BY JUDY KURTZ AND AMIE PARNES |
© Alex Brandon, The Associated Press |
The demolition of the East Wing at the White House to make way for President Trump's vision of a splashy, massive ballroom, is triggering an enormous outcry from critics — but for many who have experienced glitzy state dinners firsthand, it's eliciting mixed feelings.
Trump, who originally said the ballroom would be near but "not touching" the existing building, revealed Wednesday that the entire East Wing was being demolished following conversations with architects.
"In order to do it properly we had to take down the existing structure," Trump, flanked by renderings of the ballroom, told reporters in the Oval Office. |
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President Trump's targeting of boats in Latin American waters has kicked off a dramatic shift in the U.S. approach to the region, one that threatens to upend many partnerships long relied on by the White House.
The Trump administration has authorized military strikes on boats they claim are ferrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela and in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in at least 43 deaths.
The strikes have been highly criticized, and the actions prompted Gustavo Petro, president of neighboring Colombia, to accuse the U.S. of murder. |
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President Trump is considering naming the new White House ballroom after himself following days of controversy over his administration's pricey East Wing project.
The new space is expected to be 90,000 square feet and referred to as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom," according to a report from ABC News.
Earlier in the week, when the president was asked what he'd name the space, he told reporters, "I won't get into that now." A senior White House official told Kellie Meyer of NewsNation, The Hill's sister station, that they "don't think a decision has been made" on the name of the ballroom. |
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Top House Democrats tore into the Trump administration on Friday night for withholding available food aid for millions of low-income Americans, saying the decision is both callous and illegal.
"It is a disgusting dereliction of duty that the Trump administration would knowingly rip food out of the mouths of 42 million children, seniors and veterans," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sitting on more than $5 billion in a contingency fund earmarked by Congress to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in emergencies. But the department says it won't use those funds to cover benefits if the government shutdown extends beyond Oct. 31, according to multiple news reports. |
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Gasoline prices have fallen to just over $3 per gallon.
That's good news for consumers and the Trump administration after President Trump promised to bring down prices, but it could complicate a "drill, baby drill" agenda.
And whether prices will stay low may depend on whether the administration's sanctions on Russia are effective, experts say. |
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday the anti-tariffs advertisement featuring former President Reagan, which angered President Trump, will air during the World Series before being paused Monday.
The ad led to Trump calling off trade negotiations between Canada and the United States. "Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses," Ford wrote in a post shared on the social platform X. "We've achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels." |
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BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND FILIP TIMOTIJA |
Leading Intelligence Committee Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of leaving them in the dark on strikes in the Caribbean that have killed more than 40 people, demanding information about the intelligence community's role.
The letter requests the legal justifications for the strikes, which has targeted a series of boats the Trump administration has claimed without evidence are ferrying drugs off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia. |
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President Trump's favorability among Hispanic voters has dropped by 19 percentage points over the past 10 months as the White House charts an aggressive approach to immigration enforcement and economic reform, according to a poll.
Twenty-seven percent of Hispanic voters said they approve of the way Trump is handling his job while 73 percent disapproved, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center poll results released Friday. |
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The Department of Defense (DOD) received an anonymous $130 million donation Thursday that the Pentagon will use to help pay troops as the federal government shutdown drags on.
"On October 23, 2025, the Department of War accepted an anonymous donation of $130 million under its general gift acceptance authority. The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of Service members' salaries and benefits," chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told The Hill in an emailed statement Friday. |
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OPINION | Inflation is rising again, hiring is slowing, and voter confidence in the economy has dropped to one of its lowest points in years. Federal data shows annual inflation hitting 3 percent for the first time since the Biden administration — a full point above the Fed's target — driven largely by higher energy and food costs, the areas Americans can least avoid.
At the same time, job growth has fallen from an average of 150,000 new jobs per month early this year to about 25,000 by August. Research from Goldman Sachs economist Elsie Peng estimates slower immigration, reduced government hiring, and cuts to federal contract funding are costing the U.S. roughly 100,000 jobs each month, amplified by uncertainty in trade policy. |
BY DIANE FOLEY AND DAVID LEVINSON |
OPINION | Earlier this month, the remaining surviving hostages were freed from Gaza, ending two years of anguish for their families. These tearful reunions remind us that no one should be taken captive and no family should wait endlessly for a loved one's return. As family members of deceased hostages whose remains have never been recovered, we celebrate with those reunited and share in the grief of those still waiting.
The pain hostage families endure — the nightmares, the uncertainty — is all too familiar. Jim Foley's kidnapping and murder by ISIS and Bob Levinson's disappearance at the hands of the Iranian regime are constant reminders of the stakes. We know from experience that not all Americans wrongfully detained receive the same priority. And we are not alone. |
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TKIt has been over a month since there has been a policy debate or vote on the House floor. Spending legislation is not being considered. Oversight hearings are on hold until further notice.
Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to put the House on an indefinite hiatus that is now stretching into its second month while the government is shut down is the latest in a series of moves he has made that have diminished the role of Congress and shrunken the speakership at a critical moment. |
BY KEACH HAGEY, SEBASTIAN HERRERA AND ROBBIE WHELAN |
President Trump was ready to send troops into San Francisco. The city's business leaders needed a way to talk him out of it.
A frenzy of phone calls and text messages between Trump and members of his administration, Mayor Daniel Lurie and chief executive officers of major Bay Area technology companies culminated in Trump's announcement on Thursday that he had decided not to do a law-enforcement "surge" in San Francisco using federal forces. |
BY JILL LAWLESS AND AAMER MADHANI |
When President Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political drama.
It was a telling image. European governments have struggled to play a significant role in diplomacy over the Gaza war, while the "America First" leader has played a central one, pushing longtime allies in Europe toward the sidelines. Closer to home, they have labored with mixed results to shape Trump's response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's obstinate pursuit of the Ukraine war, a conflict with profound consequences for the continent's future.
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The Justice Department said Friday that it will monitor polling stations in six counties in California and New Jersey ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, describing the move as routine and aimed at ensuring transparency and ballot security at the polls.
The announcement triggered criticism from Democrats, who have a growing distrust in the Trump administration's ability to act as a truly nonpartisan referee in elections, given President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and his more recent moves to redraw congressional maps to increase the Republican majority in Congress in next year's midterms. |
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