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NSC staff ousted

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story National Security Council staff ousted at White House Multiple staff members on the White House National Security Council were fired Thursday following a meeting President Trump had this week with far-right activist Laura Loomer. © AP...

Mehdi Hasan on talks of Booker’s rise in Democratic Party: ‘Let’s calm down’

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan said it’s premature for Democrats to talk about Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) potentially running for president in 2028, saying news cycles pass quickly in President Trump’s Washington. In an interview on NewsNation’s “On Balance,” host Leland Vittert asked Hasan, a left-leaning commentator, whether he thinks “everybody [is] getting a little...

Cruz: High tariffs ‘in perpetuity’ would not be good economic policy

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday warned that if President Trump’s tariffs on trading partners last for months it will hurt the economy and American consumers. “I think it is a mistake to assume that we will have high tariffs in perpetuity. I don’t think that would be good economic policy. I am not a...

Tariffs roil Big Tech

{beacon} View Online Technology Technology   The Big Story Why Trump's tariffs are roiling Big Tech President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are poised to strike a blow at the tech industry, as massive import taxes on China and Taiwan disrupt trade flows central to tech firms’ business. © AP Photo/Seth Wenig Trump announced new tariffs...

What tariffs could mean for US workers, consumers and the economy

President Trump’s Wednesday tariff announcement was larger in scope than many businesses and policy analysts were predicting, with the imposition of a 10 percent general tariff on imports to the U.S. and additional targeted tariffs on dozens of other countries. The taxes on U.S. importers of foreign products are a major unilateral escalation of Trump’s...

SCOOP: Trump admin sets terms for Harvard to address antisemitism or lose billions in taxpayer dollars

The Trump administration lays out its demands for Harvard to combat antisemitism in order to keep receiving federal funding, including banning masks.

Republicans charge ahead on Trump budget, setting up marathon Senate votes

Republicans in the Senate started the process for passing a new version of President Donald Trump's budget to tackle the southern border and extend the 2017 tax cuts.

Trump wants Musk to stay with admin, says DOGE found something ‘horrible’ today

President Donald Trump said he wants Elon Musk to stay on his team "as long as possible" during a conversation with reporters Thursday, noting that DOGE had found something "horrible," without divulging further details.

Judge Boasberg poised to hold Trump admin in contempt, takes down names of DHS officials: ‘Pretty sketchy’

A federal judge is scrutinizing whether the Trump administration defied a court order to deport Venezuelans, raising the possibility of contempt in a high-stakes legal fight.

The week in whoppers: Dem leader Hakeem Jeffries flips the script on GOP, CBS’s Leslie Stahl defends Hamas to ex-hostage and more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has claimed that the Republican party is in a "free fall" — despite his own party's abysmal polling numbers.

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