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• Education Department opens probe into Chicago Public Schools

  30-04-2025 23:57 via thehill.com
  
  The Education Department has opened a Title VI investigation into Chicago Public Schools over allegations of race-based discrimination.  The Trump administration says the Chicago district is accused of discriminating against students on the basis of race with its 2023-2024 “Black Students Success Plan,” which focused on measures to help Black students struggling in school.  “Chicago Public Schools have a record of academic failure, leaving students from all background
  
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• House votes to overturn California clean truck rules – defying internal watchdog

  30-04-2025 23:55 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Wednesday voted to ax California’s clean truck rules – defying Congress’s own internal watchdog in doing so.The House voted to ax the Biden administration’s approval of the California rules, which aim to cut pollution and planet-warming emissions from trucks, using a tool known as the Congressional Review Act (CRA).One of the truck rules the House voted to overturn explicitly seeks to make more trucks electric while the other seeks to limit emissions of
  
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• Trump says he should get time on economy

  30-04-2025 23:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday said he thinks he should be given time to improve the economy, asking for patience from top executives amid concerns over how his tariffs have rattled the stock market.“In the first quarter GDP numbers, just out today, core GDP… was up plus three percent, But, this is Biden’s economy because we took over on January 20 and I think you have to give us a little bit of time to get moving but this is the Biden economy,” Trump said.He also argued t
  
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• Kinzinger on Trump's first 100 days: 'I see failure after failure'

  30-04-2025 23:12 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Tuesday slammed President Trump over the first 100 days of his second term, calling them a "failure."“With the 100th day of the Trump presidency here, it’s the perfect time to step back and survey the wreckage,” Kinzinger wrote on Substack. “And when I look across the landscape, I see failure after failure. One phrase from his first inaugural speech keeps coming to mind — ‘American carnage.’”“In just his
  
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• Bipartisan House lawmakers unveil paid family leave incentive bill

  30-04-2025 23:11 via thehill.com
  
  A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill aimed at expanding paid family leave, the result of more than two years of work by the House Paid Family Leave Working Group.Titled the More Paid Leave for More Americans Act, the bill would establish a three-year pilot grant program within the Department of Labor aimed at encouraging states to establish their own paid family leave programs using public-private partnerships.Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), th
  
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• Postal Service joins Trump administration immigration enforcement effort

  30-04-2025 22:44 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has reportedly joined efforts to stop illegal immigration, following a January directive from President Trump to use all federal law enforcement resources to crack down on undocumented immigrants.The Washington Post reported Wednesday that USPS's Postal Inspection Service had "quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally."
  The article cited documents and anonymous sources and pointed to a
  
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• Trump says children could have '2 dolls instead of 30' with his tariff plan

  30-04-2025 22:18 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday said that children could have fewer toys while his administration puts high tariffs on trading partners, acknowledging that there may be shortages of goods because of his plan.“They’re having tremendous difficulty because their factories are not doing business. They made a trillion dollars with [former President] Biden … selling us stuff. Much of it, we don’t need,” Trump said, referring to China, on which he has imposed an overall 145
  
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• Trump administration cutting $1B in school mental health funding over DEI

  30-04-2025 22:07 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Education will not renew $1 billion in mental health funding for schools, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the contracts. The funding came from a bipartisan gun violence bill signed by former President Biden that gave schools the money to hire mental health workers and counselors for students.  “These grants are intended to improve American students’ mental health by funding additional mental health professionals in sc
  
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• Ann Coulter knocks 'Kim Jong il-style tributes' at Trump Cabinet meeting

  30-04-2025 21:34 via thehill.com
  
  Conservative media personality Ann Coulter on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s latest Cabinet meeting, saying that it featured “Kim Jong il-style tributes.”“Would it be possible to have a cabinet meeting without the Kim Jong il-style tributes?” Coulter wrote in a post on the social platform X, comparing the Wednesday meeting to that of the former North Korean dictator.
  During the meeting, multiple members of Trump’s Cabinet, including Transportation Secreta
  
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• Companies sharply slow hiring in April: ADP

  30-04-2025 20:44 via thehill.com
  
  Companies sharply slowed hiring in the month of April amid market fluctuations and the rollout of President Trump’s latest tariff plan, a new report from Always Designing for People (ADP) found.In April, companies across the U.S. added 62,000 jobs. It was significantly less than the 147,000 added during the month of March, per the report.“Unease is the word of the day," ADP chief economist Nela Richardson said in a statement. "Employers are trying to reconcile policy and consumer unc
  
