President Donald Trump stated his interest in seeing the United States take ownership of the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. At a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump argued that American ownership of Gaza would lead to the Palestinian territory being transformed from a Hamas-dominated dystopia to […]
President Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his proposal for Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip and announced that the U.S. will take over the tiny territory in a joint press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The press conference culminated after a day of remarks by Trump on the future of Gaza, which...
Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are being placed on administrative leave with pay "until further notice," according to letters reviewed by The Hill. Employees must be available by phone and email during business hours, according to the notice, which provides an email for them to contact "to end that." The letters...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his son Yair Netanyahu. “So grateful to spend time with these two geniuses,” Yair Netanyahu captioned a Tuesday Instagram post featuring a photo of his father and Musk. The White House hosted the Israeli prime minister on Tuesday. During a press conference later...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, an official told The Hill. The governor will be the first Democrat to go to the White House to have a sit-down with Trump since the inauguration. They were recently together in California when the president traveled...
The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Pam Bondi as the next attorney general, giving her control of a Justice Department embroiled in controversy. The vote was 54-46. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joined all Republicans in voting in support of Bondi. Bondi, a two-term attorney general in Florida, has been lauded for her prosecutorial experience...
Pam Bondi's confirmation as U.S. attorney general comes at a time when the Justice Department and FBI are under close scrutiny by Democrats and Republicans alike.