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Republican colleague remembers murdered Minnesota lawmaker
Federal and state officials are bringing multiple charges including murder against the suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers, who were attacked this weekend along with their spouses. State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed. Lisa Demuth, Republican speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, joins William Brangham for more.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:
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Trump urges immediate evacuation of Tehran
President Trump on Monday warned that those in Tehran should "immediately evacuate" as he lamented Iran's decision not to sign an agreement with the United States limiting its nuclear program. "Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life," Trump posted on Truth Social. "Simply...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Hegseth orders 'additional capabilities' to Middle East
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he has directed โthe deployment of additional capabilitiesโ to the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region. โProtecting US forces is our top priority and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,โ Hegseth said in a post on social platform X. He did...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: U.S. and U.K. reach trade deal that cuts tariffs
In our news wrap Monday, President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer say they've finalized a trade deal that would cut tariffs on goods from both countries, witnesses say Israeli soldiers killed at least 34 Palestinians trying to get to food, the Supreme Court will take up an appeal from a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center and six people died in flash flooding in West Virginia.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Trump Jr.: My father isn't involved with Trump Mobile
President Trumpโs eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., underscored Monday that his father is not involved with the Trump Organizationโs new mobile phone business, Trump Mobile. โMy fatherโs not involved in any of these things,โ Trump Jr. told โNewsNation Now,โ adding, โEric [Trump] and I, you know, weโre running the Trump Organization. Weโre doing these...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Trump administration pauses immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants
After a weekend of national protests over his immigration policy, President Trump says he wants a greater crackdown in some of the nationโs biggest cities. At the same time, the president is pulling back on ICE raids in some major industries. Jennie Murray, CEO of the center-right National Immigration Forum, which works on the economy and immigration, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Live updates: Senate GOP looks at bigger Medicaid cuts; Trump, Starmer explain trade deal
Senate Republicans are asking for bigger Medicaid cuts in their version of a bill to enact President Trumpโs agenda, according to GOP aides. The Senate Finance Committee on Monday unveiled the text for its portion of Trump's "big, beautiful bill," which encompasses encompasses the most controversial sections of the legislation including Medicaid, taxes and green...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Amy Walter and Leigh Ann Caldwell on the rise in political violence
Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Leigh Ann Caldwell of Puck News join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including a spate of worrying political violence in the U.S., President Trumpโs domestic and international priorities and the upcoming battle on the budget.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Democrat moves to prevent Trump from striking Iran without congressional approval
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a resolution Monday seeking to prevent the U.S. from getting involved in a military conflict with Iran without congressional approval. The resolution reaffirms existing law, directing the president to end any use of the U.S. armed forces โfor hostilitiesโ against Iran โunless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Author Colum McCann’s novel ‘Twist’ explores isolation in the internet age
How lost are we without our devices? Or putting it more simply, as novelist Colum McCann might: just how isolated are we? His new novel "Twist" asks big questions through a story of characters literally at sea. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has this profile of the book and its writer for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:New ad highlights harms of Medicaid cutsโ
Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Group releases ad on harms of Medicaid cuts A new ad and accompanying report from the Democrat-aligned advocacy group Protect Our Care, shared first with The Hill, calls attention to the negative impact the House-passed tax bill could have on...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:GOP senator says he will oppose Senate tax, Medicaid bill
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R) says he cannot support the Senate bill to enact President Trumpโs agenda to cut taxes, secure the border and boost defense spending because it doesnโt do enough to reduce the federal deficit, telling reporters heโs a โnoโ on the legislation. Johnson said the bill needs a lot more work after...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Senate scales back additional Trump tax cuts in its version of 'big, beautiful bill'
Senate Republicansโ tax and spending cut bill makes many of the core elements of their 2017 tax cuts permanent but scales back additional cuts from what the House passed. The Senate Finance Committee unveiled its version of the central piece of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Monday. The Senate bill locks in existing federal...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:A Brief But Spectacular take on caring for LGBTQ seniors
Older LGBTQ adults face a number of challenges, especially when it comes to finding housing and care. SAGE, a national advocacy leader in this space, created a system of training programs for care providers. Housing director Britta Larson highlights how the training has improved her team's ability to support residents.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Trump, Starmer detail US-UK trade pact
