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• IRS asked to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status

  17-04-2025 02:01 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status on Wednesday, a day after President Trump suggested the idea.Andrew De Mello, the IRS’s acting chief counsel, received an inquiry from the Treasury Department on Wednesday requesting that the agency rescind the Ivy League school's tax-exemption status, according to the Washington Post. “Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Polit
  
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• Most in Georgia disapprove of Musk government role, DOGE cuts: Polling

  06-05-2025 16:50 via thehill.com
  
  Most registered voters in Georgia disapprove of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s role in government and cuts carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to a new poll.In the poll from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 56.1 percent of the respondents said that they either “strongly disapprove” or “somewhat disapprove” of “Elon Musk playing a prominent role in the Trump administration.” Just over 40 percent said they either &l
  
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• Watch live: House Democrats speak as lawmakers seek to counter Trump agenda

  06-05-2025 16:45 via thehill.com
  
  House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning as they seek to push back against President Trump's agenda just over 100 days into his second term.While bouyed by his sinking approval ratings and mounting economic uncertainty, Democrats have been largely divided over their resistance strategy. Still, Democrats from both sides of the party have stepped up their hard-line opposition to Trump's sweeping executive actions on immigration, tariffs and foreign policy.
  Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-M
  
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• Doll-maker Mattel 'taking pricing action' due to Trump tariffs

  06-05-2025 16:13 via thehill.com
  
  Mattel, maker of Barbie dolls, outlined steps on Monday to mitigate the impact of President Trump’s tariffs, saying that “when necessary,” the company is prepared to adjust its prices to make up for potential losses.“The company is operating in an uncertain macro-economic environment with significant volatility, including changes in global trade policy and U.S. tariffs,” the company’s first quarter report read.“Although tariffs did not affect Mattel&rsqu
  
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• Melania Trump to help unveil stamp honoring Barbara Bush

  06-05-2025 15:59 via thehill.com
  
  Melania Trump is paying homage to a fellow first lady, helping to unveil a postage stamp honoring Barbara Bush.The first lady will host a Thursday ceremony at the White House that will feature the first look at the U.S. Postal Service stamp dedicated to the wife of late President George H.W. Bush.Barbara Bush, the mother of former President George W. Bush, died in 2018 at 92. The event in the East Room is poised to include Doro Bush Koch, the daughter of the former first couple, a
  
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• Conservative group launches $7M ad buy responding to Medicaid attacks

  06-05-2025 15:59 via thehill.com
  
  The conservative group American Action Network rolled out a $7 million ad buy on Tuesday hitting back against Democrats attacking Republicans over potential cuts to Medicaid. The broadcast, cable, and digital campaign will air in 30 Republican and Democratic congressional districts through the first week of June.   The American Action Network is connected to the Congressional Leadership Fund.l In the spot running in Virginia 3rd Congressional District, which is
  
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• Watch live: Bessent testifies on Treasury oversight as economic turmoil mounts

  06-05-2025 15:41 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will testify before a House Appropriations Committee panel on Tuesday morning, as economic uncertainty continues to grow following President Trump's latest tariff rollout.Trump has largely changed his tune on the economy in recent days, suggesting now that Americans should buy less and will probably pay more and bear the brunt of an uncertain economic landscape. Asked earlier this month whether a recession was looming, the president said, "anything can happen."Be
  
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• Watch live: Bessent testifies on Treasury Department oversight as economic turmoil mounts

  06-05-2025 15:41 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will testify before a House Appropriations Committee panel on Tuesday morning, as economic uncertainty continues to grow following President Trump's latest tariff rollout.Trump has largely changed his tune on the economy in recent days, suggesting now that Americans should buy less and will probably pay more and bear the brunt of an uncertain economic landscape. Asked earlier this month whether a recession was looming, the president said, "anything can happen."Be
  
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• Jon Voight says he presented Hollywood tariff plan to Trump

  06-05-2025 15:40 via thehill.com
  
  Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, 86, says he suggested the idea for tariffs on films made in other countries before President Trump floated the proposal on social media over the weekend."After meeting with many of the entertainment leaders, I have brought forward recommendations to the President for certain tax provisions that can help the industry — some provisions that could be extended and others that could be revived or instituted," Voight said in a video statement Monday evening.
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• O'Reilly on Trump doll comments: 'No strategy'

  06-05-2025 15:26 via thehill.com
  
  Political commentator and former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said Monday that President Trump has “no strategy” with his talk about the price of dolls amid growing economic uncertainty.“There is no strategy. Donald Trump is not a calculated speaker,” O’Reilly told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert. “He doesn’t sit around with his advisers saying, ‘What should I say?’ Says anything he wants to say.”“Rich guys say anything the
  
