The Day Iran's Plot on Trump Unraveled

Control of the House is still too close to call, but there are some big differences that could play out depending on which party takes the prize.

On a typical day in Gaza, Unrwa provides food to around 2,000 families and healthcare to thousands more. Israel last week passed laws aimed at halting those operations.

Control of the House is still too close to call, but there are some big differences that could play out depending on which party takes the prize.

Since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, over 11,700 Americans have opened applications to immigrate to Israel. That’s nearly double the number the year before.

President-elect Trump's ambitious day-one agenda includes mass deportations, sweeping tariffs and expanded U.S. oil drilling.

President-elect Trump's ambitious day-one agenda includes mass deportations, sweeping tariffs and expanded U.S. oil drilling.

Street violence following a soccer game in Amsterdam saw Israeli fans chased down and beaten.

Street violence following a soccer game in Amsterdam saw Israeli fans chased down and beaten and prompted dozens of arrests.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned an attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, calling it a “horrific anti-Semitic incident.”

Donald Trump this week did what only one other American has done — winning the presidency after earlier losing it from the White House — but experts say the similarities between the men are strikingly few despite their ability to make historic comebacks.   Grover Cleveland entered the White House for his first term in...

Residents in the foothills above Camarillo are grappling with scenes of utter destruction after the Mountain fire flattened scores of homes.

The swirl of disinformation surrounding the 2024 election marked a new high for foreign influence efforts and the elevation of false claims by people within the U.S., raising questions about the impact on the electorate. Russia, Iran, and China continued to promote content that sows division among Americans, perfecting techniques and reaching new audiences. But...

In today’s issue: As the remaining ballots are being counted in House and Senate races, Congress returns to Washington next week for the lame duck period. Republican electoral wins in the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game when it comes to government funding, as Congress braces for a battle over federal spending,...

President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport 11 million migrants in the U.S. illegally has more than a few obstacles.

Ancient DNA rewrites the stories of people buried by volcanic eruption in Pompeii

TRUMP VOWS: 'NO PRICE TAG'

Investors’ hopes for large-scale support for the economy were dashed after an anticipatory stock-market surge in recent weeks.

For millions of Americans, an unacceptable present weighed more heavily than an uncertain future.

The outlook is grim for the world’s second largest economy, with growth slowing and the prospect of a new trade war following Donald Trump’s electoral victory.

A federal judge struck down a Biden administration policy that provides a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.  U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker initially put the program, which allowed undocumented spouses to obtain green cards without needing to leave the country, on hold in...

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has condemned what appeared to be an organized, widespread targeted attack by anti-Israel rioters in Amsterdam on Thursday night, branding it a “pogrom” on the streets of the capital.

The Tesla billionaire is a key figure in the president-elect’s orbit. One question is whether his views on climate and clean energy will have any sway.

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Why did Trump win? What will he do now? And more.

Amid reports that Pyongyang’s troops are on the front lines, speculation is rampant among Ukrainian troops about when the first large-scale clashes will happen.

DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments

No politician has ever let fortune so slip from her grasp.

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says President-elect Trump should not pardon Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, of felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 nor the tax charges he pleaded guilty to in September. “I don’t think he should pardon Hunter. I think we need to be very careful about having a...

A majority of Americans expect the national debt to rise under President-elect Donald Trump, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted after the election.  The poll found that 62 percent of respondents said the returning president’s proposals “will push the U.S. national debt higher.” That includes 94 percent of Democrats and 34 percent of Republicans. ...

This is about the deep, systemic failure of the Democratic Party to meet the moment.

Veteran political adviser Philippe Reines joined others in criticizing the modern Democratic Party after recent election losses, suggesting it has been taken "hostage" by the far left. "The majority of Democrats don’t agree with the things we are being tagged with," Reines, a longtime aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, told CNN in...

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Radio host Charlamagne tha God believes one reason Vice President Harris may have lost the presidential election is because President-elect Trump has a more direct message to voters than the Democratic Party. “I know today Democrats will be looking for someone to blame. Let me be the first to tell you, it's not just one...

The former mayor suggested that Democrats “might ask themselves how exactly they lost to…an ailing 78-year-old who much of the country despises.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new Israeli ambassador to the U.S. this week. Netanyahu tapped U.S.-born Dr. Yechiel Leiter to succeed Michael Herzog as the Jewish State's next ambassador in Washington. The move follows President-elect Trump's decisive victory in the U.S. presidential election earlier this week. "Yechiel Leiter is a highly capable diplomat, an...

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Police in South Carolina were asking for the public's help in locating 40 primates that escaped on Wednesday.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) officially rolled out his bid to run the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) on Friday, a move that would put him at the helm of the party’s midterm efforts to maintain and possibly grow its majority next cycle. Scott had been mulling a run for the post since mid-October. He is...

Israel is evacuating citizens from Amsterdam following hit-and-run scooter attacks on Israeli fans in the city following a soccer game, which authorities have condemned as antisemitic. Five people were treated in hospitals, with another 20 to 30 suffering light injuries, and at least 62 suspects were arrested, Dutch authorities told the Associated Press. Ten suspects...

At least 14 were killed and a 100 injured in the attacks around the country that also left the building where a European ambassador lives in flames.

Extreme weather is a factor in driving both illegal border crossings from Mexico into the U.S. and whether migrants return to Mexico, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Researchers analyzed data from more than 48,000 people living in 84 Mexican farming communities between 1992 and 2018....

In the aftermath of his party’s brutal shellacking in the 2024 elections, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa has announced he will step down in March. Over his 12-year tenure, Hinojosa has faced fierce criticism from within the state party for its failures to build up permanent party infrastructure, build independence from the national party and develop...