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• Rubio says State had dossier accusing Trump Cabinet member of disinformation

  30-04-2025 20:06 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department under President Biden had labeled one of President Trump’s cabinet officials as a purveyor of disinformation and had collected a dossier on their social media posts. Rubio did not identify the individual, revealing the information during a round-table meeting of Trump’s cabinet officials, but said it was someone at the table. He said he would hand over the information to the person and allow them the decide whether to make
  
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• Dave Portnoy rips Trump on stocks: 'This is his market'

  30-04-2025 20:03 via thehill.com
  
  Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy knocked President Trump on Wednesday for suggesting the current stock market volatility is a consequence of policies from former President Biden’s term in office, rather than his own.“What’s that old expression? Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining?” Portnoy wrote in a post on X. “Well that applies here.”“The stock market is a direct reflection of Trumps 1st 100 days in office,” he contin
  
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• Haitian woman dies in ICE custody

  30-04-2025 20:01 via thehill.com
  
  A Haitian woman passed away last week in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, according to federal immigration officials. Marie Ange Blaise, 44, was pronounced dead by medical professionals in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Friday last week at 8:35 p.m. local time, ICE announced on Tuesday. Blaise’s cause of death is under investigation. ICE said in a statement on Tuesday that Blaise entered the U.S. without admission or parole, but did not specify the location a
  
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• Three House Democrats ask to be removed from Trump impeachment resolution

  30-04-2025 19:27 via thehill.com
  
  A trio of House Democrats asked to be removed as co-sponsors of a resolution to impeach President Trump, a sign that many in the party do not want to go down the path of trying to remove the president from office — at least at the current moment.Reps. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) had signed on as co-sponsors of Rep. Shri Thanedar’s (D-Mich.) impeachment resolution — which includes seven articles of impeachment — but Tuesda
  
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• 3 House Democrats ask to be removed from Trump impeachment resolution

  30-04-2025 19:27 via thehill.com
  
  A trio of House Democrats asked to be removed as co-sponsors of a resolution to impeach President Trump, a sign that many in the party do not want to go down the path of trying to remove the president from office — at least at the current moment.Reps. Kweisi Mfume (Md.), Robin Kelly (Ill.) and Jerry Nadler (N.Y.) had signed on as co-sponsors of Rep. Shri Thanedar’s (D-Mich.) impeachment resolution — which includes seven articles of impeachment — but Tuesday afte
  
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• Trump invites Musk to stay at White House as long as he wants

  30-04-2025 19:18 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to stay working at the White House for as long as he wants, after Musk said he would step back from his work at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to return to his company.“We just want to thank you very much. And, you know, you’re invited to stay as long as you want. At some point, he wants to get back home to his cars,” Trump said to applause for Musk from administration officials at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Musk is
  
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• Bolton: Hegseth should resign 'for his own safety's sake'

  30-04-2025 18:59 via thehill.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should resign amid mounting scrutiny of his leadership at the Pentagon.“No, I think he should resign for his own safety’s sake, if nothing else,” Bolton told CNN’s Pamela Brown, when asked whether Hegseth should still be on the job.Bolton particularly noted concerns he has following reports that Hegseth used the messaging app Signal to share sensitive information in group chat
  
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• Vance calls most presidents in Oval Office portraits ‘placeholders’

  30-04-2025 18:57 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Vance on Wednesday suggested that many of the presidents whose portraits hang in President Trump's Oval Office were "placeholders” rather than "men of action" as he praised the new administration's accomplishments in its first 100 days."You sit in the Oval Office, and you see these portraits of presidents past, and let's be honest, most of them have been placeholders,” Vance said during an on-camera Cabinet meeting."They've been people who've allowed their staff to sig
  
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• Judge orders continued funding for migrant children's lawyers

  30-04-2025 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  A federal judge in Northern California on Tuesday extended her April injunction ordering the Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S.It blocks a stop-work order issued to the Acacia Center for Justice by the Department of Interior months prior.  The center uses congressional funds to pay subcontractors who provide representation to minors who are accused of entering the country illegally, free of charge. Eleven subcontractor groups fo
  
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• Senate Republican: God gave Ocasio-Cortez 'billy goat brain and mocking bird mouth'

  30-04-2025 18:37 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) in remarks on Fox News described Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as having "a billy goat brain and a mockingbird mouth," while criticizing her on a host of issues.“As I've said before, she’s entitled to her opinions. You know, my personal opinion is that God gave her a billy goat brain and a mockingbird mouth, you know,” Kennedy said during a Tuesday appearance on Fox News.“Look, I believe in the power of ideas, and my Democratic colleague
  
