Latest articles

Bishop who made plea to Trump says she won’t apologize

The reverend who called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrants during a prayer service for his inauguration said in a new interview she would not apologize for her remarks. “I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others,” Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde told Time magazine in an interview published...

RFK Jr. releases financial disclosure

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story What RFK Jr.’s disclosures tell us about the Trump HHS pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, vowed to keep receiving fees from a law firm if confirmed by the...

Dimon defends Trump tariffs

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} View Online Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  ‘Get over it’: Dimon defends Trump on tariffs JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon defended President Trump’s tariff push Wednesday, saying “national security trumps a little bit more inflation.” © Jacquelyn Martin, The Associated Press “If...

Trump talks tough with Putin on ending Ukraine war

President Trump is turning up the heat on Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first days in power, seeking to pressure Russia’s leader to come to the negotiating table for a deal to end the war in Ukraine. A little more than 48 hours since returning to the White House, Trump said Putin is “destroying...

Former Olympic swimmer expresses ‘relief’ after Trump pardon

A former Olympic swimmer has expressed “relief” about President Trump pardoning him, according to a Tuesday report from The Washington Post. “Waking up this morning, I was like: ‘My gosh. Wow, this is over. I don’t have to check in with my probation officer anymore,’” Klete Keller told the Post on Tuesday. “It’s just such an amazing feeling...

Released Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes goes to Capitol campus to meet with GOP lawmakers

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, was in the Capitol complex on Wednesday to meet with GOP lawmakers — shortly after getting out of prison because President Trump commuted his sentence. Rhodes was spotted in the Dunkin’ Donuts inside...

Trump pardons DC officers convicted in deadly moped pursuit

President Trump on Wednesday pardoned two D.C. police officers who were convicted in connection with a fatal collision with a moped during a pursuit by law enforcement. A jury found D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Andrew Zabavsky guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstructing justice after he plotted with another officer to conceal the circumstances...

ACLU sues over Trump’s push to broaden expedited deportations 

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Wednesday over President Trump’s expansion of a program that allows immigration officials to carry out swift deportations. Trump’s Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday issued a rule enabling expedited removals to take place nationwide for migrants who cannot prove they have been in the country for two years....

Trump redesignates Houthis as foreign terrorist organization

President Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to relist the Houthis in Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in an effort to crack down on the Iranian-backed militant group. Trump signed an executive order that starts the process to relist the group as an FTO in the coming weeks. The White House cited Houthi...

Pentagon to support deportation flights, construct barriers in border deployment

The U.S. military will support deportation flights and intelligence collection and help construct barriers when 1,500 active-duty troops deploy to the southern border and begin work in the next two days. In a statement, acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses said the deployment mission began on Wednesday and involves military airlift support for the Department of...

All categories

Recent comments

spot_img