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Former national security adviser John Bolton claimed during an interview that the decision to revoke Secret Service protection is part of President Trump’s “retribution campaign” against his current critics. “I think this kind of attitude by Trump shows that what his real motivation was entirely political,” Bolton said during his Friday appearance on NewsNation. "This is...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) argued that Democrats who attended President Trump’s Inauguration on Monday were sending the "wrong message." Omar joined CNN’s “The Source” on Thursday evening and was asked by host Kaitlan Collins about the number of Democrats who attended Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, instead of skipping the event. “I think there were some exceptions...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in an interview that it would be a “great mistake” to put conditions on federal disaster aid for victims of the ravaging wildfires. “I respectfully submit that that will be a great mistake to put any conditions on aid to a state that's suffering from a natural disaster....

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said she believes President Trump is fixing a lack of government transparency by releasing the files related to former President Kennedy’s assassination. “This was something, as you just said, that the president had spoken about on the campaign trail, and quite frankly, for decades, there has really been no good reason...

The mayor of Newark, N.J. slammed the “egregious” raid by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who, he says, raided a local establishment and detained undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens. Mayor Ras Baraka said ICE performed the Thursday raid without a warrant and the military veteran who was detained “suffered the indignity of...

The Associated Press said in updated guidance that it will use President Trump’s name change for Denali but not the Gulf of Mexico. In an announcement Thursday, Amanda Barrett, the AP’s vice president of standards and inclusion, said the outlet will adhere to some of the new name changes, but not all. Trump signed an...

Two Massachusetts Democrats sent a letter to various regulators asking them to open an investigation into President Trump's and first lady Melania Trump's recently launched meme coins. The letter, signed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), was sent to the Office of Government Ethics, the Department of the Treasury, the Securities...

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth paid his sexual assault accuser $50,000 in a settlement agreement with the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, according to a source familiar with the matter. Hegseth is accused of a 2017 sexual assault by Doe, who met him at a Republican conference in October of that year at a...

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third term in the White House so that the country “can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.” Ogles proposed an amendment on Thursday that says, "No person shall be elected to the office...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  Trump stares down Feb. 1 tariff deadline President Trump promised steep tariffs on longtime trading partners on Day 1. But they never materialized, raising questions about his trade agenda after months of threats. © Julia Demaree...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent tech billionaire Elon Musk 30 ideas for how the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could cut government spending. Warren's Thursday letter to Musk, President Trump’s close ally and the commission’s chair, recommended that he consider numerous progressive policy proposals, including allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, renegotiating...

Click for more from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump: 'Big discussion' coming on FEMA's future President Trump was sharply critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Wednesday, suggesting at one point states should handle their own response to natural disasters but still have the...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story NIH pauses grant-making process The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently canceled several meetings required to approve fellowship and grant applications. © AP The move comes shortly after the Trump administration decided to freeze many federal health agency...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is denying any involvement in a Republican-led committee’s decision not to subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson, after The Washington Post reported Thursday that one of his aides urged the panel against doing so out of fear of surfacing lewd texts GOP lawmakers allegedly sent to the former White House staffer. The Washington Post, citing...

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, criticized President Trump, arguing there is “nothing heroic” about him declassifying his grandfather’s assassination documents. “The truth is a lot sadder than the myth — a tragedy that didn’t need to happen. Not part of an inevitable grand scheme,” Schlossberg posted to social platform X....

President Trump issued pardons Thursday for nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists who had been convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances.  “They should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “This is a great honor to sign this.” Anti-abortion groups and GOP lawmakers have been pressing Trump...

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), whose district borders Mexico, said he supports President Trump’s decision to send 1,500 troops to the southern border. He added, however, that the move is expensive and it’s important to utilize the military as effectively as possible. “I support them, but keep in mind that they are limited as to what...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said on Wednesday that Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act are "playing politics." When NewsNation's Blake Burman asked Mullin if having Democrats vote on the bill meant they were moving toward Republicans on the issue, Mullin responded he didn't see it that way. "I wouldn't say that they're moving...

President Trump on Wednesday tapped Sean Curran to serve as the director of the Secret Service, elevating a long-time agent who was protecting Trump during an assassination attempt last July. "Sean is a Great Patriot, who has protected my family over the past few years, and that is why I trust him to lead the...

President Trump sat down Wednesday with Fox News host and ally Sean Hannity for his first one-on-one interview since returning to the White House for his second term. Trump has taken questions from reporters on each of his first three days in office, including the Hannity interview. In his prime time with Hannity, the president...

The attorney for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth pushed back on the latest claims against President Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon in a letter sent to the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In the letter, obtained by NewsNation, attorney Timothy Parlatore wrote to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) telling him the person who...

President Trump on Wednesday repeatedly suggested it was a mistake that former President Biden did not preemptively pardon himself before leaving office. Trump, in a sit-down interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, also danced around questions on whether Biden should be investigated. But on multiple occasions, Trump signaled Biden should have taken advantage of...

Congress handed President Trump an early win on the issue of immigration with the passage of the Laken Riley Act by the House on Wednesday. While the bill was heavily backed by Republicans in both chambers, there were also supportive votes from a number of Democrats. The bill, which President Trump is expected to sign,...