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Former national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday he will not be intimidated by the withdrawal of his security detail, which was revoked by President Trump in January. The measure followed an Iranian plot on his life uncovered by federal officials. "I feel ... concerned about that, more than anything else,” Bolton said of losing...
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:
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WATCH: ‘We’re going to be seeking the death penalty’ for murders in D.C., Trump says
D.C. and nearly two dozen states, about half of the country, have abolished the death penalty.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Pritzker says alleged Trump plan to deploy military to Chicago is illegal and un-American
President Donald Trump’s possible move — targeting states whose governors are among potential White House contenders in 2028 — would be another escalation of presidential power, directly challenging the rights of states and cities to govern themselves.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Rubio jokes this Labor Day is most meaningful ever ‘as someone with 4 jobs’
Marco Rubio has three other roles in addition to his full-time job as America’s chief diplomat.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Fed says it will abide by court ruling in Trump, Cook dispute over firing
The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it will abide by the court's decision in the upcoming lawsuit from Fed board of governors member Lisa Cook challenging her firing by President Trump. “Lisa Cook has indicated through her personal attorney that she will promptly challenge this action in court and seek a judicial decision that would confirm...
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Majority says tariffs, inflation erasing hard work: Survey
A majority of Americans said in a new survey that tariffs and inflation are erasing their hard work. WalletHub’s poll, released Tuesday, found that 55 percent of U.S. adult respondents said they think inflation and tariffs are negating their work. President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners went into effect earlier this...
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Heart disease patients should get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, cardiology experts say
This season’s emerging set of guidelines stand out because they urge the need for vaccine-based protection against respiratory illnesses, including COVID, contradicting statements from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Trump administration.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump reacts to Fed’s Lisa Cook vowing legal action against firing
President Donald Trump said “we have some very good people” in mind to replace Cook if she’s removed.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump wishes Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ‘a lot of luck’ on their engagement
Back in 2024 after Swift endorsed Trump’s presidential rival, the then presidential candidate posted online, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:August consumer confidence dips with jobs and tariffs driving most unease
Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:UK’s hard-right Reform party pledges mass deportations if it wins power
The leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform party has pledged to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump promises to revive North Carolina furniture industry ‘like magic’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday tariffs are coming on furniture imports to help revitalize the domestic industry in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump celebrates private business job creation while touting federal job cuts
President Donald Trump bragged that he had laid off 84,000 federal workers.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Tariff exemption for small packages ends this week
Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the U.S. this week as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump claims ‘we maybe know’ the cause of autism, teases September announcement
The health secretary had promised the president in April that he would undertake a “research effort” using “scientists from around the world” to determine the cause of the disorder, but the health department has not yet publicly launched such an effort.
Published on: August 26, 2025 | Source:Bolton calls Trump's Ukraine strategy 'incoherent' in postraid op-ed
Former national security adviser John Bolton called President Trump's Ukraine strategy “incoherent” in an opinion piece published Monday. “President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy is no more coherent today than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office,” Bolton said in the opinion piece for the Washington Examiner, titled...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Texas House Republicans vote against retroactive punishments for quorum breakers
Exactly a week ago, Texas House Democrats returned to the state after fleeing to prevent Republicans from voting on President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Map.' Now, Republicans are trying to prevent them from leaving in the future.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorney discusses his case amid new deportation effort
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident whose illegal deportation sparked scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, was arrested again during a meeting with ICE. The administration now says he’s being processed for deportation to Uganda. Amna Nawaz discussed the latest with Abrego Garcia’s attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump signs order aimed at flag burning
In our news wrap Monday, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at flag burning, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, a dangerous heat wave in the Pacific Northwest is refusing to let up and nearly 200 current and former FEMA employees are warning that changes by the Trump administration could result in a Hurricane Katrina-level catastrophe.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:A look at D.C.’s unique history and why presidents can wield control of law enforcement
Some of the more than 2,000 National Guard troops on duty in Washington, D.C., are now armed, part of a crackdown that President Trump once again claimed was needed to help curb crime in the city. While he threatened similar actions in other cities, including Chicago and New York, his power to consolidate law enforcement in the nation’s capital is unique. Deema Zein explains.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Another 5 journalists killed after Israeli strikes Gaza’s largest hospital
A pair of Israeli strikes on a Gaza hospital killed five journalists and more than a dozen others, including first responders. Some of their deaths occurred on live television in what Israel called a "tragic mishap." This incident follows strikes that killed six journalists in Gaza City two weeks ago, the single deadliest day of the war for those covering it on the ground. Stephanie Sy reports.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Democratic Rep. Doggett on Texas redistricting battle and party’s pushback against Trump
Democratic Party leaders from across the country are meeting in Minneapolis as the party reckons with its 2024 losses and faces Republican redistricting. In Texas, Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett said he would retire if the new congressional maps stand. Lisa Desjardins spoke with Doggett about this significant moment for him and the Democratic Party.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on whether Newsom’s tactics against Trump are working
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including Democrats trailing Republicans in midterm fundraising, California Gov. Newsom getting attention for pushing back against Trump, how voters are viewing Trump's immigration crackdown and the retribution presidency.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Is a bubble forming as AI investments drive economic growth?