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• Jeffries teases ‘blueprint for a better America’ that ‘isn’t about Donald Trump’

  30-04-2025 18:19 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday teased a project from House Democrats, outlining a “blueprint for a better America” as President Trump marks 100 days in office — but being sure to note it will not be about the president.“Over these next 100 days, House Democrats are going to lay out a blueprint for a better America. And you will see a vision for this country’s future that isn’t about Donald Trump. It’s all about you,” Je
  
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• More Americans say Trump going too far on deportations: Poll

  30-04-2025 17:27 via thehill.com
  
  A growing number of Americans say President Trump has gone too far in his efforts to deport migrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to the latest CNN poll.A slim majority, 52 percent, said in the mid-April poll that the president has “gone too far” with deportations, up from 45 percent in February.One-third of respondents say Trump’s approach has “been about right,” down six points from 39 percent in February; and just 14 percent say Trump has “not go
  
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• House GOP campaign arm touts 'clear path to victory' in midterms: Poll memo

  30-04-2025 17:21 via thehill.com
  
  The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) rolled out an internal polling memo on Wednesday showing the party in a strong position ahead of next year’s midterms. According to the memo, which was first shared with members at the House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday, Democrats lead the generic ballot by just one point. The findings suggest House Republicans are in a better position than they were at this point in 2017 during Trump’s first administration,
  
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• Raskin: 'Hard to find something good to say' about Trump first 100 days

  30-04-2025 17:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said it’s hard to say "something good" about the first 100 days of President Trump's second term in the White House, comparing the administration to one of a dictator.“It’s hard for me to find something good to say,” Raskin told reporters on Tuesday outside the Capitol.
  "Look, I believe that the autocrats and the dictators of the world are on the march, including President Xi [Jinping], including Kim Jong-Un, including [Vladimir] Putin, and I thi
  
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• Johnson says he'd talk to Trump before moving to claw back constitutional power

  30-04-2025 17:06 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says he would talk to President Trump before making any legislative move to claw back power if the president overstepped his constitutional authority.Johnson's comments came at an Axios event Wednesday during which reporter Hans Nichols started a line of questioning by saying Johnson had ceded a lot of constitutional authority to the president.“I don’t agree with that,” Johnson interjected.“I’m a constitutional law attorney. I&
  
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• Newsom knew Biden-Trump debate was trouble for Dems in 'seconds'

  30-04-2025 16:29 via thehill.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he knew “within seconds” of the start of the consequential debate between President Trump and former President Biden that trouble was ahead for Democrats. Newsom said during an episode of his podcast with The Hill’s Amie Parnes and NBC News’s Jonathan Allen released Wednesday that he quickly looked around the room on the night of the debate in June and could see others recognizing that something was wrong. Newsom, who was a
  
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• Trump approval on economy lowest in first or second terms: Survey

  30-04-2025 16:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval rating on the economy is lower than at any point during his first and ongoing second term, according to a new survey published Wednesday. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Trump’s approval on the economy dropped by one point, to 36 percent, the lowest figure on the issue in either Trump administration. His disapproval went up by five points, to 56 percent. Trump's overall approval rating is at 42 percent, on par with the last iteration o
  
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• Jeffries: 'Fair' that Americans are questioning if Trump is 'actually fit'

  30-04-2025 16:10 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday he thinks it’s fair for Americans to be questioning whether President Trump is “actually fit” to be commander-in-chief.“Trump spent the last year-and-a-half questioning the cognitive ability of President Joe Biden, notwithstanding many of the legislative accomplishments that Donald Trump could only wish he got over the finish line,” Jeffries said in an interview on “The MeidasTouch Podcast” o
  
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• Trump insists this is ‘Biden’s Stock Market’ in wake of tariff turbulence

  30-04-2025 16:02 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday blamed turbulence in the stock market on his predecessor despite it being sparked in the wake of his widespread tariff policy earlier this month.Trump insisted that the stock market tumbles were not the result of his tariff policy, which was imposed on nearly every country in the world.“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s. I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into t
  
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• Most Republicans want Democrats to push back on Trump policies: Survey

  30-04-2025 16:02 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans may disagree with Democrats' positions when they push back against President Trump, but most want to see the opposing party at least put up a fight for their views, a new poll has found.The Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday — Trump's 101st day of his second term — found 54 percent of Republican respondents said it is at least "somewhat important" for Democratic elected officials to "push hard" against Trump when they disagree with him.More than 80 percent of Rep
  
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• Kid Rock: I call Trump 'dragon slayer' for taking out 'woke DEI stuff'