President Trump and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer detailed the trade deal between the United States and the U.K. a month after the two trading partners announced the agreement. While at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada, Trump said the agreement is โa great deal for both, going to produce a lot...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Senate takes more flexible approach to GOP's green tax credit rollback
The Senateโs version of the โbig, beautiful billโ includes changes to green energy tax credits that are more flexible than those passed by the House โ but would still be a significant rollback. This flexibility is likely to please moderates in both chambers who felt that the House version was too stringent. However, it could...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Senate GOP unveils Trump tax agenda plans
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate unveils Trump tax, Medicaid plans Senate Republicans just released their long-awaited version of President Trumpโs tax agenda, which would make the 2017 corporate tax cuts permanent and cut hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Doctor charged with giving Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who is charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the months leading up to the Friends star's overdose death, has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, authorities said Monday.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump says ‘not a bad idea’ to include China in G7, removing Russia ‘a mistake’
The U.S. leader indicated that he would rather have the G7 become the G8 or possibly even the G9, although Russia and China would notably be authoritarian governments in an organization whose members are democracies.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump, Starmer announce trade deal at G7 summit
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that they are signing a trade deal that will slash tariffs on goods from both countries.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention
The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Trump Organization launches mobile service, touting a $499 phone
U.S. President DonaldTrump's family business licensed its name to launch a mobile service in the United States and a $499 US smartphone.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings
Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades. It's a visceral snapshot seized on by some in South Africa to drive a discredited narrative that white farmers in the majority Black country are being targeted in a widespread, race-based system of persecution.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:2 different plane crash survivors say they sat in seat 11A โ does where you sit actually matter?
Two different survivors of deadly plane crashes decades apart say they both sat in seat 11A. Is there something that makes that seat safter than others? Not according to aviation and disaster medicine experts.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Israel’s opposition leader rallies behind Iran operation, after months of criticizing Netanyahu
Israel's opposition leader pushed just days ago to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. But Yair Lapid has now suspended what's been months of bitter criticism against his political rival and is now rallying behind Netanyahu's operation against Iran.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Diddy juror axed for lack of candor about residency. Defense says the move hurts jury’s diversity
A judge has dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean โDiddyโ Combs after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a purpose.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:New arrest in human smuggling deaths on the St. Lawrence River
U.S. authorities on Sunday arrested the brother of the boat pilot who drowned along with eight members of two families during a March 2023 human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites
A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Accused in fatal Minnesota shooting went to homes of 2 other lawmakers
The man accused of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers went to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the shootings with the intention of targeting them, federal prosecutors said.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:UN rights chief urges governments to ‘wake up’ to ‘horrifying’ suffering of Palestinians in Gaza
The address raised concerns about escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, the fallout from sweeping U.S. tariffs, and China's human rights record โ alongside wars and conflict in places like Sudan and Ukraine.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:After the Air India plane crashed into a medical campus, the surviving doctors rushed to save lives
Many believe that the death toll would have been higher if it had not been for the intervention of the trainee doctors and students who emerged from the smouldering hostel and rushed to save their colleagues.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration alleging racial discrimination against white farmers
Adam Faust was among several farmers who successfully sued the Biden administration in 2021 for race discrimination in a USDA program.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:The Trump family announces its newest business venture: a mobile phone service
he new business follows several real estate deals for towers and resorts in the Middle East, including a golf development in Qatar announced in April, and a $1.5 billion partnership to build golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in Vietnam.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, shuts down to sound the alarm on mass tourism
The Lourve has rarely closed โ during war, during the pandemic, and in a handful of strikes โ but seldom has it happened so suddenly, without warning, and in full view of the crowds.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:At least 23 more Palestinians killed, 200 wounded near aid site in Rafah: medics
Israeli fire killed at least 50 people on Monday, nearly half of them near an aid distribution site run by the U.S.-backedGazaHumanitarian Foundation, the territory's Health Ministry said, as UNofficials denounced Israeli-backed aid delivery methods.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source: