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Chris Murphy Doesn’t See You

It would be hard to imagine a more contemptibly flippant approach to navigating this sensitive moment.

Trump team eyes a crackdown on left-wing groups blamed for the spread of political violence

The Trump administration on Monday vowed to root out left-wing organizations that foment political violence, pivoting from the successful manhunt for a suspect to a broader response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Trump establishes anti-crime task force in Memphis

President Trump Monday signed a presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force to clean up crime in the Tennessee city.

Trump says he would label Antifa a domestic terrorist organization

President Trump said Monday that he would be willing to deem Antifa and other far-left groups as domestic terrorist organizations.

Audit backs Trump’s complaints about fraud at U.S. African development grant program

The U.S. African Development Foundation pumps out tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money every year to projects in Africa -- but the agency lacks basic anti-fraud controls to make sure the funding is getting to the right places, the comptroller general reported Monday.

Americans increasingly fed up with Federal Reserve, and some even want to abolish it

The normally stodgy Federal Reserve interest-rate-setting committee meeting kicks off Tuesday with more drama than a daytime soap opera, and it's making more Americans wonder about the need for an all-powerful central bank.

Trump urges GOP to ‘stick together’ on stopgap spending bill as dissent emerges

Congressional Republicans are planning to try to block Democrats with a stopgap spending bill, similar to their successful play in March, but are facing some resistance within their ranks.

Senate confirms top White House economist to Fed board

The Senate voted Monday to confirm President Trump's top White House economist to the Federal Reserve board of governors. Senators voted along party lines, 48-47, to approve the nomination of Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), to the remaining four months of a term on the Fed board. As...

Appeals court won’t let Trump fire Lisa Cook ahead of Fed meeting

A federal appeals court Monday refused the Trump administration’s request to permit Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook’s firing before this week’s Fed meeting, setting the stage for a potential Supreme Court battle. Without the justices’ intervention, Cook is set to participate in the Fed’s upcoming vote on interest rate cuts after a judge last...

Trump to send National Guard troops into Memphis

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump to send National Guard troops into Memphis President Trump has established the Memphis Safe Task Force to replicate in the Tennessee city the recent federal law enforcement crackdown in Washington, D.C. © AP Photo “This...

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