Author: The Hill Staff

President Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for a White House dinner Thursday evening. The event comes after the world leaders held a bilateral meeting in the afternoon, when Trump ribbed Japan over its bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. The president endorsed Takaichi, a staunch conservative, ahead of last month’s election. Japan’s…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will give remarks Wednesday afternoon after the nation’s central bank decided to hold interest rates steady amid evolving impacts on the economy sparked by President Trump’s military operation in Iran. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of bank officials responsible for setting borrowing costs, maintained its baseline interest…

The polls are now closed in Illinois, where voters advanced Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Dubrin (D-Ill.). Here’s what to look out for as the primary results for several key House races come in. On Capitol Hill, the Senate began its consideration of the SAVE America Act,…

All eyes have turned to Iran, where U.S. and Israeli joint strikes on Saturday killed the Middle Eastern country’s supreme leader. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine briefed reporters at 8 a.m. on the operation, which has now claimed the life of four U.S. service members. Kuwait on Sunday shot…

President Trump is urging for regime change in Iran and warning against retaliation, with Israel launching another round of strikes in the Middle Eastern country Sunday. Overnight, the president threatened to strike Iran “with a force that has never been seen before” if Tehran retaliates “very hard” against the U.S. Here’s what you need to…

Vice President Vance is traveling to Wisconsin on Thursday, the latest stop in the Trump administration’s tour to sell President Trump’s domestic and economic agenda ahead of the November midterm elections. Vance, after visiting a machining facility, will give remarks in Plover, Wis. His comments come just over a day after Trump gave a record-long…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a Wednesday afternoon press briefing as the funding fight over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Capitol Hill remains at a standstill The White House on Tuesday indicated that negotiators are “still pretty far apart” after Democrats sent a Monday counterproposal outlining their demands for Immigration…

Attorney General Pam Bondi is on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, in a hearing that quickly turned combative. Democrats immediately pressed Bondi with questions related to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of the Epstein files while she accused the Democrats of “theatrics.” The DOJ released its final batch…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump is urging Americans to contact the FBI if they have any information about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona. “The president encourages any American across the country with any knowledge of the suspect to please call the FBI to continue to assist state and local…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is back in the spotlight Monday, with Congress staring down another funding lapse deadline as bipartisan talks fizzle. With funding drying up at the end of the week, lawmakers are gearing up for a tough fight as Democrats dig in on 10 “guardrails” they want Congress to enact, and…