President Trump faces a volatile, fast-moving global crisis as Israel and Iran teeter on the brink of all-out war.
The situation is shifting by the moment in the wake of Israel's attack on multiple sites in Iran in the early hours of Friday, local time. Iran launched a retaliatory barrage against Israel later on Friday. |
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Democrats on Capitol Hill can't catch a break.
Just as Sen. Alex Padilla's (D-Calif.) physical clash with Trump administration security officials had given them cause to unite on the otherwise divisive issue of immigration, Israel's attack on Iran has shifted the national gaze onto yet another radioactive topic that has long split the party.
While many Democrats quickly condemned conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for launching Israel's assault on Thursday night, many others hailed the decision as a necessary step to put a halt to Tehran's nuclear expansion. |
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The U.S. is assisting Israel in intercepting Iranian missiles launched Friday, a U.S. official confirmed to The Hill.
President Trump has also spoken to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White House official confirmed. Trump had spent Friday in the Situation Room huddled with several national security advisers. |
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Washington is gearing up for an extraordinary display of military might on Saturday with a parade and festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Army — a day that's also President Trump's 79th birthday.
The event has drawn fire for its expected cost as well as its timing, with critics deeming it another example of how Trump has politicized the armed forces. Trump has maintained that the parade is well worth the cost, predicting a boost in Army recruiting. |
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President Trump approved US Steel's merger with Nippon in a Friday executive order after previously lauding the partnership in late May.
The president touted the deal after both companies signed on to a National Security Agreement (NSA) under which they agreed to collectively invest $11 billion nationwide within the next three years, in addition to an initial greenfield project commitment to be completed after 2028. |
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U.S. Marines deployed to Los Angeles on Friday for the first time detained a civilian as part of a protest against federal immigration raids, U.S. Northern Command (Northcom) confirmed to The Hill.
The Marines "temporarily detained a civilian earlier today," Northcom said in a statement, adding that forces may temporarily detain an individual in specific circumstances under Title 10. |
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Democratic Party officials have been united in their public and vigorous support of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after he was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a news conference for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday.
Since then, Democrat after Democrat has offered their backing to Padilla, calling the incident a grave miscarriage of justice and signaling an effort to take on President Trump and his administration. |
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Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee called on their Republican counterparts to hold a hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying she must be held to account for the treatment of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.).
Noem's security forcibly removed Padilla after he interrupted her press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. He identified himself and tried to ask a question as he was pushed out of the room, onto the ground and handcuffed. |
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The Trump administration has leaned heavily on Title IX in its effort to purge sports of transgender women and girls, but attorneys and experts on the 1972 civil rights law say its latest move will disproportionately affect girls who are not transgender.
The Department of Energy is preparing to roll back a portion of Title IX requiring that some sports be open to "the underrepresented sex," a cornerstone of the federal law against sex discrimination in schools that President Trump's administration has said conflicts with his executive order to restrict trans athletes' participation. |
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BY FORMER REP. DENNIS ROSS (R-FLA.) |
OPINION | The greatest joy in life is having children. Many in the developed world have drifted from this core value, and the evidence is seen not just in birthrates, but in a culture that no longer celebrates family. However, two decades of public service, the last eight in Congress, and six more as a college professor and youth mentor have made me an optimistic man. I believe young people are returning to what has been the bedrock value of American society for 250 years.
Family and child-rearing is a source of meaning, responsibility and our economic future. As Republicans in Congress map out a tax code for the next American century, they should take tender care to ensure providing for children is as generously encouraged and welcomed as possible. With an expanded Child Tax Credit, the House-passed "Big, Beautiful Bill" is an excellent first step. Now, the Senate must do its part. |
OPINION | Israel just executed the most far-reaching decapitation strike in the history of Iran. Within hours, targeted airstrikes had eliminated Iran's top military planners — General Mohammad Bagheri, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and General Ali Rashid. Simultaneously, missile development facilities and key military coordination nodes were targeted, severing some of Iran's communication links with proxy networks in Syria and Iraq.
And yet the man at the apex of the system, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not targeted. To some observers, this omission may seem inexplicable. But martyring Khamenei would have produced explosive consequences far beyond the battlefield. |
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BY HAMED ALEAZIZ AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS |
The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.
The decision suggested that the scale of President Trump's mass deportation campaign — an issue that is at the heart of his presidency — is hurting industries and constituencies that he does not want to lose. |
BY ELIZABETH FINDELL AND ANNIE LINSKEY |
Democratic leaders are sensing political danger.
Protests against the Trump administration, which are set to continue this weekend after a week of uprising that spread from Los Angeles across the country, have energized a portion of the left-wing base that has been despondent since President Trump's election. The budding "No Kings" movement gives the left a chance to capitalize on the political moment, in which many people are reacting with fury to Trump's targeting of noncriminal immigrants for deportations, aggressive tactics of immigration-enforcement agents and deployment of soldiers in response to protest. |
Anger mixed with worry as Iranians in the capital of Tehran woke up Saturday to images of their country's retaliatory attacks on Israel.
Iranian state television, long controlled by hard-line supporters of the country's theocracy, repeatedly aired footage of missile strikes on Tel Aviv throughout the morning. The broadcaster also showed people cheering in front of a large screen set up in Tehran to follow the strikes as if they were watching a soccer match.
Traffic was lighter than normal on the capital's streets. |
BY TERRENCE MCCOY AND MARINA DIAS |
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is worried about his legs.
The Brazilian leader has become "obsessed" with strengthening his leg muscles, one longtime aide said, so his gait never betrays the truth: That on the cusp of turning 80, he is now an old man. During the 2022 campaign, he gritted his way through a painful hip condition, but waited to tell the public — and to undergo hip replacement surgery — until he was back in the presidential palace. Weeks later, he was showing off his leg workouts in a video posted on social media. After suffering a bad fall in the bathroom last year, he was soon back in his exercise gear, with a word about mobility. |
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