Tech companies are pumping hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure to ramp up artificial intelligence. Some projections show the spending may be fueling nearly half of this year’s estimated GDP growth. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at how AI is already impacting the economy, and whether a new risky bubble could be forming simultaneously.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump halts already-approved offshore wind farm
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump holds up Revolution Wind The Trump administration is seeking to hold up an already-approved and under-construction offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. AP Photo The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in a letter sent to Orsted, saying the...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump ratchets up 'blue slip' battle with Grassley
President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness to overhaul the “blue slip,” a move that has further dismayed Senate Republicans. Trump is growing increasingly upset that some of his choices for judicial posts remain stalled and on Monday vowed to take legal action against the...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump's Intel stake turns heads
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump's ‘down payment’ on sovereign wealth fund The U.S. government could take equity stakes in more companies in the future as the Trump administration looks to build a sovereign wealth fund, National Economic Council (NEC) Director...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds for low-income patients during lawsuit over Trump cuts to abortion providers
Without Medicaid, the much smaller provider in Maine says it will have to stop serving hundreds of primary care patients by the end of October.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:DC delegate presses Trump officials on cost of National Guard 'mass deployment'
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is pressing Trump administration officials about the cost of the National Guard deployment to the nation’s capital, in addition to the scope and legal parameters of the operation. “D.C. did not request or consent to the mass deployment of National Guard troops, who were recently authorized to carry weapons in...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Vaccine skeptic to lead CDC COVID immunization working group
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chosen a known vaccine skeptic to lead its COVID-19 working group, which was originally established to discuss immunization recommendations at the start of the pandemic. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed to The Hill that Retsef Levi, professor of operations...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:DC school year starts with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols
As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:House Democrat tells Trump to treat Russia like DC, Chicago
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) told President Trump on Monday to pressure Russia with the same intensity he has used against Washington, D.C., and Chicago. “Maybe just treat them like you're treating Washington, D.C., or how you treated Greenland when you came into office, or how you treated Canada when you came into office,” Moskowitz said...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Spanberger says she has 'no plans' to do redistricting in Virginia if elected
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger said she has no intention of undertaking a redistricting effort in Virginia if she’s elected governor in November. “Short answer is no,” Spanberger said about the prospects of redistricting, local outlet 7News reported. “Virginia by constitutional amendment has a new redistricting effort that was put in place and first utilized...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:New England grid operator warns Trump’s pause on wind farm risks system's reliability
The operator of New England’s electric grid warned Monday that the Trump administration’s move to halt a nearly completed offshore wind farm will cause risks to the reliability of the electric grid. “Delaying the project will increase risks to reliability,”said grid operatorISO New England in a Monday statement. “Recent heatwaves in New England drove demand...
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source:Trump wants to clear homeless encampments. Here’s what usually happens, according to experts
Clearing encampments is part of a wider push across the country by Democrats and Republican lawmakers alike to take drastic action to reduce homelessness, but experts say it's usually misguided.
Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: