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Live updates: Trump tells Warsh to be 'independent' at Fed; president defends 'anti-weaponization' fund

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 4:13 pm

President Trump on Friday championed the "anti-weaponization" fund announced this week, in the face of frustration over the fund from many lawmakers, including Republicans. “I gave up a lot of money in allowing the just announced Anti-Weaponization Fund to go forward,” he wrote in a Truth Social post. He added that he's "helping others" with...

Iran, Oman discuss Strait of Hormuz toll system: Report

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 4:10 pm

Iran and Oman have discussed setting up a toll system to charge vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, despite President Trump’s condemnation of charging fees to pass through the waterway. “Iran and Oman must mobilize all their resources both to provide security services and to manage navigation in the most appropriate manner,” Iranian ambassador to...

US envoy says Greenland could relieve Strait of Hormuz oil pressure 

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 4:01 pm

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R), who is serving as President Trump's special envoy to Greenland, said on Friday morning that the Danish territory could play a role in bringing down energy prices amid the Iran war after his “eye opening” visit there this week. Landry was asked by Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade about the “untapped...

The next evolution of American healthcare is here

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 4:00 pm

Every Democratic administration in the past century — no exceptions — came to Washington promising to rewire the healthcare system, mainly to protect Americans from the costs of illness. So did most Republican administrations (including President Trump’s). In the uproar of our times, few people noticed that the Affordable Care Act had already ended the long quest.  The program has flaws, of course — lots of them. But, for...

Trump primary endorsements may backfire in general elections 

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 3:59 pm

President Trump has made one thing very clear about today’s Republican Party: loyalty matters.

Charges dropped against 4 who protested at ICE processing center near Chicago

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 3:49 pm

BROADVIEW, Ill. (WGN) — Charges will be permanently dropped against four people who protested outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) processing center in west suburban Broadview. The four people impacted include: former congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, Andre Martin, who served on Abughazaleh's campaign staff, Oak Park village trustee Brian Straw, and 45th Ward Democratic committeeperson Michael Rabbitt. Their trial, set to begin following...

Taiwan: No word from US on any weapons sale pause

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 3:35 pm

Taiwan’s authorities haven't been notified of a hold on a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to Taipei, a government official said Friday, even as acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hung Cao a day prior said some foreign military sales were being paused because of the Iran war. Speaking to reporters in Taipei on Friday, Taiwanese...

AI capital spending is offsetting soft consumer spending — for now 

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 3:30 pm

When growth in AI capital spending is scaled back at some point, U.S. economic growth will slow, and the stock market will likely enter bear territory.

Trump defends DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund from GOP critics

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 3:22 pm

President Trump is defending his administration’s creation of a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in response to heavy criticism not only from Democrats but from Republicans in the Senate, who delayed votes on a reconciliation package Thursday over the issue. The battle has become a rare point of contention between normally pliant congressional Republicans and...

When political party is prioritized over country, everyone loses

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 3:00 pm

In Congress, governing with the other side is now treated as betrayal. The message to elected officials is clear: Do not solve problems together, do not negotiate, do not govern. Just fight. 

Trump rips Tillis after compensation fund criticism: 'Nitpicker'

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 2:39 pm

President Trump tore into Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Friday morning after the Republican lawmaker criticized the Department of Justice's (DOJ) newly debuted “anti-weaponization fund.” “I called him a ‘Nitpicker,’ always fighting against the Republican Party, and ME, mostly on things that didn’t matter,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The president referred...

UK broadens inquiry into former Prince Andrew

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 2:38 pm

British police appealed for witnesses Friday as they sought to broaden their investigation into potential offenses by the former Prince Andrew, including sexual misconduct.

A militarily expanding Germany has the right idea

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 2:30 pm

When Friedrich Merz assumed the chancellorship last year, he promised that "the rule for our defense now has to be 'whatever it takes.'"

Trump: Stephen Colbert firing 'beginning of the end' for late-night hosts

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 2:26 pm

President Trump on Friday celebrated the cancellation of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" and suggested other late-night TV hosts would also shortly be on the chopping block. "Stephen Colbert’s firing from CBS was the 'Beginning of the End' for untalented, nasty, highly overpaid, not funny, and very poorly rated Late Night Television Hosts," Trump...

Greene: Trump may use Iran as excuse to cancel presidential election

By: The Hill

Published on: May 22, 2026, 2:21 pm

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday she fears President Trump may use the war in Iran to try to cancel the 2028 presidential election. Greene, who resigned from Congress in January after a public falling-out with the president, was once a loyal MAGA ally and one of Trump’s fiercest defenders. Her frustrations over...