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• Live updates: Trump to sit down with new Canadian prime minister; Bessent set to testify in House

  06-05-2025 15:26 via thehill.com
  
  Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, will visit the White House on Tuesday for his first visit with President Trump, who continues to advocate for America's neighbor to the north to become its 51st state.Trump and his allies have steadily claimed Canada is kept afloat by the U.S., with the president saying in an interview Sunday that "We subsidize Canada to the tune of $200 billion a year." He's sought stiff tariffs on Canadian goods to try to correct that imbalance. But Canadians have no i
  
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• Rep. Robin Kelly running for Durbin Senate seat

  06-05-2025 15:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) announced on Tuesday that she’s running for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) seat, making her the latest prominent Illinois Democrat to make a bid. “I’m Robin Kelly. You could say I’ve been an underdog my whole life,” the House Democrat said in a video posted on X launching her Senate bid.Kelly painted herself as a politician who has consistently defied the odds, including ousting then 10-year incumbent state Rep. K
  
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• Trump declares national holidays to celebrate WWI, WWII victories

  06-05-2025 15:18 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday declared national holidays on Nov. 11 and May 8 to commemorate victories in World War I and World War II, respectively.In a social media post, Trump reiterated his view that the U.S. should be celebrating its military victories, as some other countries do.“We won two World Wars, but we never took credit for it — Everyone else does!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. Th
  
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• Trump rips ‘radical left’ Colorado attorney general over Peters prosecution

  06-05-2025 14:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump bashed Colorado attorney general Philip Weiser for the prosecution of former election clerk Tina Peters, who was found guilty of tampering with voting machines in 2020 when the president lost to former President Biden.“Radical Left Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ignores Illegals committing Violent Crimes like Rape and Murder in his State and, instead, jailed Tina Peters, a 69-year-old Gold Star mother who worked to expose and document Democrat Election Fraud," Trump
  
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• Bipartisan Trump critics highlighting rising costs

  06-05-2025 14:43 via thehill.com
  
  A bipartisan group of President Trump's critics is launching a new coalition that seeks to counter the Trump administration's messaging on the economy, highlighting rising costs since Trump returned to office just over 100 days ago.The group, dubbed the Cost Coalition, will showcase stories of everyday Americans who say the president's policies are harming them personally and on “lifting up the voices of community leaders who see Trump’s financial damage and broken promises firsthand
  
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• Duffy outlines air traffic control overhaul

  06-05-2025 13:55 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy outlined his ambitions to “radically transform” air traffic control, one of President Trump's goals since returning to office, as mishaps have caused delays and fewer staff at major airports like Newark International.“We are going to radically transform the way air traffic control looks,” Duffy said Monday evening in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle.”“We're going to build a brand-new air tra
  
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• Americans are having fewer kids due to money concerns: Survey

  06-05-2025 13:35 via thehill.com
  
  With the cost of raising a child nearing $300,000, many parents are rethinking just how many kids they can afford.According to a recent LendingTree survey, almost half (46 percent) of parents with young children said they have fewer kids due to financial constraints. And 77 percent said raising children has been far more expensive than they expected.Those challenges aren't imagined. Over the past two years, the annual cost of raising a small child has surged from $21,681 to $29,419 — a 36
  
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• Trump puts IRS in middle of fight with Harvard

  06-05-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump doesn't have the legal authority to nix Harvard University's tax-exempt status on his own. But will that stop him?  Trump, who has shown a willingness to test the boundaries of the law as he seeks to hurt colleges financially, is at war with Harvard, locked in a lawsuit while he goes after its research funding, international students and, perhaps most dangerously for the school, its tax exemption. The IRS is meant to be a politically independent agency, and the universi
  
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• Trump changes his tune on the economy

  06-05-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is changing his tune on the economy, suggesting that Americans should buy less and will probably pay more and bear the brunt of an uncertain economic landscape as his wide-ranging tariff policy takes effect.Trump and his economic team have for weeks said the tariffs would result in only short-term pain and that the tumult in the stock market would eventually level out.But the White House’s messaging has evolved from Trump on the campaign trail promising to lower prices and
  
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• The Movement: Heritage Foundation president forges new Trump legacy

  06-05-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  If the first half-century of the Heritage Foundation was defined by former President Reagan, its president Kevin Roberts is setting up the powerful conservative think tank to be defined for the next 50 years by President Trump.“You can have the principles along with the really bold action of Trump, who, frankly, is superior to Reagan in his willingness to upend the status quo,” Roberts told me in an interview. “If we put those two things together, then for the ne
  