The last remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach President-elect Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, survived their reelection bids this cycle, according to projections from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Both Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) defeated their challengers in the blue-leaning states, securing another term in...

President-elect Donald Trump wants to make New York City’s crumbling Penn Station and subways “beautiful” again, The Post exclusively can reveal.

NBC political analyst Chuck Todd weighed in on the debate over how Democrats lost Tuesday's election in an article on Thursday, arguing the party misread the public appetite for former President Trump because of its success in holding off a "red wave" in the 2022 midterms. “[President] Biden and the party as a whole took...

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s finally Friday! What a week it has been. I hope you can all find a way to unwind this weekend. I’m personally planning to decorate for the holidays. I know it’s early, but Thanksgiving is late this year! Here’s what’s in this edition: The Trump administration is starting to take shape....

There are two ways of interpreting Harris’s loss.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has condemned what appeared to be an organized, widespread targeted attack by anti-Israel rioters in Amsterdam on Thursday night, branding it a “pogrom” on the streets of the capital.

The Iranian government instructed one of its agents to stalk and assassinate President-elect Donald Trump this past September, according to a bombshell indictment unsealed by Manhattan federal prosecutors Friday.

The charges allege an Iranian conspiracy to kill Donald Trump in revenge for the 2020 killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

Racist texts referring to ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people across US following election

Vice President Harris had hoped young voters would be a key part of a winning coalition. Instead, they shifted — sometimes by double digits — toward President-elect Trump, especially in swing states.

Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey says she will “absolutely not” be cooperating with the expected mass deportation movement by the incoming Trump administration, warning that she will use "every tool in the toolbox" to "protect" residents in the state.

The judge's decision came as the Justice Department prepared to wind down charges in both federal cases against Trump after his election Tuesday.

After billions of dollars in campaign spending by the two major-party candidates, it mostly came down to the price of a loaf of bread.

President-elect Trump has criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for calling a special legislative session to "safeguard" the state ahead of his return to the White House in January, while Newsom has accused Trump of attempting to impose new restrictions on the Golden State.

An armed 13-year-old student was arrested hours after being stopped from entering an elementary school in Kenosha, Wisc. on Thursday, according to police reports. The teenage Kenosha resident had previously researched school shootings and fled Roosevelt Elementary School on foot when confronted by staff. He claimed to go to the school to sell candy,...

Leonard Leo, a judicial activist who played a central role in the Supreme Court’s conservative shift, panned rumors that two of the court’s leading conservatives may retire so President-elect Trump can replace them. Trump’s victory has raised public anticipation that Justice Clarence Thomas, 76, and Justice Samuel Alito, 74, will step down during the president-elect's...

The Iranian government instructed one of its agents to stalk and assassinate President-elect Donald Trump this past September, according to a bombshell indictment unsealed by Manhattan federal prosecutors Friday.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly joined President-elect Donald Trump’s phone conversation with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President-elect Trump’s past moves and rhetoric on student loans are leaving a dismal outlook for advocates who are now focusing their attention on getting President Biden to act quickly on forgiveness before his time is up.  Trump has made it clear he will not be continuing the mass student debt relief Biden has given borrowers...

Iran allegedly tasked the men with killing Donald Trump to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in 2020.

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James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, warned of "internal tension" in the alliance as President-elect Trump has made critical remarks about NATO in the past. "There'll be a lot of internal tension within the alliance," Stavridis warned during an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday. Stavridis's comment comes as Trump has largely touted...

The Hill's weekly technology news digest. {beacon} Friday, November 8, 2024     LEADING THE DAY   Big Tech congratulates Trump on reelection Image © AP Photo The country’s most prominent tech leaders, led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy. congratulated President-elect Trump this week after he reclaimed the White House. Trump has had a contentious relationship...

The charges allege an Iranian conspiracy to kill Donald Trump in revenge for the 2020 killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) said the Democratic Party has made its own mistakes with a targeted demographic of voters, much like the GOP. “We have a challenge. We have our own kind of 'childless cat ladies' situation: 'Bros.' People refer to these young guys as bros, and clearly that’s not a positive term,” Fetterman told the...

Simply put, Donald Trump owes his reelection to inflation and to the fact that the Biden administration did little to address the problem in a way that helped working-class families.

The Biden administration will now allow American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine, to aid in repairing U.S. military equipment used in the Ukraine war.

Plus: Washington braces for Trump takeover {beacon} Evening Report   © Dylan Buell, Getty Images file Traditional news media grapples with declining influence Legacy news outlets are grappling with their declining influence after President-elect Trump’s resounding electoral victory underscored the rise of a new influencer-led media landscape. Joe Rogan's eponymous podcast and Elon Musk’s social platform...

Control of the House has yet to be determined, as a number of critical races remain too close to call, leaving lawmakers — and voters — waiting to see which party will hold the majority next year. The sprint to 218 seats, however, is nearing the final stretch, after a handful of additional races were called...

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) on Friday said in a post on the social platform X that the Margate Police Department, which is in his district, informed him the day before the election about "a potential plot" to threaten his life. In the statement, Moskowitz said a man was arrested near his home with a...

Dutch and Israeli officials condemned the attacks, which came after Israeli spectators chanted anti-Arab slogans and pulled down a Palestinian flag.

To Decrease Polarization, Make Presidents Less Powerful

Democrats are reportedly discussing whether to call on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to immediately resign in an effort to avoid her replacement potentially being made under President-elect Donald Trump, Politico reported.

Pundits and partisans are speculating about how Donald Trump's victory could affect the court's composition. Here are a few scenarios.

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After three judges denied his bail request, Diddy's team says new evidence and bond conditions favor this request to be freed ahead of his May trial.

Economists and investors are expecting seismic and wide-ranging impacts from Donald Trump’s second presidential term. A range of financial markets have already seen significant volatility this week.