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The president’s ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday signed a legislation package aimed at safeguarding the state’s election process against potential interference in the upcoming midterm elections. The Democratic governor, who has repeatedly warned President Trump’s administration would attempt to meddle in these upcoming elections, signed 13 bills in Los Angeles. “Donald Trump won’t stop until...
Some Democrats said President Trump’s ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.
The Trump administration began construction on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting through southwest Texas’s Big Bend region despite local leaders' pushback against the project. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the Associated Press Friday that installation of 30-foot panels was already underway along this portion southern border. The construction started earlier this...
After President Trump announced this week he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW from accessing the White House, the three media outlets reported Saturday their journalists were denied access to the executive premises. White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich called on the White House to “immediately” restore access to these journalists and...
A new government report showing that the administration spent $7 billion paying staff not to work as it pushed its buyouts is sparking the latest round of scrutiny of President Trump’s DOGE era. A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated the administration spent $6.7 billion on administrative leave after Department of Government Efficiency...
President Trump announced plans Saturday to create an “AI Force” as well as appoint a "czar" to oversee the emerging technology's development. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump called the concerns surrounding a lack of federal AI guardrails a "hoax," adding he would not allow for the technology's "decimation" as its U.S.-based industry leaders...
President Trump posted a poll on Truth Social, pitching potential new names for artificial intelligence — calling the emerging technology’s name “inaccurate.” In a Saturday Truth Social post, the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence." He then asked his followers to vote on "which is the...
The president said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., had decided to return the money, but defended the gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as “totally allowed.”
The move to import foreign beef infuriated Republicans in farm states facing tough reelections — and gave Democrats and independents a rare opening with rural voters.
President Trump is doubling down on his insistence that he needs “recognition” from the Kennedy Center in return for planned renovations. Trump’s assertion Friday afternoon seems to mean he is holding fast to his demand that his name should be added to the center in some shape or form — even though a court ruled...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Saturday that President Trump’s proposed Triumphal Arch in Washington, D.C., would require an “eternal flame” on top to alert nearby pilots. “The FAA’s determination includes conditions for the Arch to be appropriately marked with a non-standard eternal flame on top of the structure and floodlight projectors pointed towards the...
This week, it became apparent that everyone believes in a free press, as long as it costs them nothing. Politicians in both parties are now using their offices to insulate themselves from opposing coverage — all in the name of protecting the public or the press. President Trump has ordered the banning of critical media...
The White House denied MS NOW journalists access to its grounds Saturday, the network announced, a day after President Trump said he was banning the outlet, along with CNN and Politico, from the premises after accusing them of producing "purposefully negative stories." “Earlier this morning MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House...
The tension between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has intensified since the Canadian leader's visit with the European Union (EU) earlier this week. U.S. and Canada have continued to place tit-for-tat tariffs on American and Canadian goods. The relationship has also been stained this week by the European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen's...
A new policy disturbingly echoes those found in Russia, China and Iran, which use strict visa compliance rules to punish journalists and media outlets that report on their governments unfavorably.
Iowa Republicans are being presented with the difficult choice of embracing President Trump in the final stretch of the midterms as Democrats seek to tie them to the administration. The dynamic was on full display in Council Bluffs on Friday, when Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn joined Vice President Vance on the campaign trail, but...
The tension between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has only intensified amid the latter’s cozying up with the European Union (EU) on a high-profile trip this week. The relationship between the U.S. and Canada has been increasingly strained due to tit-for-tat tariffs on American and Canadian goods and Trump’s renaming of Lake...
President Trump signed the legislation, named for Senator Lindsey Graham, at the White House, but he has broad leeway to waive its requirements.
The president’s standoff with Canada has drawn criticism from voters in some of the border states and industrial states that could decide control of the Senate in the midterms.
Major Jason Watson could face court-martial in what could become a rare test of a service member’s right to publicly dissent.
The NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday alongside other civil rights groups to block the Trump administration from sending armed agents to U.S. polling places ahead of November's midterm elections. The lawsuit names the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI and several Trump officials, seeking...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) fired back against at President Trump's Friday Oval Office comments calling him a "bad governor" that's "close to incompetent" following four measles-related deaths in the state. “Incompetence is letting measles, a disease that was declared eliminated in 2000, reemerge,” Shapiro wrote on social media Friday. “Incompetence is spending your time...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth backs Trump on banning media outlets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he "fully supports" President Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House, claiming those...