
The Hill - 16 hours 43 min ago
John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Trump, said he doesn't think the president grasps the specifics of the situation in Venezuela in the wake of the U.S. capturing its leader, Nicol s Maduro. Outlining the next steps for the South American country and arguing that Venezuelan opposition leader Mar a Corina Machado and her...

The Hill - 16 hours 48 min ago
President Trump says his wife, Melania, isn't down with his dancing. "She hates when I dance," Trump said Tuesday while speaking with House Republicans in Washington as part of a GOP retreat. "She's a very classy person," the president said while describing how his spouse of more than two decades wanted him to put the kibosh...

Newser - 16 hours 54 min ago
President Trump said Tuesday that Indiana US Rep. Jim Baird, a Republican, and his wife are recovering in the hospital following a car accident. "They're going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident, and we're praying that they get out of that hospital very quickly," Trump said...

The Hill - 16 hours 59 min ago
President Trump warned House Republicans on Tuesday that he will be impeached if the party does not win the midterms, highlighting the stakes of November's elections. "You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don't win the midterms they'll find a reason to impeach me," Trump told the Republican conference at its retreat at the Kennedy...

Mother Jones - 17 hours 39 sec ago
European leaders argued for Greenland's sovereignty Tuesday amid President Trump's continued threat to take over the island following his military operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicol s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Greenland is an autonomous territory in Denmark. Citizens of Greenland are also citizens of Denmark and the European Union. In a joint […]...

NY Post - 17 hours 2 min ago
President Trump predicted that he will be impeached for a third time if Republicans lose the congressional midterm elections this November while complaining that former President Joe Biden should have been impeached for "100 different things."...

The Hill - 17 hours 8 min ago
An intelligence report from the CIA concluded that the best replacements for Venezuelan regime leader Nicol s Maduro are individuals who previously served within his administration, NewsNation has learned. President Trump was briefed on the report in recent weeks, which highlighted now-acting president Delcy Rodr guez as a viable successor for Maduro. The information comes as opposition...

NBC News - 17 hours 9 min ago
While speaking at an event with House Republicans, President Trump warned that the GOP needed to win the midterms or else Democrats would "find a reason" to impeach him.

Newser - 17 hours 46 min ago
President Trump is dangling a major incentive to US oil companies if they help remake Venezuela's battered energy sector: the prospect that Washington might pay them back. Analysts say the effort is likely to take years and billions of dollars, per the Guardian . In an interview with NBC News , Trump...

The Hill - 17 hours 51 min ago
Jon Stewart says President Trump helped orchestrate a "reverse ICE" operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicol s Maduro. "He was actually imported to a jail in Brooklyn," Stewart quipped of Maduro. Stewart focused his Monday monologue on Maduro while hosting Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" days after Trump announced that the U.S. had captured Venezuela's president as part of a "large-scale...

The Hill - 17 hours 54 min ago
Jan. 6 defendants, including those pardoned by President Trump last year, are holding a march Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted on seditious conspiracy and other charges before being pardoned by Trump, is among the organizers of Tuesday's march. He said the...

Newser - 18 hours 15 min ago
If Brian Cole is ultimately convicted as the person who placed pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the Capitol riot, he may have an argument to make about avoiding prison. A Politico analysis suggests he is covered by President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 participants. The issue is...

The Hill - 18 hours 41 min ago
Singer Bj rk says she supports Greenland's "fight for independence" amid President Trump's rising threats to take over the territory. "I wish all greenlanders blessing in their fight for independence," the Icelandic performer said in a post to her 2 million Instagram followers on Monday. "Icelanders are extremely relieved that they managed to break from the danish in 1944,"...

The Hill - 18 hours 48 min ago
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller doubled down on President Trump's renewed threats to make Greenland a U.S. territory, but he dismissed the prospect that a military confrontation would be necessary to achieve that goal. In an interview on CNN's "The Lead," the top White House adviser reaffirmed the "formal position of the...

The Hill - 18 hours 53 min ago
President Trump's takeover of Venezuela and seizure of Nicolas Maduro is a flagrant violation of international law, and Congress has failed to take any action to stop it.

NBC News - 19 hours 1 min ago
While speaking to House Republicans, President Trump commented on the passing of California Rep. Doug LaMalfa, calling him a "great, great member."...

The Hill - 19 hours 12 min ago
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will officially dissolve after the body's board voted to close the organization this week. Created by Congress nearly 60 years ago, the closure follows last year's rescission from Congress of all of the nonprofit's federal funding, a move that came on the heels of sustained attacks by President Trump's...

The Hill - 19 hours 22 min ago
European leaders backed Greenland's sovereignty Tuesday amid President Trump's continued interest in acquiring the island. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S nchez, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a joint statement that...

The Hill - 19 hours 25 min ago
A group of senior Trump administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will brief all senators Wednesday morning on the situation in Venezuela and President Trump's plans for managing the power vacuum after the ouster of President Nicol s Maduro. Rubio and Hegseth will join Attorney General Pam Bondi,...

The Hill - 19 hours 31 min ago
President Trump has floated the idea of the U.S. reimbursing energy companies for expenses in Venezuela as he pushes for U.S. extraction of Venezuelan oil. In an interview with NBC News, the president said, "A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent, and the oil companies will spend it, and then they'll get reimbursed...

The Hill - 19 hours 53 min ago
President Trump has become a globalist and interventionist, using military power and tariffs to influence political decisions around the world, and even considering nation-building in countries like Venezuela and Gaza.

The Hill - 19 hours 59 min ago
President Trump touted retired Navy SEAL officer Ed Gallrein, who's challenging Trump critic Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in the GOP primary, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, calling his endorsee "A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET KENTUCKY DOWN!" "A Brave Combat Veteran, Ed knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Defend...

The Hill - 20 hours 4 min ago
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that President Trump's musings about taking over Greenland pose a threat to the strength of the NATO alliance. "As for Greenland, every time he mentions this, Trump endangers the NATO alliance," Bolton said in an interview on CNN's "The Source," when asked about the president's threats to...

The Hill - 20 hours 6 min ago
President Trump on Tuesday morning will meet with House Republicans at the Kennedy Center as part of the GOP retreat. His remarks come just days after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicol s Maduro and his wife, who have been indicted on narco-terrorism charges. Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday during his first court appearance in...