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President Trump early Wednesday said the ceasefire with Iran is "over" and declared he didn't "want to deal with them anymore" after both sides traded strikes overnight and the U.S. revoked a sanctions waiver that allowed Tehran to sell oil and petrochemicals. Trump spoke from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. He's scheduled to host a press conference...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump says Iran talks are ‘waste of time’ ▪ Israel at center of Michigan Senate debate ▪ The race to replace Platner ▪ Democrats seize on One Big Beautiful Bill President Trump said he thinks the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran is “over” after the U.S. traded attacks with Tehran...
President Trump early Wednesday said the interim agreement with Iran to pause fighting is over following a series of strikes between the U.S. and Tehran overnight. “To me, I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore. They’re scum,” Trump said, speaking to reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. “I’ll...
President Trump says he’s looking to Australia for inspiration on how to overhaul his nation’s Social Security system and put people in “much better shape” by retirement age. Australia’s superannuation system requires companies to contribute a percentage of their workers’ pay into a retirement plan. The U.S. operates as more of a “pay-as-you-go” system in...
A Supreme Court ruling giving President Trump broad authority to fire the heads of independent commissions will solidify the president’s grasp on a number of entities that impact Americans’ daily lives. The high court last week sided with Trump in determining he had the power to fire Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter. It’s a...
President Trump and other world leaders will confront a number of key issues facing NATO during the group’s tension-filled summit in Ankara, Turkey, this week. Trump’s pressure campaign to get other NATO member countries to up their defense spending will likely be top of mind, along with the future of U.S. troop commitments in Europe...
President Trump’s push to pass a new law to restrict birthright citizenship is creating new headaches for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who must navigate GOP divisions over the issue. Trump last week declared that the Supreme Court’s decision knocking down his executive efforts to limit birthright citizenship could...
President Trump has rarely missed an opportunity to castigate the Western military alliance, whose leaders he’s meeting this week, as weak and ineffective.
The ruling, based on an agreement the Trump administration signed with Florida last year, contradicted an earlier order by a judge in Washington that required the access be suspended.
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story US revokes order lifting sanctions on Iran oil The Trump administration on Tuesday revoked a sanctions waiver that had allowed the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals. © Vahid Salemi, Associated Press The revocation comes after Iran reportedly struck three ships near the Strait of Hormuz,...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) called on the Trump administration to withdraw some proposed changes to the federal grantmaking process, joining a growing chorus of opposition to a sweeping new proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Collins on Monday sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought asking the agency to withdraw portions of...
The Trump administration is considering allowing space launches and re-entry off U.S. coasts, according to a notice published Tuesday. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said in a notice Tuesday that it was considering allowing the use of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf for offshore space activities. The Outer Continental Shelf refers to submerged lands that can be...
The letters come amid President Trump’s effort to tighten election rules to prevent a problem that doesn’t exist: widespread noncitizen voting.
Katherine Scarlett, a top environmental policy adviser in the Trump White House, has departed, an official confirmed to The Hill. Scarlett chaired the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), where she led a rollback of federal environmental standards for new infrastructure projects. According to Bloomberg Government, which first reported her exit, Scarlett is headed to consulting firm...
The Treasury Department has scrapped plans for Harriet Tubman to be on the $20 bill, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. In response to a question about the status of the bill from Spectrum News, Bessent said the Trump administration was “not at present” planning to place Tubman’s likeness on it. The Hill reached out...
A federal judge on Tuesday denied the Justice Department’s request for personal information from election workers in Fulton County, Ga., as part of its investigation into President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge William Ray found in his order that the DOJ could not use a Grand...
The Trump administration has condemned China’s test launch of an unarmed intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM) from a submarine in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, calling the incident “of great concern.” “At a time when the United States is working harder than ever to prevent nuclear proliferation, China is doing the opposite,” according to a statement...
The Trump administration on Tuesday revoked a sanctions waiver that had allowed the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals. The revocation comes after Iran reportedly struck three ships near the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping waterway. The new document from The Treasury Department says that transactions that were authorized under its previous sanctions waiver would have to...
Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espirella, a conservative millionaire who earned an endorsement from President Trump, suspended the transition process on Tuesday, accusing President Gustavo Petro of planning a coup to remain in power. Petro, whom Trump had been critical of in the past but later called “terrific” after an hours-long meeting between the two earlier this...
Fox News host Mark Levin on Tuesday said it was a "big mistake" for President Trump to provide Turkey with "military gifts" as he aims to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. Levin said on the social platform X that it was "Christmas in Turkey." "We're piling on so many generous and expensive gifts even...
Conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly on Monday urged Americans to invest in the stock market and stop “yowling about rising prices” amid widespread concerns about the economy. “My portfolio is doing great because Trump is — his policies appeal to the big companies, but 40 percent of Americans don't participate in capitalism, and a lot of them...
A new lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia states that the administration allowed Iranian officials to “select” which Iranians seeking refuge in the United States would be expelled.
President Trump renewed his call for the United States to have control of Greenland soon after arriving in Turkey for the NATO summit, reopening a fight that badly frayed relations with allies earlier this year. “Greenland doesn’t help Denmark, Denmark doesn’t spend money to really help Greenland, but it’s an important part for the United...