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Princeton professor Robert George leaves Heritage board in biggest blow yet to struggling think tank

Princeton professor Robert P. George said Monday he has resigned from the Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees, marking the most high-profile exit to date from the conservative institution caught in a crisis over its handling of cancel culture versus antisemitic voices on the right.

From ‘pariah’ to honored guest: Saudi Arabia’s MBS heads to the White House

President Trump will lobby Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to normalize relations with Israel when he rolls out the red carpet for the Middle East leader in Washington on Tuesday.

Illegal immigrant used gun-show loophole to traffic firearms: Feds

Federal authorities have brought a gun trafficking case against an illegal immigrant after he allegedly used private sales at gun shows and cash payments to evade checks that would have flagged him as an illegal buyer.

Trump touts economy: ‘You’re so damn lucky’

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump touts economy at McDonald's conference President Trump told attendees at the McDonald’s Impact Summit on Monday that they are “so damn lucky” he won the 2024 presidential election, arguing the economy would have been a...

House advances resolution to condemn Rep. Chuy García for timing of his retirement announcement

The House advanced a resolution on Monday brought forth by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) condemning Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García (D-Ill.) for the controversial timing of his retirement announcement, which ensured his chief of staff would be the only candidate on the Democratic primary ballot in the race to succeed him. The motion to table...

Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes DHS using book name in Charlotte operation

Martha White, the granddaughter of “Charlotte’s Web” author E.B. White, slammed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for using the novel’s name to refer to its Charlotte, N.C., immigration enforcement operation. The Trump administration has called the endeavor “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” “He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said in...

Trump on economy: ‘You’re so damn lucky I won’

President Trump told attendees at the McDonald’s Impact Summit on Monday that they are “so damn lucky” he won the 2024 presidential election, arguing the economy would have been a "catastrophe" under former Vice President Kamala Harris.  “Welfare was going up. Everything was going up. Government jobs were going up, real jobs were going down,”...

The Memo: MAGA tensions are backdrop for Trump’s surprise Epstein U-turn

President Trump’s abrupt U-turn on the Epstein files looks like an effort to take the sting out of an imminent defeat on Capitol Hill. But the Epstein matter is just one of several issues that have caused discontent among Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) base in recent months, feeding questions about whether the president’s...

Trump DOJ’s James Comey case faces widening judicial backlash

The Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey is facing death by a thousand procedural errors. Federal judges overseeing the criminal case have increasingly raised concerns about the department's efforts to investigate and indict the adversary of President Trump, from the evidence presented to grand jurors to the prosecutor who made the government’s case. ...

Trump proposes to narrow water regulations

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump proposes to narrow Clean Water Act protections The Trump administration is proposing to narrow which bodies of water qualify for Clean Water Act protections. © Adobe Stock The administration proposed a new definition for what counts as a “water of the United States”...

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