Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that talks with China over trade are somewhat in limbo amid U.S. trade tensions with the country. “I would say that they are a bit stalled,” Bessent told Fox News’s Bret Baier of U.S.-China trade talks. “I believe that we will be having more talks with them in the...
The White House and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are looking into a reported attempt at impersonating White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, according to a Wall Street Journal report. People familiar with the message told the outlet that an unknown individual sent text messages and made phone calls to multiple notable Republicans...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Absent Trump support, GOP leery of approving tougher Russian sanctions A bipartisan bill to place tough sanctions on Russia has more than 80 Senate cosponsors, but Senate Republicans are leery of putting it on the...
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) pushed Republicans to speak out on President Trump’s foreign policy in a Thursday opinion piece for The Washington Post. “America’s global leadership has never been perfect, but it has been indispensable. For decades, our willingness to engage — to lead not only with our military or markets but also with...
President Trump denounced a court ruling blocking his tariffs in a lengthy Truth Social post Thursday night that targeted Leonard Leo, who played a central role in shaping Trump’s judicial picks during his first term. “Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY. Backroom ‘hustlers’ must not be allowed...
Republican strategist Karl Rove said in a Wednesday opinion piece that President Trump’s tariff rhetoric could cost the GOP its majorities in Congress. In the Wall Street Journal piece, Rove said the Trump administration’s “messaging” around trade “is a muddled mess.” “Republicans should hope the president really believes in reciprocity—the policy that if countries lower...
President Trump posted that it was Elon Musk's “last day, but not really" at DOGE ahead of a press conference Friday that he announced via Truth Social.
Anthony Weiner said "women are crazy about me" during a talk about his sexting scandal, saying it would not have been as widely publicized in today's news cycle as it was a decade ago.
President Trump criticized a recent court ruling on his tariff plan on Thursday. He directed criticism to the Federalist Society and expressed disappointment in judicial nominations.