Though I once checked email in a room where others watched Elf (2003), I have otherwise not seen a Will Ferrell performance since his 2000 turn as George W. Bush (“Strategery!”) on Saturday Night Live. Those wishing to relitigate the merits of Anchorman (2004) or Step Brothers (2008) will need to look elsewhere. What I […]
Imagine a neighborhood restaurant that hires an up-and-coming star chef, but then doesn’t get her the ingredients she needs, lets the other kitchen staff hassle her, barely mentions her in the restaurant’s own advertising, and does little to protect her when the rest of the staff starts taking swings at her. What would you call […]
There are two big points to make about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) suggestion that “Woke 1 was crazy.” The first is that “Woke 1” inexorably suggests Woke 2 is on the way or already here. As with software, later versions of woke will be more sophisticated, but unlike software updates, the advances of woke will […]
Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel on Wednesday invoked her country’s long history of tensions with England in a social media post ahead of the World Cup semifinal. Villarruel, in a post on social platform X, criticized the English national team as “invaders” and “usurping pirates” ahead of their Wednesday matchup with Argentina. The winner of...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health Committee, grew angry with President Trump's nominee to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday over a misleading social media post about the hepatitis B vaccine. Sean Kaufman, Trump's nominee to lead ASPR, appeared before the Senate Committee...
Former President Biden on Wednesday revealed plans for a new memoir reflecting on his single term in the White House, with the book set to hit shelves just weeks after the midterm elections. The memoir, “Promise Me, America,” will offer his first-person account of the defining moments of his presidency, including accomplishments, major foreign policy...
Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, faced sharp questions from Democratic senators Wednesday about Trump’s attempts to revive investigations into the 2020 election. Clayton’s confirmation is essential to reauthorizing the U.S.’s foreign spy powers, which expired more than a month ago. Democrats have refused to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign...
The Senate is holding confirmation hearings to examine the nominations of Todd Blanche as attorney general and Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence. Senators have grilled Blanche on the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump's settlement with the IRS and more, including whether Trump is eligible for a third term. "I don't believe he is,"...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), the first immigrant previously without legal status to enter Congress, on Wednesday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be dismantled. "What everybody’s seen was happening across the nation, really, not just Houston," Espaillat told NewsNation’s Libbey Dean at the second Hill Nation Summit in Washington. "ICE as an agency...
Prediction markets effectively allow the digital economy to transform the entire world into a gambling casino, something that no one could have foreseen even 10 years ago.
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, predicted Democrats will take back control of the House in November. “We are absolutely going to take back the House,” she told The Hill’s Amie Parnes at the second annual Hill Nation Summit. DelBene noted her party is “on offense” in 46 districts that...
President Trump said Tuesday he isn't looking to negotiate with the Iranians right now. In an interview with Fox News, Trump lamented that the Iranian regime was “evil” and pointed to the newest Iranian delegation as “the ones that are stopping a deal.” The president’s interview with Trey Yingst came amid new waves of strikes...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday touted her department's crackdown on alleged fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). "Within a year and a half, we have found billions of dollars, we're reaching $10 billion soon, and we've made 1,000 arrests," Rollins told NewsNation's Katie Pavlich at the annual Hill Nation Summit. Vice President...
The Trump administration for a second consecutive year has largely snubbed the Aspen Security Forum, with no senior Department of Defense (DOD) officials slated for attendance, the Pentagon confirmed to The Hill. The Pentagon last year pulled military leaders slated to speak at the high-profile national security event only a day before it was set to start...
