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• Los Angeles Dodgers to visit the White House on Friday

  02-07-2021 01:05 via thehill.com
  
  The Los Angeles Dodgers will visit the White House on Friday, becoming the first championship team to meet with President Biden since he took office.The defending champions will meet with Biden while they are in Washington, D.C., for a series...
  
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• Trump says White House helipad work is done after August project restart

  06-09-2026 23:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Sunday announced that the White House helipad, which was redone at his request last month, has been completed. Trump posted a photo of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the White House lawn before departing in an Air Force H-13J helicopter in July 1957, becoming the first U.S. president to fly in...
  
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• Top House Republican backs Max Miller: 'I support anybody with an R by their name'

  06-09-2026 23:06 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), the chair of the House Republican Conference, said Sunday she backs Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), despite two of his former partners accusing him of abuse. “Listen, divorces are ugly. And I'm glad I'm not … in his shoes right now,” McClain told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”...
  
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• Trump administration expands mass deportations with noncriminals

  06-09-2026 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  A surge in immigration arrests is sweeping up immigrants with no criminal record whatsoever, including many who were already known by the government, as officers push to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers broke records for the second Trump administration with back-to-back months of arrests topping 50,000...
  
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• Live updates: Airplane overruns Miami runway; Energy secretary downplays rising gas prices as US, Iran trade strikes

  06-09-2026 22:23 via thehill.com
  
  An Amazon cargo plane ran off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday and struck multiple vehicles. It burst into flames and forced the closure of all runways at the airport. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on the social platform X that Miami travelers should expect significant delays or potential cancellations. The Federal Aviation...
  
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• Trump: Canada's currency imbalance with US will be 'no longer'

  06-09-2026 22:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Sunday the U.S. dollar to Canadian dollar “imbalance” is “unacceptable,” two days before Canadian tariffs will go into effect on a slew of American goods. “Canada’s (currency) Dollar imbalance with the U.S. is unacceptable,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It has been that way for years — but no longer!” One Canadian...
  
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• Wright: US has 'a lot of leverage' in Venezuela after oil deal reached

  06-09-2026 21:58 via thehill.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the U.S. has “a lot of leverage” over Venezuela after the Trump administration reached a deal with the latter government to grant it control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil.  “We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside...
  
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• Hinojosa on Trump $10 million Paxton race investment: 'I welcome the attention on Texas'

  06-09-2026 21:20 via thehill.com
  
  Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa (D) embraced the new spotlight on her state brought on by the unexpectedly close Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. “You are running in a state President Trump won by nearly 14 percentage points. He just announced, as I mentioned, that $10 million investment to boost...
  
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• Pennsylvania Democrat says he 'might' challenge Fetterman in 2028

  06-09-2026 21:16 via thehill.com
  
  Pennsylvania Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) said Sunday he “might” mount a primary challenge to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in 2028. “I might, I haven’t decided that. And to be really blunt, I’m doing everything I can right now to help Democrats in Pennsylvania flip congressional seats to give [Pennsylvania Gov.] Josh Shapiro a governing majority...
  
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• Carr: FCC ‘looking at a lot of actions’ to stop broadcasters' partisan coverage

  06-09-2026 21:04 via thehill.com
  
  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr on Sunday said he is “looking at a lot of actions” to prevent networks from airing fake polls and partisan coverage ahead of midterm elections. Carr appeared on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing” with Peter Doocy and said that networks are intended to operate in the public interest...
  
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• Carr: FCC 'looking at a lot of actions' after Trump urged 'punishment' for NBC's Welker

  06-09-2026 21:04 via thehill.com
  
  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr on Sunday said he is "looking at a lot of actions" to carry out after President Trump urged that the agency punish NBC News's Kristen Welker. Carr appeared on Fox News's "The Sunday Briefing" with Peter Doocy and said that networks are intended to operate in the public...
  
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• Lawler disagrees with Trump on Iran war: 'It is certainly not small potatoes'

  06-09-2026 19:39 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday broke with President Trump regarding the commander in chief's recent statement about the Iran war where he downplayed the conflict. “Any time you are at war or in a military escalation, it is certainly not small potatoes. It is serious. I think we all recognize that,” Lawler told CNN’s...
  
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• Wright says Iran war worth it to 'reset' Middle East

  06-09-2026 18:53 via thehill.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday the Iran war is necessary, arguing the U.S. needs to “reset” the Middle East. During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Wright reiterated the longstanding talking point from administration officials that the goal of the conflict is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. “A nuclear armed Iran...
  
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• Trump administration makes new appeal for Supreme Court to allow mail voting changes ahead of midterms

  06-09-2026 18:33 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration on Sunday again asked the Supreme Court to allow it to restrict mail-in voting this election cycle. In a 40-page emergency application, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to immediately permit the administration to bar the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from sending mail-in ballots to residents of states that have...
  
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• DOJ makes new appeal for Supreme Court to allow mail voting changes

  06-09-2026 18:33 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration on Sunday again asked the Supreme Court to allow it to restrict mail-in voting this election cycle. In a 40-page emergency application, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to immediately permit the administration to bar the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from sending mail-in ballots to residents of states that have...
  
