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President Trump on Thursday called for a stop to nationwide injunctions and suggested the Supreme Court should intervene as his administration has faced multiple setbacks from federal judges. “Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges could very well lead to the destruction of our Country!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “These people are Lunatics, who...

UFC fighter Conor McGregor solidified his bid for Ireland’s presidency on Thursday with a promise to preserve his native country by tackling migration, days after meeting with President Trump at the White House. McGregor has decided to campaign as a leader in opposition to the European Migration Pact, which would create a streamlined approach to...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Texas legislature reverses course on THC products The Texas Senate passed a state ban on all products with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in an effort to quell the state’s consumable hemp market just a few years after the state...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) focused their criticism on Elon Musk in their first joint rally in a tour the two are going on this week. The progressive lawmakers made their appearance in Las Vegas on Thursday as part of Sanders’s “Fighting Oligarchy” tour that he has been taking around the...

President Trump on Thursday rescinded an executive order he signed less than a week ago targeting the Paul, Weiss law firm, citing an agreement with the firm that includes pro bono support for the administration’s initiatives. Trump posted on Truth Social that he had agreed to withdraw the order he signed March 14, which called...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the Pentagon is canceling more than $580 million in grants and contracts deemed “wasteful spending.” In a new memo, Hegseth asserts the programs are “inconsistent with the priorities" of the department and don’t align with President Trump’s priorities. The cuts are part of the Trump administration’s work with Elon...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Thursday slammed a New York Social Security office closure plan. "The decision to close the only Social Security Hearing Office in the Hudson Valley is a slap in the face to thousands of my constituents who rely on these services," Lawler said in a post on social platform X, referencing...

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump signs minerals order, confirms Ukraine deal President Trump signed an executive order intended to boost production of minerals in the U.S. and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on track. ©...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) warned on Thursday that the Trump administration would significantly weaken NATO if the United States were to give up military leadership of the alliance for the first time in its 75-year history. “Weakening American leadership won’t strengthen NATO or U.S. interests. If we’re serious about encouraging more capable...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that he believes Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts knows “the danger of a president” who doesn’t “respect the Constitution” after pushback from Roberts following President Trump's call to impeach a federal judge. “I don’t know Roberts all that well, I’m not a great fan of his court, but...

Rep. Mike Flood’s (R-Neb.) town hall turned raucous Tuesday night as he fielded questions from voters about Elon Musk, President Trump’s tariffs, the White House’s posture towards Ukraine and more, with attendees booing and yelling at the congressman throughout the event. Flood — who represents Nebraska’s first congressional district — held the town hall in Columbus,...

The deadline is approaching for the more than 1.1 million Americans who have yet to claim their $1,400 stimulus check from the pandemic-era relief. The deadline to claim a stimulus check is April 15, 2025, but individuals may only be eligible to receive it if they did not file their 2021 tax return, the IRS...

Jeanette Vizguerra, a Colorado advocate for immigrants who sheltered in a church for months in 2017, was detained by officials on Monday, local advocates said. The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition demanded the immediate release of Vizguerra after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained her at her workplace. “Jeanette is a pilar of the community and...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore made splashdown on Earth on Tuesday after spending nine months in space. A SpaceX crew with replacements for the two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday evening, setting in motion their trip back home. NASA confirmed their arrival with a video online of the SpaceX...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday evening that Ukrainian civilian infrastructure was struck following a call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Unfortunately, there have been hits, specifically on civilian infrastructure,” Zelensky said in a post on the social platform X. “A direct hit by a ‘Shahed’ drone on a hospital in Sumy,...

Fox News host Laura Ingraham pressed President Trump on Tuesday about whether he would defy a court order he disagreed with amid a clash between his administration and a federal judge over flights deporting Venezuelan migrants. Ingraham noted that the Trump administration’s decision to carry out the deportation flights despite a judge’s order directing the...

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday with Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the court's three liberal justices in agreeing to delay it. Jessie Hoffman, 46, is set to be executed for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Molly Elliott,...

Las Vegas police said Tuesday they are searching for a suspect after Teslas were set on fire and seemingly shot at a local business. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said during a press conference that at around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, his police department got multiple “911 calls about a fire...

A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked implementation of President Trump’s executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, a stark blow to the administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, an appointee of former President Biden, barred Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other military officials from...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Takeaways from Trump-Putin call President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a highly anticipated phone call Tuesday, after Ukraine last week agreed to a U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire in the war. © Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via...

The National Archives released more than 1,100 files Tuesday related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, after President Trump pledged to make the remaining documents available to the public while on the campaign trail and in office.  The release of the documents follows an executive order Trump signed in January, just a few...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Texas AG makes multiple arrests over alleged illegal abortions Ken Paxton this week announced the arrests of three people for allegedly providing abortions in the state, where nearly all abortions are outlawed and punishable with jail and fines....

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a clear, if implicit, rebuke of President Trump on Tuesday, intensifying a clash between the White House and the judiciary. The Trump administration, including the president himself, has repeatedly characterized judges as unfair and even undemocratic when the courts have paused or rebuffed sweeping changes proposed by Trump, Elon...

President Trump said that Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement on Tuesday didn’t mention him by name while doubling down on his call to impeach a federal judge who ruled against his administration in a high-profile deportation case. In an interview on Tuesday with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, Trump was asked what his reaction was to...