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• Judicial blocks on Trump spark battle over nationwide injunctions

  07-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration’s repeated losses in courts have sparked Republican efforts to limit the reach of the judiciary, something Democrats argue is designed to hamstring reviews of lawless orders.Congressional Republicans have rolled out two legislative vehicles that would curb nationwide injunctions, arguing this will restore order to the judiciary and put district court judges in their place.“These rogue judge rulings are a new resistance to the Trump administration and the only
  
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• Bondi faces bipartisan calls against delaying funds for domestic violence programs

  24-04-2025 18:58 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing calls from members of both sides of the aisle to ensure grant funding for the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is “fully restored.”
  A handful of Republicans joined dozens of Democratic lawmakers in signing a letter to Bondi on Thursday that expressed “deep concern” after OVW said earlier this year that it had “withdrawn notices of funding opportunities” and said those interested “should not finalize any applicat
  
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• Poll shows more Trump voters see autism-vaccine link than general public 

  24-04-2025 18:54 via thehill.com
  
  Medical experts have said for years that there is no evidence linking vaccines to autism, but a new poll has found that a growing number of Americans, particularly those who support President Trump, disagree.An Economist/YouGov poll released Thursday found 22 percent of respondents said they agreed with the unfounded claim that "vaccines have been shown to cause autism." Participants who said they voted for Trump were significantly more likely to believe in such a link at 38 percent, compared to
  
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• Democrats call on Social Security Administration to keep field offices open

  24-04-2025 18:39 via thehill.com
  
  A large group of Democrats on Wednesday called on the Social Security Administration to keep field offices open.“We write with concern in response to public reporting indicating you plan to close many field offices this year amidst the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s attack on the Social Security Administration (SSA),” the group said in their letter addressed to SSA acting Commissioner Lee Dudek.“Field offices provide vital services to Social Security recipie
  
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• Most expect higher prices from Trump tariffs: Survey

  24-04-2025 17:38 via thehill.com
  
  Most Americans expect higher prices due to President Trump's tariff policies, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Research Center.
  In the survey, 76 percent of respondents said Trump's tariff policies are going to raise the price of consumer goods in the U.S. either “a lot” or “somewhat.” Twelve percent said they believe the tariff policies are not going to change the price of consumer goods, while 11 percent said they are going to drop prices “so
  
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• GOP Rep. Lucas exploring legislation to safeguard Fed's independence

  24-04-2025 17:38 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) said he’s exploring legislation that would ensure the Federal Reserve remains independent of political influence amid the Trump administration’s threat to fire Chair Jerome Powell. "An independent Fed is a very important institution and that debate I personally believe was settled in 1913,” Lucas said in talks with Semafor during the World Economy Summit. Lucas, who chairs the House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury
  
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• Live updates: Trump to meet with Norwegian PM after denouncing Russian strikes in Ukraine

  24-04-2025 17:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is slated to meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, a vocal supporter of Ukraine, at the White House Thursday after denouncing Russia's overnight strikes on Kyiv.The president railed against Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday morning as the U.S. seeks to help broker a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine.“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 50
  
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• Live updates: Trump meets with Norway's PM after denouncing Russian strikes in Ukraine

  24-04-2025 17:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump greeted Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, a vocal supporter of Ukraine, at the White House Thursday after denouncing Russia's overnight strikes on Kyiv.The president railed against Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday morning as the U.S. seeks to help broker a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine.“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a w
  
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• Trump knocks China for refusing to accept Boeing jets amid trade war

  24-04-2025 17:16 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Thursday knocked China for refusing to accept Boeing aircraft amid the ongoing trade war with the United States, calling the rejection another example of China taking advantage of the U.S.“Boeing should default China for not taking the beautifully finished planes that China committed to purchase. This is just a small example of what China has done to the USA, for years… And, by the way, Fentanyl continues to pour into our Country from China, through Mexico and Can
  
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• Bolton dismisses Trump claim of 'no favorites' in Russia-Ukraine war

  24-04-2025 16:58 via thehill.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday dismissed President Trump's claim that he has “no favorites” in the ongoing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. “Well, of course he’s got favorites and his favorite is not Russia, his favorite is [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, whom he thinks is his friend,” Bolton said late Wednesday during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source.” Bolton, a frequent Trump critic, argued that t
  
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• Bolton dismisses Trump claim he has 'no favorites' in Russia-Ukraine war

