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• Trump treads lightly with China despite sweeping election claims

  20-07-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Missing from President Trump’s sweeping claims Thursday night about Chinese meddling in the 2020 election was any mention of penalties against Beijing, an omission that points to his desire to maintain a fragile truce ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected state visit to the U.S. in two months. Experts say Trump may have withheld...
  
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• Trump hurls anti-trans slurs at Graham's opponent as South Carolina race tightens

  06-10-2026 01:04 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur several times against Sen. Darline Graham's (R-S.C.) Democratic opponent Dr. Annie Andrews, as the race for the Senate seat tightens. "Annie 'T------' Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline Graham for the Senate in South Carolina," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president evoked Graham's late brother...
  
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• Watch live: Trump rallies Nebraska voters with GOP on defense

  06-10-2026 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump will rally voters in Nebraska on Monday evening, as Republicans look to shore up support in a state where an unexpectedly competitive Senate race has put the GOP on defense. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) is facing independent Dan Osborn, who came within 7 points of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) in 2024 and is...
  
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• Trump's deportation agenda haunts him in two high-profile House races 

  05-10-2026 23:39 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s deportation agenda is haunting him in two key House races as polls show Latino voters turning on the president and Republicans a month out from the midterm elections.The issue is acutely playing out in Florida’s 27th and Texas’s 15th congressional districts, where incumbent Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Monica De La...
  
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• Trump's deportation agenda haunts him in 2 high-profile House races 

  05-10-2026 23:39 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s deportation agenda is haunting him in two key House races as polls show Latino voters turning on the president and Republicans a month out from the midterm elections.  The issue is acutely playing out in Florida’s 27th and Texas’s 15th congressional districts, where incumbent Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Monica De La...
  
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• Vance-Cruz battle suggests GOP gloves coming off in presidential fight

  05-10-2026 23:33 via thehill.com
  
  When Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) traded increasingly personal barbs over the last few days, one thing was clear: Not only is the 2028 Republican primary officially underway but the gloves are already coming off.The tiff began when Vance swiped at Cruz last week, saying it was “really obvious” that...
  
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• Trump says Russia plague reports concerning: Microbes 'stronger and smarter' 

  05-10-2026 23:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Monday that he is concerned about the suspected plague case in Russia, saying the U.S. is “looking at it very strongly.” The State Department said Monday it was monitoring the suspected case of pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. “I hate to see them having it,” he told reporters before departing the...
  
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• Trump calls for media outlets to be ‘arrested’ over rally coverage

  05-10-2026 22:49 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Monday that reporters from the New York Times and other media outlets should be “arrested” over their coverage of his Saturday rally in Ohio. “The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, sharing a video...
  
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• Trump: Refinery disruptions, not Hormuz, are driving gas prices

  05-10-2026 22:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday claimed that disruptions to oil refineries are driving up the soaring cost of gas, not Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the start of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with its regime. "What's driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are coming out...
  
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• Woman sues Trump administration after being shot five times by immigration agent

  05-10-2026 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Marimar Martinez, a Chicago woman who was shot five times by an immigration agent, sued the federal government Monday for damages, with her attorneys saying new analysis of the scene will prove the officer shot her as she was turning her car away from him. Martinez was initially charged in the wake of her shooting...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court weighs energy firms' fight against climate suits; Trump heads to Nebraska

  05-10-2026 21:29 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with oral arguments in a major climate case that could determine the future of state and local efforts to recover damages from fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming. Suncor v. Boulder is an appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court decision that allowed claims of...
  
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• Vanity Fair's 'new establishment' list names Vance as Trump 'heir' and Rubio as 'spare'

  05-10-2026 21:21 via thehill.com
  
  Vanity Fair on Monday released its "New Establishment 2026" list and included several Trump administration officials, referring to Vice President Vance as the "MAGA heir" but naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the "MAGA spare." The outlet wrote that Vance "had reason for optimism" following President Trump's return to the White House in January...
  
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• Trump administration announces new additions to hospital price transparency regulations

  05-10-2026 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration on Monday announced new amendments to the hospital price transparency rules enacted during President Trump's first term, aimed at making pricing data more accessible and understandable for patients. The rule finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Employee Benefits Security Administration (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
  
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• Blanche defends DOJ's plan to send 1,000 monitors to polls on Election Day

  05-10-2026 20:47 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Department of Justice's (DOJ) plan to send 1,000 election monitors to polling places on Election Day. The federal government has monitored elections since the 1960s and the DOJ will assure federal law is being enforced properly, Blanche told Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." “They’re not going...
  
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• Trump on protesters at site of proposed arch: 'Do these people not have jobs?'

  05-10-2026 20:16 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Sunday criticized protestors who gathered in Washington last week to oppose his triumphal arch project, "Do these people not have jobs?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The president also shared images of the demonstrators — including one photo with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who have pushed back against the construction...
  
