President Trump says the East Wing that was demolished to make way for a new ballroom "looked like hell," describing the area of the White House before it was torn down as a "poor, sad sight." "The East Wing was a beautiful, little, tiny structure that was built many years ago that was renovated and...
Despite the Senate advancing legislation to bring the record-long government shutdown to an end, do not expect air travel to immediately revert to normal. The 42-day funding lapse, which has caused air traffic controllers to miss two consecutive paychecks as of Tuesday, has led to chaos at airports nationwide. Controllers have missed work at significantly...
Flight reductions across American airports went up to 6 percent on Tuesday, with cancellations and delays slowly growing within the early hours. A total of 745 flights have so far been delayed on Tuesday, with 1,180 flights canceled, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. These numbers do not distinguish between those caused by the FAA’s reduction...
President Trump in an interview broadcast late Monday dismissed concerns from his base over his administration’s planned 50-year mortgage proposal. “It’s not even a big deal,” Trump told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle." “I mean, you go from 40 to 50 years and what it means is you pay something less. From...
Housing experts say a 50-year mortgage is unlikely to solve the affordability crisis.
The policy set by the base's housing company says Christmas decorations can go up starting the week after Thanksgiving.
The ESA will be testing a protein powder called Solein, which contains a compound found in urine, on a mission aboard the ISS.
The results of the off-year election on Nov. 4 were a clear rejection of Trump and a call for a new generation of leadership, as voters overwhelmingly chose candidates who focused on affordability and were willing to pass the torch to younger leaders.
A New Jersey medical examiner has announced the cause of death of KISS founding member and original lead guitarist Ace Frehley, who died Oct. 16 at the age of 74.
Veterans Day is not only for those who served — it is also for those of us who benefitted from their service, who owe them.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ House to take up funding bill ▪ Grijalva set to be sworn in ▪ Trump threatens absent air traffic controllers ▪ Mamdani energizes young Dem candidates Democrats from both chambers of Congress and differing wings of the party are furious after eight Senate Democrats...
President Trump’s proposal to use tariff revenue to pay individuals “at least” $2,000 is facing legal and logistical roadblocks, as well as skepticism from some on the right. Trump has floated the idea of sending dividends to the American people multiple times throughout his time in office, but his most recent proposal over the weekend...
President Trump’s out-of-the-blue federal pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and dozens of others who were part of his effort to stay in power after losing the 2020 election comes alongside the administration’s accelerating prosecution of Obama officials who Trump says tried to keep him from winning in 2016. Maybe that’s a claim of equivalence:...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's insurgent campaign has driven a surge of younger Democratic candidates running for office and provided a roadmap for a new generation of politicians. Since last Tuesday, over 4,000 people inquired about running for office through Run for Something, Ally Boguhn, its senior communications and marketing director, told The Hill....
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has become the target of progressive anger after moderate Democrats struck a deal to reopen the government, raising questions about his future atop the conference even as he distances himself from the agreement. Progressives, both those in the House and those running to join Schumer in the upper chamber,...
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board panned President Trump’s proposal to provide $2,000 tariff rebate checks to most Americans, calling it a “Hail Mary pass.” “President Trump has a big tariff problem: His border taxes are raising prices on tariffed goods, they’re unpopular with voters, and the Supreme Court might rule that his “emergency”...
Come Tuesday, flights across the country will be reduced by 6 percent on orders from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), despite an end to the government shutdown in sight. The FAA first decreased flight capacity at 40 “high-traffic” airports last Friday, with a 4 percent reduction. At 6 a.m. on Tuesday, that will increase to...
A mobile lounge hit a dock at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Monday afternoon, sending 18 people to the hospital. Crystal Nosal, part of the Metro Washington Airports Authority’s (MWAA) media relations office, told The Hill that at roughly 4:30 p.m., the lounge, while taking passengers to Concourse D, struck a dock at an angle...
President Trump criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y. ) handling of the government shutdown in an interview on Monday, saying Republicans bested him in the process. "I think he made a mistake in going too far,” Trump told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle. “He thought he could break the Republicans and...
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.), who nearly a decade ago served as Hillary Clinton’s running mate when she lost the presidency to Donald Trump, was the eighth Democratic senator to back a centrist deal the Senate is set to approve Monday that is likely to soon end the longest shutdown in American history. Kaine’s top priority was to...
President Trump on Monday kept a historic meeting with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa behind closed doors, an unusual move for a president who frequently opens up the Oval Office to cameras and reporters when meeting with foreign leaders. It was the first visit by a Syrian leader to the White House, but al-Sharaa did not...
Thanksgiving dinner in the Shaheen household might be a little awkward. Stefany Shaheen, a Democratic candidate for Congress from New Hampshire, said she “cannot support” a deal to end the government shutdown on which the Senate is voting Monday evening. Complicating things is the fact that her mother, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), supports the...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump meets Syria’s leader at White House in historic visit President Trump welcomed Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa for a historic visit to the White House on Monday. © Photo Credit The visit, a powerful symbol of the country’s...
Researchers say evidence linking Tylenol to autism is "critically low."
The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle toward greenlighting a package to reopen the government, the first of a series of planned back-to-back votes. Senators voted 60-40 to grease the skids toward final passage of the funding bill Monday night. The eight senators who crossed party lines to vote to advance the funding...
