Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:45 pm

The Education Department's Office of Civil Rights said Monday it would rescind Title IX agreements that six schools made with the federal government under past administrations over gender identity. The department said the previous administrations' enforcement of Title IX was “illegal and burdensome" over “improper use of preferred pronouns” or “asking questions about a student’s preferred ‘gender.’”    Title IX is...

Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:33 pm

President Trump suggested Monday that the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz — a strategy employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping choke point. During a White House press conference, a reporter asked Trump whether he would end the war...

Trump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:33 pm

President Trump on Monday brushed off questions from reporters about whether strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran would constitute war crimes. When asked by a New York Times reporter at the White House press briefing if he was concerned that bombing power plants and bridges, as he had threatened to do, constituted war crimes, Trump...

Trump doubles down on Tuesday night deadline for Iran to meet US demands

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:32 pm

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States by Tuesday evening, or else face destroyed infrastructure. "We're giving them until tomorrow at 8 o'clock. And after that, they're going to have no bridges, no power plants,” Trump told reporters at a White House news...

Trump details rescue operation of missing F-15 airman in Iran: How it unfolded

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:21 pm

President Trump and his top national security officials on Monday offered details on the harrowing rescue of a U.S. service member from Iran after a fighter jet was downed inside the country on Friday. Trump authorized the U.S. forces to start the search-and-rescue operation and within hours, the U.S. military deployed 21 aircraft into Iranian airspace. “You...

Loomer takes credit for arrest of former Iranian commander's niece in California

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:03 pm

Far-right media figure Laura Loomer took credit on Saturday for the arrests of the niece and grandniece of former Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike on Iraq during President Trump’s first term in 2020. Loomer said in a social media post that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Soleimani’s...

Former NATO commander on Iran rejecting ceasefire proposal: 'They still have cards to play'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 8:02 pm

James Stavridis, a former NATO commander, on Monday said Iran hasn’t accepted a ceasefire because they “still have cards” to play in the war.  Stavridis, during an appearance on CNN’s “Situation Room,” said that “Iran wants to hold on to its high-value cards: number one, Strait of Hormuz closure, and number two, almost 1,000 pounds...

Live updates: Trump warns all of Iran 'could be taken out in one night' as he sticks to deadline

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 7:49 pm

President Trump, along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, is holding a news conference Monday in the White House briefing room, hours before his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He started by discussing the "historic" rescue of...

Bolton: Trump extending deadline shows Iran 'he's not really serious'

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 7:40 pm

Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that President Trump pushing back his deadline for Iran to make a deal shows the Middle Eastern country that “he’s not really serious.” “Well, who knows whether he's going to follow through. I don't think even he knows he's going to follow through,” Bolton said on MS...

Associated Press cutting dozens of staffers

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 7:35 pm

The Associated Press is planning to cut dozens of positions as part of a broader restructuring of the media company, The Hill confirmed Monday. "Even though we’ve evolved in the U.S. over the past few years, too much of our operations are still tied to large U.S. newspaper groups, who make up less than 10%...

Former CIA director: 'Russia no longer has the upper hand' in Ukraine war 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 7:26 pm

Former CIA Director David Petraeus said Russia no longer has the “upper hand” in the war against Ukraine in a recent interview describing Moscow’s receding strength. “I think what's remarkable is that Russia no longer has the upper hand,” Petraeus said in an interview published Monday by CBS. “Russia heavily outnumbers Ukraine. It outguns Ukraine....

CBS announces what's taking over Colbert's 'Late Show' time slot

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 6:28 pm

Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" is officially moving into "The Late Show's" time slot when the Stephen Colbert-hosted series takes its final bow on CBS next month. The comedy-centric show, hosted by media mogul Allen, will debut in the 11:35 p.m. time slot beginning May 22, CBS announced Monday. The network said it would air back-to-back,...

BNY to manage Trump Accounts ahead of program's launch

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 5:58 pm

The Treasury Department announced Monday that the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) has been designated as a financial agent of the federal government to support implementation of the Trump Accounts program ahead of its launch in July. BNY will help develop the Trump Accounts app and manage the initial accounts, which are designed...

Trump says US will go after 'leaker' of info on downed pilot in Iran

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 5:56 pm

President Trump on Monday said his administration is looking for a "leaker" who shared information with the media about a daring rescue mission after a U.S. fighter jet was downed inside Iran last week. "We didn't talk about the first one for an hour and then somebody leaked something," Trump told reporters during a press conference at...

American woman missing at sea after husband says she fell overboard in Bahamas

By: The Hill

Published on: April 6, 2026, 5:49 pm

The unnamed woman and her husband boarded an 8-foot dinghy in the evening, and he paddled back to shore around 4 a.m.