  24-04-2025 16:58 via thehill.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday dismissed President Trump's claim he has “no favorites” in the ongoing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. “Well, of course he’s got favorites, and his favorite is not Russia, his favorite is [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, whom he thinks is his friend,” Bolton said late Wednesday during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source.”Bolton, a frequent Trump critic, argued the commander in
  
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• Trump approval rating underwater in Fox News survey

  24-04-2025 16:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval rating is 11 points underwater in the most recent Fox News survey on his administration, the latest sign of his support starting to drop ahead of his second term hitting the 100-day mark next week.The poll showed Trump with an approval rating of 44 percent, down 5 points from the 49 percent he had in March. Fox noted the latest number is lower than where all of his most recent predecessors were at this point in their presidencies.Former President George W. Bush h
  
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• Trump moves to repeal disparate impact liability, a key civil rights tenet

  24-04-2025 16:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump has taken steps to nullify a key component to the Civil Rights Act as he works to remove diversity, equity and inclusion policies from the federal government. One of the executive orders issued Wednesday, dubbed Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, would dismantle disparate impact liability — a legal theory codified in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that holds agencies accountable for practices that have an outsized discriminatory effect on pro
  
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• Trump: Harvard a 'threat to democracy'

  24-04-2025 16:31 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump went on a rampage on Thursday against Harvard on his social media platform Truth Social, calling America's oldest university a “threat to democracy.” “Harvard is an Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution, as are numerous others, with students being accepted from all over the World that want to rip our Country apart,” the president posted.  “The place is a Liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom
  
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• Rubio denies report that lifting sanctions on Russia is under consideration

  24-04-2025 16:24 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday denied that the U.S. is considering lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets as part of a deal with Ukraine, rejecting a report published by Politico.In a statement posted on the social platform X, Rubio said neither he nor Steve Witkoff, Trump’s point person for talks with Russia, had any conversations about lifting sanctions against Russia. “This is unequivocally false,” Rubio wrote. Restrictions on Russia’s energy
  
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• Rubio denies report lifting sanctions on Russia under consideration

  24-04-2025 16:24 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday denied that the U.S. is considering lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets as part of a deal with Ukraine, rejecting a report published by Politico.In a statement posted on the social media site X, Rubio said that neither he nor Steve Witkoff, Trump’s point person for talks with Russia, had any conversations about lifting sanctions against Russia. “This is unequivocally false,” Rubio wrote. Restrictions on Russia’s
  
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• Trump approval on immigration drops to 45 percent: Survey

  24-04-2025 16:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval rating on immigration has dropped by 5 percentage points since the beginning of the month, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov.In the poll, 45 percent said that when it comes to the way Trump is handling immigration, they “strongly” or “somewhat” back it. A poll from earlier this month found that 50 percent of respondents backed the approach.
  Fifty percent in Thursday's latest poll said they viewed Trump's handling of immigra
  
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• Major GOP donor: US 'has become 20 percent poorer in 4 weeks'

  24-04-2025 16:15 via thehill.com
  
  GOP donor Ken Griffin suggested the value of the U.S. dollar has significantly deteriorated compared to the euro in the past month under the thumb of President Trump’s latest tariff hike on global trading partners. Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, said the country “has become 20 percent poorer in four weeks,” in conversation with Semafor’s Gina Chon at the World Economy Summit. Since the start of the year, the dollar index has weakened by more than 9 per
  
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• 50 percent say Trump should return Abrego Garcia: Poll

  24-04-2025 16:14 via thehill.com
  
  Fifty percent of Americans in a new poll say President Trump should bring the mistakenly deported Salvadorian immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.The Economist/YouGov poll released Thursday found that 50 percent of Americans surveyed, including 53 percent of the registered voters surveyed, said Abrego Garcia, the 29-year-old man who had been living in Maryland until his deportation last month, should be returned to the U.S., while 28 percent said he should not. Twenty-two percent said
  
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• Trump administration to fast-track fossil fuels and mining on public lands

  24-04-2025 16:11 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration has announced that it will use emergency authorities to rapidly increase the pace of approving fossil fuel and mining projects on public lands.The Interior Department announced late Wednesday that it will drastically cut down timelines for environmental reviews of projects that produce coal, oil, gas, uranium and other minerals.It will also shorten the timeline for climate-friendly power sources like geothermal and hydropower, but wind and solar are notably absent from t
  
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• Harvard won't 'compromise' in fight against Trump, president says