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• White House faces mifepristone test

  06-09-2026 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is set to face another key test on abortion, with two months to go until the midterm elections. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is poised to hear oral arguments next week in a case that could eventually restrict the nationwide distribution of the...
  
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• Former Air Force secretary questions 'advice' Trump received before starting Iran war

  06-09-2026 17:29 via thehill.com
  
  Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III on Sunday questioned the “advice” President Trump received in the lead-up to the Iran war. “What I don't understand, frankly, about the Iran war is what advice was given to the president that led him to start this conflict?” Kendall told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”...
  
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• Energy secretary: 'I don't want to have an opinion' on rising gas prices

  06-09-2026 17:08 via thehill.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said he did not “want to have an opinion” on the direction of gas prices Americans are paying, which are above $4 per gallon on average at the pump in the U.S. "You said on this show five months ago that high gas prices had peaked, but between not...
  
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• Former Air Force secretary says he 'couldn't serve' in Trump administration

  06-09-2026 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III said Sunday he “couldn’t serve” in the Trump administration, blasting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the Pentagon. “I’ve never seen an attempt to politicize our military like the one being conducted by Pete Hegseth,” Kendall told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.” Earlier this week, Army Secretary...
  
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• Live updates: Energy secretary downplays rising gas prices as US, Iran trade strikes

  06-09-2026 16:16 via thehill.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright is appearing on four Sunday morning news programs after the U.S. and Iran traded tit-for-tat strikes this weekend. Iranian officials on Sunday took credit for an attack on an unmanned U.S. military ship in the Strait of Hormuz. That strike came after the U.S. hit three Iranian crude oil carriers in...
  
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• Wright: US 'may not' reach nuclear agreement with Iran

  06-09-2026 16:12 via thehill.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday the Trump administration “may not” reach a nuclear agreement with the Iranian regime. “There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it,” Wright told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.” The Energy secretary added a nuclear agreement with the Islamic...
  
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• Trump envoys set for Zelensky meeting after Russia-Ukraine peace talks with Putin

  06-09-2026 15:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff on Sunday made their way to Kyiv to discuss the Ukraine war with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The New York Times reported that Witkoff and Kushner made it to the Ukrainian capital by train and later traveled via motorcade to meet Zelensky. Both CNN...
  
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• Live updates: Energy secretary set for Sunday show interviews as US, Iran trade strikes

  06-09-2026 14:29 via thehill.com
  
  Energy Secretary Chris Wright is appearing on four Sunday morning news programs after the U.S. and Iran traded tit-for-tat strikes this weekend. Iranian officials on Sunday took credit for an attack on an unmanned U.S. military ship in the Strait of Hormuz. That strike came after the U.S. hit three Iranian crude oil carriers in...
  
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• Controversy swirls around Trump's Venezuela business partner

  06-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration’s Venezuela oil deal puts the federal government in business with a controversial figure from the South American nation. Recent reporting links North American Blue Energy Partners’s Alejandro Betancourt to multiple investigations. But administration officials have defended their partnership, saying that Betancourt is a proven operator in Venezuela’s energy sector. Late last month, the...
  
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• Angie Craig throws her hat in the ring for WNBA commissioner

  06-09-2026 01:39 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn) offered herself up to replace retiring WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who recently announced her retirement amid the league's growing popularity and recent controversies. “Hey, @WNBA, I’m a free agent in January,” Rep. Craig wrote on social platform X Friday. Craig lost to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the Democratic primary for...
  
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• Angie Craig throws hat in the ring for WNBA commissioner

  06-09-2026 01:39 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn) offered herself up to replace retiring WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who recently announced her retirement amid the league's growing popularity and recent controversies. “Hey, @WNBA, I’m a free agent in January,” Rep. Craig wrote on social platform X Friday. Craig lost to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in the Democratic primary for...
  
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• Trump admin ends $45M support for Namibia HIV program

  06-09-2026 00:24 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration announced it will be ending $45 million in support for Namibia’s HIV response program following two decades of annual payments. The U.S. will provide its final $45 million payment in the 2027 fiscal year as “this support will transition into a technical cooperation model,” according to a Friday joint statement from Namibia’s...
  
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• Trump's MAGA Inc. super-PAC funnels $10 million into Texas Senate race

  05-09-2026 23:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s super-PAC MAGA Inc. gave $10 million in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate campaign ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings published Saturday. The $10 million payment, given to political media company, Del Ray Media, funded two attack ads against his Democratic opponent James...
  
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• Trump's MAGA Inc. super-PAC funnels $10 million into Ken Paxton's Senate campaign

  05-09-2026 23:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s super-PAC MAGA Inc. gave $10 million to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate campaign ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings published Saturday. The $10 million payment, given to political media company, Del Ray Media, funded two attack ads against his Democratic opponent James Talarico —...
  
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• Trump faces down beef backlash. Will import plan pay off?

  05-09-2026 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is pushing ahead with his plan to import foreign beef as a way to reduce prices for Americans, despite the backlash from cattle farmers and Republicans whose states would be most be most affected. In an apparent effort to soften the blow, Trump signed executive orders Friday, including one that allows ranchers and...
  
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