  30-04-2025 15:52 via thehill.com
  
  Kid Rock says President Trump's efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are earning him a new nickname: "Dragon slayer."In a Tuesday interview on Fox News's "Jesse Watters Primetime," Kid Rock gave a one-word seal of approval when asked for his assessment of Trump's first 100 days in office."Fan-freaking-tastic," replied the "All Summer Long" singer, who was born Bob Ritchie and is one of Trump's most prominent allies in the entertainment industry."Having a businessman in chief &mda
  
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• Navarro: Media driving tariff fears

  30-04-2025 15:29 via thehill.com
  
  White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro slammed the media during a recent interview, arguing that news outlets are using “scare tactics” to create more fear among the public as President Trump enacts his trade agenda. “Well, usually a deal, as the media loves to remind us, takes a long time — 18 months to whatever. But we're going to do this in Trump time, which is to say regular time," Navarro said Tuesday in an appearance on NewsNation's "On Balance.""You wi
  
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• Trump on whether he has 100 percent confidence in Hegseth: 'Stupid question'

  30-04-2025 14:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump dismissed a question Tuesday about whether he has complete confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as the Pentagon chief faces mounting scrutiny of his leadership.“I don’t have 100 percent confidence in anything, okay? Anything. Do I have a hundred percent? It’s a stupid question,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News’s Terry Moran.“It’s a pretty important position,” Moran responded.“No, no, no,” Trump added. &
  
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• Trump says he 'could' return Abrego Garcia to US, but won't

  30-04-2025 14:07 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Tuesday said he could facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month, but suggested in a recent interview that he will not.In an Oval Office interview with ABC News's Terry Moran, Trump was asked about Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland under a protective order before being sent to the Central American country's most notorious prison.“You could get him back," Moran said to the president
  
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• Voters sour on Trump job performance at 100-day mark: DDHQ/NewsNation poll

  30-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Voters are souring on President Trump’s administration 100 days after he was sworn in for a second term, according to a poll released Wednesday from Decision Desk HQ for NewsNation.The survey shows 44 percent of registered voters approve of Trump’s job performance, compared to 56 percent who disapprove. That places him in a considerably weaker position than most of his recent predecessors have been at this stage of his term — except for Trump’s first administration.While
  
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• Trump's first 100 days by the numbers

  30-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is reshaping the government and the United States's role on the global stage as he hits the 100-day mark on his second term.From a blitz of executive action to a flurry of federal layoffs, Trump is working at warp speed. But as he crosses the early benchmark, polls are flashing warning signs about voter frustration, particularly with the economy.Here’s a look at Trump’s first 100 days, by the numbers:142 executive ordersWorking at what the White House has dubbed &ldqu
  
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• Trump’s first 100 days: A timeline

  30-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The first 100 days of President Trump’s second term has moved at a breakneck speed, ushering in dramatic changes to the federal government and turbulent crackdowns on immigration, trade and culture war issues.Trump kicked off his return to the White House with a blitz of Day-One executive action, and the dizzying pace at which he’s wielded power in the weeks since has delighted allies and stoked critics’ fears about lasting harms. The president hits his 100-day mark amid a trou
  
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• GOP push for cuts to NPR, PBS gains steam but some are skeptical

  30-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A GOP-backed push for cuts to public broadcasting is picking up momentum in Congress as lawmakers brace for a formal request from the Trump administration to claw back millions of dollars in funds.But concerns are bubbling up among some Republicans over what those cuts could mean for programs and constituents back home.“I think most Nebraskans like our NPR, PBS,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) said on Tuesday, when talking about the local stations affiliated with both networks.“I
  
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• Democratic transition on powerful Oversight panel in flux

  30-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The decision by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) to step back as ranking member of the Oversight Committee could soon create a vacancy on one of the most coveted seats for the minority Democrats — one that’s sure to launch an animated contest to find a replacement.But it won’t happen immediately.While Connolly has stepped away from the daily rigors of the ranking membership amid a fight with esophageal cancer, he hasn’t stepped down from the position altogether. Instead, he&rs
  
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• 100 days of Trump immigration policies cast 'climate of fear'

  30-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  In President Trump’s first 100 days in office, the country has gotten a taste of the mass deportation agenda he has pledged to carry out over the next four years.Trump has charted an ambitious course, pledging everything from finished construction of his border wall to the most deportations the country has ever seen. Border encounters have dropped significantly, with March representing the lowest number on record.Still, his controversial policies have Trump regularly clashing with —
  
