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• Pence says US must prepare for 'inevitable' action against Iran

  23-08-2026 17:31 via thehill.com
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence argued Sunday the U.S. military should prepare for further strikes against Iran, action he deemed “inevitable.” “It's going to be absolutely imperative that we keep the pressure on, and that we keep the military assets in the region to be able to take the action that I believe is going...
  
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• Pirro hit with bar complaint over bid to indict Democrats in illegal orders video

  25-08-2026 21:46 via thehill.com
  
  A legal watchdog has filed a bar complaint against U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro, arguing she violated various standards in seeking to bring charges against six Democratic lawmakers who filmed a video noting that military members can refuse illegal orders. The complaint from the Legal Accountability Center asks the New York court system’s Grievance...
  
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• Trump orders flags to half-staff for a week in honor of Dolly Parton

  25-08-2026 21:29 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump has ordered all American flags to be flown at half-staff in memory of Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80. “Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding her death is...
  
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• Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if renovations are blocked

  25-08-2026 21:24 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration on Monday threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center if a judge determines that the renowned performing arts center cannot close for a two-year renovation.  In court filings on Monday, attorney Brantley T. Mayer repeatedly referred to the Kennedy Center as a "decrepit" structure in dire need of renovations led by the Trump...
  
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• Hillary Clinton says Republicans ‘secretly cheering’ for Mark Carney amid US-Canada trade negotiation

  25-08-2026 21:23 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that Republicans are “secretly cheering” for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney amid tension between Washington and Ottawa over trade. “I can't imagine that even in the Republican cloakroom in the Senate, there's much enthusiasm for going into a trade war with Canada," Clinton said Monday night during an...
  
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• Democrats push Rubio on Board of Peace 'slush fund' for Trump

  25-08-2026 21:03 via thehill.com
  
  House Democrats are applying new scrutiny on President Trump’s Board of Peace, demanding answers on how his inner circle is using American tax dollars for a “slush fund” and planning to profit off plans to rebuild the Gaza Strip. The Trump administration was forced to halt the transfer of $50 million to the Board in...
  
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• Agriculture secretary says beef import plan still under discussion

  25-08-2026 20:58 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration’s plan to temporarily suspend higher tariffs on ground beef imports is still under discussion, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday.“I am not privy to talk about that,” Rollins said when asked by reporters outside of the White House about the details of this decision. “I think the conversations are still...
  
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• Secret Service says it's aware of Iranian video threatening Barron Trump

  25-08-2026 20:56 via thehill.com
  
  The Secret Service on Tuesday said it was aware of a video threatening President Trump’s son, Barron, being circulated by Iranian state media.Clips suggest that Iran’s leaders are tracking Barron’s whereabouts and offering a $10 million reward to those who can provide insight to his location, according to reports from ABC News. “The U.S....
  
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• Live updates: Trump teases 'Lake America' as Canada sets retaliatory tariffs; SC voters set to pick Graham or Norman

  25-08-2026 20:38 via thehill.com
  
  Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs against U.S. products, including steel and aluminum. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Canada would match the U.S.’s tariffs “dollar for dollar, rate for rate.” The tariffs would take effect Sept. 8. Since the trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada came to a halt, President Trump and Canadian Prime...
  
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• Places that have been renamed during Trump's second term

  25-08-2026 19:51 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said renaming Lake Ontario is under "serious consideration." It wouldn't be the first place renamed during his second term.
  
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• Democrat jabs Trump over Lake Ontario threat: 'Let’s just call it Lake Natalie'

  25-08-2026 19:13 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Tuesday took a jab at President Trump over his threat to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America amid his trade war with Canada, saying the U.S. should "just call it Lake Natalie" after White House executive assistant Natalie Harp. Dingell shared on the social platform X a screenshot of Trump's...
  
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• Carville rips Jeffries for meeting with Kushner: 'We don't want to f‑‑‑ with them'

  25-08-2026 19:00 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic strategist James Carville went after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) over his recent meeting with President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. “One thing that I know and you know, these are a pack of crooks, and they're a pack of people that don't give a s‑‑‑ about the United States of America, and we...
  
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• Doug Ford responds to Trump's Lake Ontario taunt: 'A lot of rhetoric'

  25-08-2026 17:53 via thehill.com
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford dismissed President Trump’s Tuesday threat to rename a Canadian lake in honor of the U.S., a day after the pair publicly exchanged insults amid an escalating trade fight between the two countries.“I think it’s a lot of rhetoric,” Ford told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, noting Canada’s role as a “number one...
  
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• Canada announces 'dollar for dollar, rate for rate' retaliatory tariffs on US

  25-08-2026 17:52 via thehill.com
  
  Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products as high as 50 percent Tuesday, just days after the collapse of negotiations between the two countries. Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Canada will match the U.S.’s tariffs “dollar for dollar, rate for rate.” The tariffs would take effect Sept. 8. He said the 15...
  
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• Lutnick's last-minute demands derailed Canada trade talks: Reports

  25-08-2026 17:42 via thehill.com
  
  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s interventions in the U.S.-Canada trade talks helped the weeks-long negotiations fall apart, according to multiple reports, thrusting the two countries into a trade war. U.S. and Canadian officials had felt good about an outline of a trade deal struck last Tuesday ahead of the original Wednesday deadline. President Trump took to...
  