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• Israel puts screws to Hamas ahead of Trump’s Gulf trip

  06-05-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Israel is using President Trump’s upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf as a deadline for Hamas to release hostages and strike a ceasefire deal, threatening to take over the Gaza Strip and occupy it in the long term. Trump is scheduled to travel to the region on May 16. Israel’s security Cabinet on Sunday approved the military operation called Operation Gideon’s Chariots, warning Hamas it has 10 days to release the remaining hostages; about two dozen are believed to b
  
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• Democrats say attacks on migrants preview risks to civil rights for citizens

  06-05-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Critics say President Trump’s aggressive deportations and tightening of immigration law are a precursor to a wider attack on civil rights that could go beyond the targeting of migrants to U.S. citizens.Trump in recent weeks has used the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to send Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador, denying them a chance to challenge assertions they have gang ties.The administration also has stripped student visas from those involved in protests against Israel’s act
  
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• Debate over age verification intensifies in Washington

  06-05-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The fight over a key internet protection for children is ramping up in Washington, where Big Tech companies are pinning the responsibility on each other as lawmakers push for stricter requirements.  After months of action in the states, age verification legislation made its way to Congress last week, when Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. John James (R-Mich.) introduced a bill that would put the onus on app stores run by Apple and Google to verify all users’ ages.  “Kids
  
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• Pence warns of 'price shock,' consequences of Trump tariffs

  06-05-2025 05:32 via thehill.com
  
  Former Vice President Pence warned of a “price shock” and other consequences of President Trump’s new tariff policy in an interview that aired Monday on CNN.“I do have a concern that when the so-called 90-day pause comes off, that even the administration has conceded that there may be a price shock in the economy … and there may be shortages,” Pence told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on her show, referencing a pause for 90 days on “reciprocal” tarif
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez passes on top Oversight Committee position bid

  06-05-2025 03:47 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday said she will not run for the top Democratic spot on the House Oversight Committee, passing on the opportunity as Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the current ranking member of the panel, prepares to step down from the post.Ocasio-Cortez, who was seen as a potential successor to Connolly, suggested that she was opting out of the race because the caucus tends to value seniority when selecting top committee posts, which was evident in her loss to Connol
  
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• Greene says base furious with Congress, not Trump

  06-05-2025 03:37 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that President Trump’s base is furious with Congress but not the president himself.Last week, Greene said in a post on the social platform X that “the base is not happy,” noting the Ukraine minerals deal and talks with Iran, among other subjects.“I represent the base and when I’m frustrated and upset over the direction of things, you better be clear, the base is not happy,” Greene said in a long post on X Friday.
  
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• Lutnick skeptical of cutting deal with Canada's 'socialist regime'

  06-05-2025 01:19 via thehill.com
  
  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Monday that he is skeptical of cutting a trade deal with the Canadian government, calling it a “socialist regime.”“Can we make a deal with Canada?” Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow asked on his show "Kudlow."“I think it’s really complex,” Lutnick responded. “I mean, this is really complex, because they have been basically feeding off of us for decades upon decades upon decades, right?”“The
  
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• Hegseth wants deep cuts to active-duty 4-star generals, admirals

  06-05-2025 00:20 via thehill.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the U.S. military to be cut by at least 20 percent, according to a new memo released Monday.In the order, dated May 5, Hegseth also directed senior Pentagon leadership to slash the number of general officers in the National Guard by a minimum of 20 percent, and cut the total number of general and flag officers - those with the rank of one star or higher - across the military by 10 percent. 
  
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• Gallego proposes alternative to Trump's self-deportation offer

  06-05-2025 00:17 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Monday proposed an alternative to a $1,000 offer from the Trump administration to migrants if they “self-deport” via an app. “Why don’t we make them pay a $5k fine, go through a background check and give them a work visa for a few years, renewable with good behavior,” Gallego said in a post on the social platform X in response to another post from the Associated Press about the offer.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) anno
  
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• McMahon says Harvard is no longer eligible for new federal research grants

  06-05-2025 00:15 via thehill.com
  
  Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a letter to Harvard on Monday telling the university it will no longer be eligible for new research grants from the government as it and the Trump administration do battle on multiple fronts.The Ivy League school will no longer be eligible for new grants until it can “demonstrate responsible management,” a senior Education Department official said on a call with reporters.  “It'll explain that public confidence in higher education as
  
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