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• Trump approval dips amid concerns over economy, foreign policy: Poll

  30-04-2025 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval has dipped 100 days into his presidency amid concerns over his handling of the economy and foreign policy, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.An Emerson College Polling national survey found approval of Trump split: 45 percent approve of the job he’s doing as president while 45 percent said they disapprove.Trump’s approval rating has dropped slightly compared to a poll conducted in mid-March, which found him at 47 percent approval rating, w
  
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• Witkoff: Putin sees opportunity for the 'first time in decades' for a relationship recalibration

  30-04-2025 04:45 via thehill.com
  
  U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin sees an opportunity for the “first time in decades” for a U.S.-Russia relationship recalibration.“I think that … he sees the opportunity for the first time in decades, to recalibrate the relationship of the Russian Federation with the United States, and it’s clear,” Witkoff told radio hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on their WABC show.“I’ve had f
  
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• 5 takeaways from Trump’s contentious 100-day interview with ABC

  30-04-2025 04:31 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump and ABC News’ Terry Moran held a contentious interview on Tuesday in which the president and the senior national correspondent clashed over tariff policy, deportations, MS-13 tattoos and the power of the presidency.The Oval Office interview came as Trump marked the first 100 days in office of his second term. Trump took multiple jabs at Moran throughout the hourlong primetime program, including when he suggested he had never heard of the journalist and at one point insisted
  
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• Trump calls out lawmaker filing articles of impeachment: 'This lunatic'

  30-04-2025 04:04 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump called out Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar (Mich.) for filing articles of impeachment against him during a rally in Michigan celebrating his first 100 days in office.
  “Today they did it again. Some guy that I’ve never heard of ... is he a congressman? This guy, he said … ‘ladies and gentlemen, I am going to start the impeachment of Donald Trump,’” Trump said at the Michigan rally. “What the hell did I do? Here we go again.”“The
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily suspends judge accused of helping a migrant evade immigration authorities

  30-04-2025 02:28 via thehill.com
  
  The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, who has been accused of assisting a migrant evade immigration authorities.In a Tuesday order, the court said, "We conclude, on our own motion, that it is in the public interest that she be temporarily relieved of her official duties."Last Friday, Dugan was arrested by federal authorities on charges linked to obstructing a proceeding and concealing an individual prior to their arrest. Federal author
  
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• Trump rails against Fed chair, judges and Joe Biden at 100-day Michigan rally

  30-04-2025 01:55 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Tuesday railed against former President Biden, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and judges that have aimed to block some of his executive actions during a rally in Michigan to mark 100 days in office.In a speech that invoked much of his campaign rhetoric, Trump within minutes criticized Biden’s presidency, asking the crowd, “How the hell did that guy ever become president, can somebody explain? How the hell did that happen?”After criticizing polling c
  
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• SALT Republicans to huddle with Johnson on key Trump agenda sticking point

  30-04-2025 01:47 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are set to dive into discussions over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap on Wednesday, officially kicking off negotiations for one of the largest — and most contentious — sticking points in the party’s package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities.Republicans who hail from high-tax blue states like New York, New Jersey and California — a group that makes up the SALT Caucus — are scheduled to huddle with Speaker Mike
  
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• Trump says China 'probably will eat those tariffs'

  30-04-2025 00:37 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said in an interview broadcasting late Tuesday that China “will probably eat those tariffs” when talking about the 145 percent overall tariff on its products.The president got into a heated back-and-forth with ABC’s Terry Moran when talking about the import tax, with Moran arguing the tariff is going to “raise prices on everything from electronics, to clothing, to building houses.”“You don’t know that, you don’t know whether or
  
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• Trump says Michigan base will stay open, get new fighter jets

  30-04-2025 00:26 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Tuesday announced Selfridge National Guard base in Michigan will receive 21 F-15EX Eagle II fighters, newer generation jets meant to replace the installation’s aging A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, effectively guaranteeing the base’s future.The Boeing-made aircraft, previously purchased by the Air Force, will go to Selfidge after years of lobbying from Michigan lawmakers to shore up the future of the 106-year-old Harrison Township base, an installation that has an
  
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• How Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda shook the world in first 100 days

  30-04-2025 00:11 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump moved quickly to remake American foreign policy in his first 100 days in office, weaponizing his “America First” agenda with the slashing of foreign aid, expansionist threats toward friendly countries, and massively disruptive tariff regime, which has already roiled global markets and relationships. While Trump has frequently touted his dealmaking skills amid the turmoil of his first few months back in office, uncertainty and confusion have reigned among allies a
  
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