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• Democratic governors react to Supreme Court ruling on mail-in voting: 'States run elections, not Donald Trump'

  25-08-2026 17:22 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic governors are expressing their dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court’s Monday decision to lift a lower court’s block on the Trump administration’s executive order restricting mail-in ballot voting. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill criticized the move as a “terrible decision” in a social media post.  “States run elections, not Donald Trump,” she wrote. “I will...
  
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• Trump approval reaches record low in new survey

  25-08-2026 17:20 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval rating for his second term has reached a new low, according to a new poll. In the Reuters/Ipsos poll, the president’s approval rating hit 33 percent, a 14-point slide from the start of his second term, when it was at 47 percent, and a 4-point slide from about a month ago, when...
  
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• Trump approval mired at record low in new survey

  25-08-2026 17:20 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval rating for his second term has reached a new low, according to a new poll. In the Reuters/Ipsos poll, the president’s approval rating hit 33 percent, a 14-point slide from the start of his second term, when it was at 47 percent, and a 4-point slide from about a month ago, when...
  
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• Graham, Norman tied in South Carolina Senate poll

  25-08-2026 17:11 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman are neck-and-neck in a new survey, as voters head to the polls Tuesday to determine which Republican will be on the ballot in South Carolina's Senate race. The poll, which the Trafalgar Group conducted from Saturday through Monday, found that 47.9 percent of 1,031 respondents backed Graham, whom...
  
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• 2 measles-related deaths reported in Pennsylvania

  25-08-2026 16:35 via thehill.com
  
  Two individuals have died due to measles in Pennsylvania, the state’s Department of Health said Tuesday. Both individuals, who were unvaccinated, lived in Lancaster County. The state health department said in a release it will not identify the deceased to protect their privacy and that of their families. Their deaths marked the first measles-related deaths...
  
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• DOJ asks judge to lift nationwide block on mail-in voting restrictions

  25-08-2026 16:16 via thehill.com
  
  The Justice Department (DOJ) asked a federal judge in Massachusetts late Monday to lift a nationwide block on mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the November midterms. The DOJ wrote in a late-night filing that the Supreme Court’s ruling in a separate challenge to President Trump’s executive order “leaves no room for further dispute” in the...
  
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• China: New US sanctions on Iran 'will only further intensify tensions'

  25-08-2026 15:54 via thehill.com
  
  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Tuesday the latest U.S. sanctions on Iran “will only further intensify tensions” between the two countries. “Economic warfare and maximum pressure will not help resolve the issue. They will only further intensify tensions and conflicts, create spillover risks,” Lin told reporters, according to CNN. The Treasury Department announced...
  
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• Iran vows retaliation after widened US sanctions

  25-08-2026 15:23 via thehill.com
  
  Iran threatened to retaliate after the Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new effort to isolate the Islamic Republic from the global economy and ramp up pressure to bring the nearly six-month-long war to a close and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared few details about “Operation Economic Outcast” in highly...
  
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• Live updates: Trump taunts Canada over Lake Ontario's name; SC voters set to pick Graham or Norman

  25-08-2026 15:03 via thehill.com
  
  Tuesday's South Carolina Republican Senate runoff election between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman will test President Trump's endorsement power. MAGA Inc., a super PAC that backs Trump, has invested in Graham's election, and Trump on Monday night touted an Oval Office meeting with the senator. Norman trailed Graham in the state primary two...
  
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• Billionaire investor: US Treasury buybacks hurt credibility

  25-08-2026 15:00 via thehill.com
  
  Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller on Monday criticized the Treasury Department’s buyback expansion plan, arguing it represents an artificial attempt to interfere in the bond market.  In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Druckenmiller noted bond yields dipped after the Treasury unveiled the plan on Wednesday but rose back to their previous levels the next day....
  
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• Trump: French language not a factor in Canada trade talks

  25-08-2026 14:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said on Tuesday that Canada’s French language requirements are not a factor in the escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa, contradicting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.  “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing," Trump wrote on Truth Social....
  
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• Trump eyes changing Lake Ontario name amid trade war with Canada

  25-08-2026 14:27 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario...
  
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• Canada expected to announce retaliatory tariffs Tuesday 

  25-08-2026 14:03 via thehill.com
  
  Canada is expected to unveil retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. on Tuesday, following President Trump’s new threats to escalate the trade war between the two countries. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his country would match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar" after the Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on more than $20 billion worth of...
  
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• Canada expected to announce retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday 

  25-08-2026 14:03 via thehill.com
  
  Canada is expected to unveil retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. on Tuesday, following President Trump’s new threats to escalate the trade war between the two countries. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced “dollar for dollar” retaliation after the Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on over $20 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect on Saturday....
  
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• The Movement: MAHA and anti-abortion groups split on FDA nominee

  25-08-2026 14:00 via thehill.com
  
  Anti-abortion groups and other conservatives largely applauded the White House announcement that President Trump would nominate health policy aide Dr. Heidi Overton for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, viewing her as their champion for, among other things, bringing an end to medication abortion. But others in the conservative world were less thrilled. Overton is not...
  
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