Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said the “No Kings” protests against President Trump this weekend were a “stunt” created by Democrats because they needed “cover” amid the ongoing government shutdown. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Johnson suggested there was no need for Trump’s critics to join No Kings demonstrations this weekend,...
President Trump is racing to respond to a major escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, with the American supply of critical technology hanging in the balance. Trump administration officials announced plans this week to take a more active role in ensuring access to “rare earths” — minerals that are key components in several important technologies...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of going “radio silent” during the government shutdown. Jeffries told host Jonathan Karl on ABC’s "This Week" that “we haven't heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the last few weeks. They have gone radio silent since” a Sept. 29...
Democrats criticized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for purchasing, during the government shutdown, two high-end private jets for the secretary and other top officials to use for their official travel. The U.S. Coast Guard entered into a contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation on Friday to procure two G700 jets for more than $170 million,...
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) said on Sunday that “everything is on” Republicans as the government shutdown drags on. “On the one hand, Democrats want credit for shutting the government down in order to get health insurance subsidies that you talk about that are obviously important and consequential, but on the other hand, they say it's...
The FBI is investigating a hunting stand that was found in the sight line of Air Force One on Friday. FBI Director Kash Patel told NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company, that the Secret Service “discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone” prior to...
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he was naming Detroit-area entrepreneur Mark Savaya, who helped boost Muslim American turnout for his campaign, as special envoy to Iraq.
Former Rep. George Santos said Sunday that he first learned about President Trump's commutation of his prison sentence from fellow inmates who saw the news on television.
President Trump announced Sunday that the United States will halt financial aid to Colombia and accused President Gustavo Petro of enabling drug production.