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• Democrats add 6 more House races to 'Red to Blue' seat flipping list

  05-10-2026 19:16 via thehill.com
  
  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced Monday it is adding six candidates to its list of potential flips. The DCCC added the candidates to its “Red to Blue” program, less than a month before the midterm elections. Via their inclusion on the list, which now includes 46 Democrats seeking to flip GOP-favored seats, the...
  
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• Vance argues pro-Trump campaign ads 'are not partisan'

  05-10-2026 19:11 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President JD Vance said the new pro-Trump television advertisements are "not partisan" amid criticism from both sides of the aisle.The ads, which cost $20 million of taxpayer money, feature President Trump’s voice calling for the defeat of socialism and communism while touting the “largest tax cuts in history” and “reigniting American manufacturing.” The...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court hears case pitting energy firms versus climate lawsuits

  05-10-2026 18:28 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with oral arguments in a major climate case that could determine the future of state and local efforts to recover damages from fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming. Suncor v. Boulder is an appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court decision that allowed claims of...
  
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• Sen. Kennedy teases presidential bid 'if a bunch of goobers run'

  05-10-2026 18:09 via thehill.com
  
  GOP Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said Sunday he would run for president in 2028 “if a bunch of goobers” seek the Republican nomination. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Louisiana Republican said his plans “right now” are to run for reelection to the Senate in 2028.But Kennedy noted that if he...
  
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• Latino voters favor Democratic control of Congress by 24-point margin: Survey

  05-10-2026 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  Latino voters’ prefer Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms and their opinions of President Trump’s performance remain poor, according to a new poll by NBC News and Telemundo.  While the Latino vote was key to Trump’s win in 2024 as many Latino voters swung to the right, that trend may be reversing. Among...
  
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• Death of researcher at Russian plague laboratory 'particularly concerning': Birx

  05-10-2026 17:14 via thehill.com
  
  Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said the death of a researcher working at a Russian lab studying the pneumonic plague was “concerning” to her. “This is particularly concerning and I know why the White House, State Department and CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] are very much aware and...
  
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• Alito says he has hunch who leaked Dobbs decision

  05-10-2026 16:18 via thehill.com
  
  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview that he has an “opinion” on who leaked the draft opinion of justices overturning Roe vs. Wade in 2022.  During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” Alito said he “anticipated” the conservative majority’s ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health would “anger a great many people...
  
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• De Niro calls Trump a 'coward,' 'piece of s‑‑‑'

  05-10-2026 15:59 via thehill.com
  
  Robert De Niro slammed President Trump, calling the commander in chief a "coward" and "piece of s‑‑‑" in expletive-laden remarks and urging voters to "take back the power" in next month's elections. "Power to the people isn't just a slogan — it's the founding principle of our nation, guaranteed by the Constitution," the "Irishman" actor...
  
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• De Niro calls Trump a 'coward,' 'piece of s---'

  05-10-2026 15:59 via thehill.com
  
  Robert De Niro is slamming President Trump, calling the commander in chief a "coward" and "piece of s---" in expletive-laden remarks and urging voters to "take back the power" in next month's elections. "Power to the people isn't just a slogan — it's the founding principle of our nation, guaranteed by the Constitution," the "Irishman"...
  
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• Karoline Leavitt joining Fox News

  05-10-2026 15:39 via thehill.com
  
  Karoline Leavitt, President Trump's former White House press secretary is set to join Fox News next month as a contributor. Leavitt, the only person to serve as the president's top spokesperson during his second term, will join a number of other former Trump administration officials and allies at the network, according to The New York...
  
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• Trump administration monitoring suspected Russian plague outbreak

  05-10-2026 15:21 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is monitoring a suspected case of the plague in Russia, the State Department told The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. “We are aware of ​reports of a fatal case of suspected pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. We are monitoring the situation closely with the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)] and...
  
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• Worries grow about suspected plague outbreak in Russia

  05-10-2026 15:12 via thehill.com
  
  Russian authorities and Trump administration officials are monitoring a possible pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, after a laboratory worker died of an undisclosed illness. The woman, in her late 20s, reportedly worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Institute of Siberia and the Far East and died of pneumonia of unknown origin, according to Rospotrebnadzor, a Russian health...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court opens term with climate change case

  05-10-2026 14:53 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday with oral arguments in a major climate case that could determine the future of state and local efforts to recover damages from fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming. Suncor v. Boulder is an appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court decision that allowed claims...
  
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• Disgraced ex-GOP Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84

  05-10-2026 14:49 via thehill.com
  
  Former GOP Speaker John Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) died over the weekend at his home “due to natural causes,” according to Illinois’ Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. Hastert, 84, served as Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007, until Democrats won back the lower chamber and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) succeeded him. He announced that...
  
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• Jeffries: House Democrats 'poised to take back the majority'

  05-10-2026 14:47 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that Democrats are on the path to reclaiming the majority in the lower chamber of Congress. Jeffries, during a conference call, told reporters the upcoming midterms are similar to those in 2018, when Democrats took back the House during President Trump’s first term, The Associated Press reported....
  
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