  24-04-2025 16:09 via thehill.com
  
  Harvard President Alan Garber said Wednesday the university won't bend to the Trump administration's demands to change several of its academic and administrative policies.  “We will not compromise on certain issues,” Garber told NBC News' Lester Holt. “We’ve made that very clear.” The interview came two days after Harvard sued the Trump administration for cutting off more than $2 billion of funding to the university.  President Trump cut off the funds
  
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• Wall Street Journal: 'China called Trump's bluff and seems to have won this round'

  24-04-2025 16:04 via thehill.com
  
  The Wall Street Journal editorial board thinks China is winning the trade war against the U.S. and President Trump, according to its latest essay."The good news is that at least Mr. Trump is finally listening to reality," the Journal wrote in an editorial published Wednesday. "There couldn’t have been a clearer market test in the last three weeks about the economic damage these columns warned about. The MAGA media echo chamber that praised Mr. Trump’s tariffs as strategic genius look
  
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• Hegseth denies ordering Pentagon 'makeup' studio

  24-04-2025 15:18 via thehill.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday denied reporting that he ordered a makeup room to be crafted at the Pentagon after details emerged about a green room in the building being refurbished.“1) Totally fake story. No ‘orders’ and no ‘makeup’ — but whatever. 2) We should have installed tampon machines in every men’s bathroom at [the Defense Department] instead — the leftist ‘news’ media would have loved that,” Hegseth wrote o
  
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• Trump 'not happy' with Russian strikes on Kyiv: 'Vladimir STOP!'

  24-04-2025 14:52 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Thursday expressed frustration with Russia after it launched deadly strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv hours after Trump had lashed out at Ukraine's president."I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV," Trump posted on Truth Social. "Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!"Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv early Thursday morning, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others, ac
  
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• Hassett on whether Trump is worried about empty shelves: 'Absolutely not'

  24-04-2025 14:18 via thehill.com
  
  National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett dismissed the notion that President Trump is worried about empty shelves in supermarkets and households due to the ongoing tariff war and claimed the U.S. is actively engaged in trade negotiations with scores of countries around the world. "No, absolutely not,” Hassett said Wednesday night in an interview on Fox News's “The Ingraham Angle," when asked if the president has concerns over empty shelves in homes as a result of h
  
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• China says no tariff negotiations underway, contradicting Trump

  24-04-2025 13:42 via thehill.com
  
  China claimed that it is not actively engaged in the negotiating process over tariffs with the U.S., contradicting President Trump, who expressed confidence that he can strike a new trade deal with Beijing. Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong said Thursday that any “claims about the progress of China-U.S. trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis.” “China’s position is consistent, and we are open to consultations a
  
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• Trouble signs emerge for Trump in DDHQ/The Hill polling average

  24-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump has seen his favorability ratings start to take a hit in the first three months of his presidency amid growing criticism of his handling of the economy and various controversies, according to the initial polling averages from Decision Desk HQ/The Hill. The averages show that Trump is currently underwater after starting his term in January with a net positive approval rating. DDHQ/The Hill’s average had his approval rating above 50 percent for the first days of his pres
  
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• The Memo: Trump tries to navigate out of tariff turmoil

  24-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump sought to find his way out of a maze of his own making on Wednesday, offering opaque comments as to what he is going to do about tariffs.The tariff issue has dominated the political scene since April 2, when Trump announced much heavier levies than expected on numerous nations.Trump hailed the move as “Liberation Day.” But it has reverberated to his detriment, with stock markets falling sharply, the bond market becoming turbulent and the dollar’s value eroding.T
  
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• House Democrat criticizes party’s focus on Abrego Garcia: ‘I don’t know if that’s the right issue’

  24-04-2025 05:32 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), a moderate Democrat who represents a border district, criticized members of his party for focusing intently on the case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month.In an interview Wednesday on NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert,” Cuellar acknowledged the “due process questions” in Abrego Garcia’s case but said there were more pressing issues that constituents want D
  
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• Hassett on Trump tariffs: 'Very optimistic about China' and 'especially optimistic' about 'everybody else'

  24-04-2025 05:03 via thehill.com
  
  National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett said on Wednesday that he was "very optimistic" about the potential for a trade deal with China, echoing President Trump's tone shift in recent days.In an interview on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle," Brian Kilmeade asked how close the U.S. is "to even starting to talk to China again," remarking on the more positive tone from the president in the last two days.“The president will announce when talks happen — if they happen,&rdquo
  
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