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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said President Trump was “wrong” to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator on Wednesday and for appearing to be “standing on the side” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The president needs a do-over day – and start again. He took a bad turn,” Bacon, a moderate Republican, said in an...

President Trump on Wednesday said the federal government should "take over the governance" of Washington, D.C. "I think that we should govern the District of Columbia," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless." Trump praised the District's...

President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to identify and eliminate any federal financial benefits going to immigrants who entered the country illegally, something already prohibited existing the law. The order, which was signed on Air Force One, directs federal agencies and departments to identify programs providing any financial benefits to those in...

A federal appeals court Wednesday evening declined the Trump administration’s request to partially revive the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The Justice Department asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately limit a district judge’s ruling, one of multiple indefinitely blocking Trump’s order nationwide, to only the individual plaintiffs who sued in...

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Senate GOP dismayed by Trump, Zelensky war of words Public comments from President Trump blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion of his country are unnerving Senate Republicans, who have largely sought to avoid...

Delta Air Lines is offering passengers who were on the Monday flight that crash-landed in Toronto $30,000 in the aftermath of the incident. The company told passengers that the cash offer has “no strings attached and does not affect rights,” CBS News reported. All 80 of the people aboard the Toronto-bound flight survived when the...

A senior Pentagon official on Wednesday acknowledged the agency was considering major budget cuts to the tune of 8 percent every year for the next five years.  In a statement, Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the cuts were being conceived to pay for other Trump administration defense priorities, including a desired “Iron...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an unequivocal defense of Ukraine on Wednesday amid an escalating feud between the leader of the war-torn country and President Trump. In video remarks posted to social media, Trudeau made clear that “Canada and our allies” are united in support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and against Russian President...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said President Trump is helping to achieve former Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin’s dream with his recent actions surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war. Emanuel joined Tuesday’s “Hooks on Tap” podcast with Democratic strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy to discuss Trump’s handling of peace talks and the concern spreading...

President Trump is roiling the politics of his native city — and the drama isn’t over yet. A federal judge on Wednesday reserved judgment on whether he would accede to a massively controversial request from Trump’s Justice Department to halt the criminal prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D). The deal with Adams...

The Trump administration has issued a stop-work order to a firm that provides legal representation to thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. In a memo, obtained by The Hill, the Department of the Interior informed the Acacia Center for Justice that “the Government hereby directs your firm to stop all work associated with the scope of...

President Trump said Wednesday he will meet with Democrats next week for lunch, though it was not immediately clear who would be invited. "They’re the party of some really bad things," Trump said at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute gathering in Miami. "And I think they’ll change. I think they have to change." "I’m...

Three key House moderates told The Hill on Wednesday that they are still not on board with the chamber’s budget resolution, even after President Trump endorsed it earlier in the day. Reps. David Valadao (R-Calif.), Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said they still have concerns about potential cuts to Medicaid, which some GOP...

Public comments from President Trump blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion of his country are unnerving Senate Republicans, who have largely sought to avoid conflicts with the White House. Trump’s escalating war of words with the Ukrainian leader comes as hawks in both parties plead with the president not to give Moscow a...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump supports House budget plan that could cut Medicaid President Trump expressed his support Wednesday for the House budget strategy to pass a single bill that combines all his priorities, which may require pairing down Medicaid, a service...

A federal judge Monday evening declined to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from gaining access to Education Department data on student borrowers. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the University of California Student Association (USCA), which brought the lawsuit, had not shown sufficient irreparable harm to receive such immediate relief. “Because...

Billy Nolen, a former acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, said Monday that now is the time for air traffic control upgrades. “[One of the things] I've testified both before the House and before the Senate, that says the FAA oversees systems of systems and facilities that are between 40 and 60 years old,” Nolen...

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) all recently took a trip to Ukraine according to a page on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's website. The senators finished the visit to Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, on Monday, according to the page. The Colorado, New Hampshire and North Carolina lawmakers also went...

Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley on Monday decried “a prosecution” of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) “for hosting” an immigration webinar. “Border Czar Tom Homan doubled down last night that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) might be prosecuted for hosting a forum on ‘Know Your Rights’ for accused illegal aliens. Such a prosecution would be an assault...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump sidelines allies in opening Ukraine-Russia gambit European leaders are scrambling to respond to President Trump’s first moves to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, shocked to find themselves on the outside of high-stakes talks. © AP...

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D) on Monday called on Mayor Eric Adams to prove he can continue to govern amid calls for his resignation after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped charges against the mayor in what prosecutors alleged was a quid pro quo deal. “Given the gravity of this situation and the...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Monday he was “in touch with Delta” following the crash landing of a flight at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The flight originated at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) in Walz's state. “I’m in touch with Delta after a flight taking off from MSP crash landed in Toronto this afternoon,”...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Black consumers put on notice amid DEI rollbacks The NAACP is urging Black Americans to refrain from shopping at retailers that have stepped back from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. © The Associated Press The...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Medicaid concerns threaten GOP budget resolution House Republicans' budget resolution could be in jeopardy of not clearing the full chamber amid a chorus of opposition from swing-district members over likely substantial cuts to safety-net programs for low-income Americans...