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Trained rape dogs? Really? Is any story about Israel too absurd to publish?

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 11:00 am

In the three years since the horrific Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis, we have watched in astonishment as the most absurd and outrageous allegations against Israel have wormed their way into Western print.

Pentagon faces Iran war funding squeeze 

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 10:58 am

In today’s issue: America’s military has growing budget problems because of the Iran war, and Congress is unlikely to help the situation anytime soon. Those were two key takeaways from Capitol Hill last week, as President Trump’s trip to China provided some distraction but little help in finding a way out of his quandary in the...

Minn. wildfires: Gov. Walz activates Guard, declares 'peacetime emergency'

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 10:55 am

The governor’s office said multiple fires have ignited since Friday under continuing dry, hot and windy conditions.

Nearly half of Americans anxious about finances amid frustrations with Trump’s handle on economy: Poll

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 10:54 am

In the same poll, 57 percent of respondents said they believed Trump’s policies “are making” them “financially worse off.”

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot 

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 10:00 am

The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry's growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring influence over Washington. In the span of two weeks, the Trump administration granted marketing authorization to four flavored vaping products and issued new guidance allowing unauthorized vapes to stay on...

Democrats on the brink of war powers breakthrough

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 10:00 am

Democratic lawmakers are on the verge of passing a resolution to end President Trump’s war with Iran — with some help from a steadily growing group of Republicans. In the House and Senate, resolutions under the 1973 War Powers Act this past week saw more members of Trump’s party crossing the aisle to vote in...

This week on The Hill: Immigration funding takes center stage as June 1 deadline looms

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 10:00 am

Both chambers are rushing to finalize a package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol before lawmakers leave for a scheduled recess at the end of the week. Republicans are pushing the package through a special partisan process known as reconciliation, which would allow them to bypass the Senate filibuster. Senate...

Greene predicts 'political revolution in America' if US troops sent to Iran

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 3:11 am

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a former ally of President Trump who has since sparred with him over multiple issues, on Sunday predicted “political revolution in” the U.S. if there are American boots on the ground in Iran. “If you send in U.S. military troops into Iran, there is going to be a political...

Nearly half of Americans anxious about finances amid frustrations with Trump’s handle on economy: Poll

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 2:11 am

Nearly half of Americans have anxiety about their finances at the same time as they have frustrations with the economy under President Trump, according to a new poll. In the CBS News/YouGov poll, 44 percent of respondents said they see their “own personal financial and economic situation” as either “fairly bad” or “very bad,” while...

Former defense secretary: US could face Cuban migration crisis

By: The Hill

Published on: May 18, 2026, 1:12 am

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned of a migration crisis to the U.S. from Cuba, comments that follow President Trump recently threatening the island. “Does it matter to U.S. national security what happens on this island?” CBS News’s Margaret Brennan asked Gates on “Face the Nation.” “I think that, actually, the biggest risk is, that...

Romney calls Cassidy’s defeat a ‘loss for the country'

By: The Hill

Published on: May 17, 2026, 11:55 pm

Former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday described Sen. Bill Cassidy's (R-La.) defeat in the Louisiana Republican primary on Saturday as a "loss for the country." Cassidy lost the race in Louisiana's newly closed primary system following years of disagreement with President Trump after Cassidy voted to convict him for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol...

Buttigieg blasts Duffy's 'Great American Road Trip' as 'embarrassment'

By: The Hill

Published on: May 17, 2026, 10:32 pm

Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (D) on Sunday went after the current secretary of the department, Sean Duffy, over a reality show he filmed. “I love road trips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded road trip lasting about seven months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different,” Buttigieg told CNN’s...

White House: China to buy at least $17B in US agricultural products per year

By: The Hill

Published on: May 17, 2026, 9:07 pm

The White House said Sunday that China is set to purchase at least $17 billion in agricultural products from the U.S. per year, a move that comes after President Trump’s recent China trip. In a fact sheet released Sunday, the White House said that Trump, while in China, “negotiated a sweeping package of commitments that...

GOP lawmakers battle as conservatives press for third budget reconciliation bill

By: The Hill

Published on: May 17, 2026, 9:00 pm

Conservatives are calling on the House to pass a third GOP-only bill through the special reconciliation process to boost Pentagon funding and address alleged fraud in federal programs by the August recess — an extremely aggressive timeline that is sure to face headwinds in the slim majority. Chief among those pushing for that timeline is...