President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin /AP Photo President Donald Trump has said he is advising Tehran to make a deal, saying he is losing patience with Iran. “I’m not going to be much more patient,” Trump said in an interview
After steering the Federal Reserve through a series of major economic shocks, from the pandemic to the highest inflation in 40 years, Jerome Powell will leave a legacy defined by managing crisis and an unwavering defense of the central bank’s historical independence. As Powell steps down on Friday after eight years as Fed chair, more
Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton (Ariz.) cast doubt on the suggestion that China would place pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. When asked by NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner, on Thursday about whether he believes Xi would help to reopen the critical…
The House on Friday passed its first appropriations bill for fiscal 2027 with bipartisan support, marking an early step in the annual government funding process and sending the measure to the Senate for consideration. The military construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill passed the lower chamber by a vote of 400-15. All 15 “no” votes…
Barack Obama leads Democrats' redistricting push and campaigns in Texas while Joe Biden remains notably absent from the party's visible battles.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves from his official vehicle known as “The Beast” as the motorcade drives through Beijing on May 14, 2026. Hector Retamal / AFP Competing narratives emerged from the Beijing summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as the two governments issued sharply different accounts of what was
The Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo The U.S. federal government has sold 30-year debt at auction at a yield above 5 percent for the first time since 2007. The Treasury Department sold $25 billion of new 30-year bonds on May 13, with the auction yield reaching