The Senate Leadership Fund, a big-dollar fundraising group affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), announced Monday a whopping $342 million investment across eight high-stakes midterm Senate races. In its largest-ever ad buy, the Republican-led group is making an aggressive push to take the Democratic-held Senate seats in Michigan, Georgia and New Hampshire, according to...
The Education Department's Office of Civil Rights said Monday it would rescind Title IX agreements that six schools made with the federal government under past administrations over gender identity. The department said the previous administrations' enforcement of Title IX was “illegal and burdensome" over “improper use of preferred pronouns” or “asking questions about a student’s preferred ‘gender.’” Title IX is...
President Trump suggested Monday that the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz — a strategy employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping choke point. During a White House press conference, a reporter asked Trump whether he would end the war...
President Trump on Monday brushed off questions from reporters about whether strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran would constitute war crimes. When asked by a New York Times reporter at the White House press briefing if he was concerned that bombing power plants and bridges, as he had threatened to do, constituted war crimes, Trump...
President Trump on Monday doubled down on his deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States by Tuesday evening, or else face destroyed infrastructure. "We're giving them until tomorrow at 8 o'clock. And after that, they're going to have no bridges, no power plants,” Trump told reporters at a White House news...
President Trump and his top national security officials on Monday offered details on the harrowing rescue of a U.S. service member from Iran after a fighter jet was downed inside the country on Friday. Trump authorized the U.S. forces to start the search-and-rescue operation and within hours, the U.S. military deployed 21 aircraft into Iranian airspace. “You...
Far-right media figure Laura Loomer took credit on Saturday for the arrests of the niece and grandniece of former Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike on Iraq during President Trump’s first term in 2020. Loomer said in a social media post that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Soleimani’s...
James Stavridis, a former NATO commander, on Monday said Iran hasn’t accepted a ceasefire because they “still have cards” to play in the war. Stavridis, during an appearance on CNN’s “Situation Room,” said that “Iran wants to hold on to its high-value cards: number one, Strait of Hormuz closure, and number two, almost 1,000 pounds...
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that President Trump pushing back his deadline for Iran to make a deal shows the Middle Eastern country that “he’s not really serious.” “Well, who knows whether he's going to follow through. I don't think even he knows he's going to follow through,” Bolton said on MS...
The Associated Press is planning to cut dozens of positions as part of a broader restructuring of the media company, The Hill confirmed Monday. "Even though we’ve evolved in the U.S. over the past few years, too much of our operations are still tied to large U.S. newspaper groups, who make up less than 10%...
Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" is officially moving into "The Late Show's" time slot when the Stephen Colbert-hosted series takes its final bow on CBS next month. The comedy-centric show, hosted by media mogul Allen, will debut in the 11:35 p.m. time slot beginning May 22, CBS announced Monday. The network said it would air back-to-back,...
The Treasury Department announced Monday that the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) has been designated as a financial agent of the federal government to support implementation of the Trump Accounts program ahead of its launch in July. BNY will help develop the Trump Accounts app and manage the initial accounts, which are designed...
President Trump on Monday said his administration is looking for a "leaker" who shared information with the media about a daring rescue mission after a U.S. fighter jet was downed inside Iran last week. "We didn't talk about the first one for an hour and then somebody leaked something," Trump told reporters during a press conference at...
The unnamed woman and her husband boarded an 8-foot dinghy in the evening, and he paddled back to shore around 4 a.m.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed President Trump’s recent post attacking Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, calling the president’s comments “ravings.” “One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday,” Sanders said in a post on the social platform X that featured...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is demanding files related to the Justice Department’s settlement with Michael Flynn, arguing it “offers a road map for this epically corrupt President to keep paying out his political underlings” with taxpayer funds. The Justice Department late last month agreed to pay $1.25 million to...
If history has a vote, Trump should be worried.
Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), a former Air Force officer, said on Monday he expects President Trump to deploy troops in Iran and suggested such an escalation is unavoidable. “I just don’t see any other way,” Fallon said in an interview on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” when asked whether he thinks “we’re going to...
President Trump on Monday said the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran was “significant” but still “not good enough.” “They made a proposal and it's a significant proposal. It's a significant step. It's not good enough, but it's a very significant step,” Trump told reporters ahead of the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll. “They have...
It’s Monday. It’s happening today! Four astronauts will fly around the moon for the first time in roughly 50 years. And the best part: you can watch it live! It will begin around 1:30 p.m. EDT. ???? Watch NASA’s livestream In today’s issue: Note: I want to let you know that The Hill’s senior editor Jesse Byrnes has left The Hill for another opportunity. He’s been a vital part of...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a retired Air Force general, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for ousting senior military officers without giving the public a reason and said the move was wrong and unwise. “The Secretary of Defense has the legal right to fire these Flag Officers, but it is not morally right nor wise. Further,...
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith slammed a post from President Trump over the weekend about the conflict with Iran in which he advised Tehran, using an expletive, to open the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the oil industry. “Look, I ain't no damn supporter of Iran, OK? Leading sponsor of terrorism, all of...
The separation of church and state was established by the Founding Fathers to protect Christians from each other and prevent religious conflict, and opponents of Christian nationalism must ask politicians to define their Christian faith and whether they are willing to codify those beliefs into law in order to show just how fragile the unity of Christian nationalists is.
Public disillusionment with the Democrats is widespread.
OpenAI published a policy blueprint for artificial intelligence on Monday, recommending a revised social contract to prepare for the technology’s likely impact on the economy, workforce and overall state of humans. The 13-page document suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans, is on the horizon and argues the governing of AI must “keep...
