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President Trump on Friday pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to immediately take up a House-passed budget resolution to advance critical funding for the Iran war despite Thune’s statement on Thursday saying the measure doesn’t have the votes to pass in the Senate. Trump turned the screws on the Senate GOP leader to act...
President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has now lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight.
President Trump on Friday slammed the European Union for fining Google over allegedly violating its digital competition law, stating the "illegal and highly discriminatory practice" will be probed in a trade investigation. "The European Union is at it again and, as usual, taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This...
President Trump said Friday it was “fine” that Canada excluded the U.S. from its ceremony marking the opening of the Gordie Howie International bridge after the Trump administration threatened a 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian imports. “Canada disinvited the United States of America to the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, which is fine,...
President Trump will speak from the White House Friday afternoon as the administration marks a major milestone in expanding domestic nuclear energy. The announcement comes just more than a year after Trump signed four executive orders seeking to quadruple the nation’s nuclear power, including making cutbacks to health and environmental considerations. The president will be...
A bipartisan bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham has become mired in a dispute over expanding President Trump’s tariff power.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump in Washington next week as the widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran fuels growing concerns about the conflict's endgame. Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Monday and meet with Trump at the White House, according to his office. He will also attend the funeral of the...
President Trump on Friday said he takes at face value testimony from the leaders of China and Russia that they are not providing weapons to Iran or otherwise "participating" in its war with the United States and Israel. The president’s defense, issued in a statement on his social media site Truth Social, comes after Secretary...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of “breaking the law” on Thursday, arguing the Trump administration is attempting to portray the Iran conflict as two separate wars in order to avoid seeking congressional authorization. Massie made the claim in response to reporting from The New York Times that said the Pentagon lowered...
Trump signals preference for JD Vance as 2028 presidential successor over Marco Rubio Bankingnews
The administration has quietly changed the legal and political theory of the U.S.-Canada trade war.
Far-right influencer Laura Loomer met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday after publicly reversing her long-held and outspoken opposition to backing Ukraine in its war with Russia, expressing support for the country in a visit to Kyiv. Loomer, who is a loyal ally of President Trump, has frequently criticized U.S. military aid to Ukraine...
The Trump administration sued Milwaukee on Thursday over the city’s ban on law enforcement wearing face coverings while on duty. The Justice Department (DOJ) argued the measure is unconstitutional when used against federal agents, pointing to the administration’s recent wins in similar legal challenges it launched against California, Virginia and Philadelphia. “This Court should join the growing number of others...
President Trump's 10 percent tariffs are set to expire on Friday, but U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced new levies on Thursday to replace them. The fresh import taxes –– ranging from 10 percent to 12.5 percent –– will hit 60 countries, accounting for 99 percent of U.S. imports. They are pegged to the elimination...
A new Emerson poll suggests Vice President Vance's once-dominant position in the Republican 2028 field may be weakening, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio now running nearly even. Meanwhile, speculation is growing inside Republican circles and the Trump administration over who is best positioned to carry the MAGA mantle forward. Join The Hill’s senior vice...
Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said the American public is “growing weary” with the protracted military conflict with Iran, which President Trump initially said would last four to five weeks but instead has dragged on for nearly five months. “I do think that the American public’s growing weary,” Capito told...
U.S. trading partners including China, Japan and Australia pushed back on Friday against President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, arguing the levies are “completely unjustified.” The new import taxes, ranging from 10 percent to 12.5 percent for 60 countries, took effect just after midnight on Friday and cover 99.4 percent of goods coming into the...
Going into the midterms, Trump’s support across most voter groups has dropped, thanks largely to the war with Iran. Democrats will take advantage of that slump, but their forecast gains in November are unlikely to reflect a long-term political reassignment of the American working class.
In today's issue: ▪ Trump faces roadblocks in Senate ▪ Mixed war powers votes ▪ Saudi Arabia nuclear deal confusion ▪ Google receives major EU fine President Trump’s damaged relationship with Senate Republicans is obstructing his agenda in what could be the final months of full GOP control during his second term. The House left town on...
Trump is undermining faith in our elections long before the voting begins.
These days, everyone wants a piece of Zohran Mamdani. Progressives hang on to his every word and say more Democratic politicians should be like him. Moderates fear him and worry he has too much control of their party. And conservative Republicans, including his frenemy President Trump, have cast him as a communist, making the New...
Tensions are rising between Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and President Trump over the Senate GOP’s inability to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act or emergency funding for the Pentagon at a critical moment during Trump’s second term. At a rally in Marietta, Ga., on Wednesday, Trump fumed at the Senate’s...
Republican defense hawks are urging President Trump to unleash major combat operations as the commander-in-chief weighs a “massive attack” on Iran. These signals coincide with Trump’s escalatory rhetoric against the Islamic Republic, with negotiations completely stalled and Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen striking commercial boats in the Red Sea, threatening to expand the conflict. The support for expanded...
The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.