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The tragic sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham over the weekend deprives Ukraine of one of its most vocal and most important supporters in the U.S. government.
Jay Clayton, President Trump's pick to replace Tulsi Gabbard at the helm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday morning. Clayton, who previously chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was nominated to the role after Trump faced pressure over his appointment of...
"Nope!" Pete Buttigieg refuses to rule out 2028 presidential bid LGBTQ Nation
President Trump on Tuesday suggested pipelines in Texas and Alaska could serve as alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, which Trump said is “open if people want to go through it” despite Iranian officials blocking maritime shipping through the region. In an interview with Fox News, Trump was pressed on shipping tracking data showing only...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers on Tuesday to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.
The U.S. military launched a new round of daytime strikes against Iran, seeking to further disable its capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. reimposed a blockade of the waterway on Tuesday. President Trump reportedly held on Tuesday a Situation Room strategy session for a new and broad offensive against Tehran,...
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits is set to be a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
For a Democratic Party that has grown so alienated from its labor roots, the link between thriving workers and a thriving democracy is the most important story that the growing field of 2028 presidential hopefuls can tell.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning after President Trump nominated him to serve permanently as the nation's top prosecutor Blanche, who took on the acting role after former Attorney General Pam Bondi was ousted from the position, served as a key part of the Justice Department's investigation...
President Trump on Wednesday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue utilizing traffic stops, calling the tactic one of the agency's "most important and effective" crime-fighting tools. "The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done," Trump wrote on Truth Social, praising the agency's efforts to...
A country that supplies its allies' energy and demands they fund their own defense is not begging for a seat at the table. It is the table.
In today's issue: ▪ Hill Nation Summit brings the heat ▪ Senators to grill Blanche, Clayton ▪ House GOP breaks logjam ▪ Michigan Senate primary tests Democrats Key members of President Trump’s administration and some of the most prominent lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be featured in the second annual Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday. The Hill and...
President Trump is opening a new chapter in his years-long feud against The New York Times with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent move to subpoena journalists at the outlet over its reporting on security concerns surrounding the Qatari-gifted jet for Air Force One. The subpoenas, issued to four Times journalists over the weekend, “seek...
Republican leaders are scrambling to try to tee up a third party-line budget bill by the end of the week, aiming to deliver on a framework before the midterm campaign season gets into full swing but facing internal divisions that complicate the path for the bill. President Trump wants to take action on a boost to...
Democrats increasingly see Michigan’s Senate race as the first major test in the party's fight over its identity as it looks beyond the midterms to the presidential race in 2028. The primary battle between Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Abdul El-Sayed (D), who is backed by progressives including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), is already drawing warnings...
President Trump is returning to war in an effort to break Iran's hold over the Strait of Hormuz, restarting an escalatory cycle that failed to extract major concessions from Tehran the last time around. Experts told The Hill there's little reason to expect a different outcome as the "vicious cycle" begins again, leaving Trump with...
Senators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September after President Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown. Trump blindsided GOP leaders on Monday when he warned there could be another shutdown if Senate Republicans don’t abolish the filibuster,...
The Arizona Democrat said he had raised and given away $10 million to fellow members of his party and committees as he mulls a presidential run in 2028.
Todd Blanche’s nomination is broadly a referendum on President Trump’s vision of the Justice Department as a projection of his power.
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to change federal immunization policies.
Rudd fears a move by China to seize Taiwan in 2028 AFR
President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is "going to hit them very hard" after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime. Trump spoke with Fox News's Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran's infrastructure. "We're going to hit them very...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group's (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration. The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will "shape the contours and focus of U.S. economic statecraft to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities," including "American leadership in AI," a State...
As President Trump resumes his war, the focus is now on the Strait of Hormuz. But it remains unclear how far the U.S. military will go to exert control.