Danish PM says Trump still 'very serious' about acquiring Greenland

By: The Hill

Published on: February 16, 2026, 4:02 am

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that President Trump remains intent on acquiring Greenland. "I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He’s very serious about this," Frederiksen said at the Munich Security Conference, according to the BBC. Throughout December and January, the president raised his view that the U.S....

Moore says Democrats need to 'stop being the party of no and slow' 

By: The Hill

Published on: February 16, 2026, 3:30 am

In an interview that aired Sunday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) urged his party to take a more aggressive governing posture to fight back against the Trump administration and regain popularity. “There’s something that we have to make sure that we do better and that’s actually meet people where they are and move with a...

Moore declines to directly answer whether he thinks Trump is racist: 'I think his actions probably give the answer'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 16, 2026, 2:35 am

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) declined to say whether President Trump is racist in an interview released Sunday, just over a week after a video depicting the Obamas as apes posted to the president’s Truth Social account sparked bipartisan backlash.  “I think that’s a question for President Trump,” Moore, shaking his head, told CBS News’s...

Here's how the DHS shutdown is impacting air travel, TSA

By: The Hill

Published on: February 16, 2026, 12:26 am

As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains without funding, air travel nationwide has been impacted. Employees of the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), which is housed within DHS, are working without pay as of early Saturday morning — when the funding lapse began. According to DHS’s shutdown contingency plan published in September, just more than...

Mace slams DOJ over letter about completing Epstein files release: 'They're missing names'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 11:10 pm

Late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) criticized the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) justification for redacting certain names from the Jeffrey Epstein files. Mace, one of four Republicans to sign the initial discharge petition that brought the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the House floor last year, wrote Saturday in a...

Mullin on Trump calling Oklahoma governor a 'RINO': 'Sometimes, friends disagree'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 10:07 pm

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed concerns Sunday over President Trump going after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) earlier this week, chalking it up to a friendly disagreement. The president called the Oklahoma governor a “RINO” — or a "Republican in name only" — on Wednesday after Stitt announced that the National Governors Association (NGA), which...

Crypto industry wades into midterms with hefty war chest 

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 10:00 pm

The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up its spending ahead of the midterm elections after accumulating a massive war chest in the wake of several key wins in 2024.  The industry’s leading super PAC network, Fairshake, had more than $193 million in cash on hand at the start of 2026 and has already announced several of its targets this cycle — boosting Rep. Barry Moore...

Tillis won't support Fed nominee confirmation before DOJ investigation of Powell is done

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 9:21 pm

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reiterated Sunday that he will not support Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, until the Department of Justice (DOJ) concludes its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. “I've tried to make it very clear that I have no intention of supporting any confirmation of any Fed board...

Mullin on DHS shutdown: 'All this is a political theater'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 9:06 pm

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Sunday slammed Democrats over the current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, calling their actions “political theater.” “What is actually happening right now with the Democrat Party by this political theater, by shutting down DHS for something that you even admitted yourself can't be done. They're not stopping [Immigration and...

Kelly rails against Trump as Munich Security Conference ends

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 8:47 pm

As he departed the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) sharply criticized President Trump for destabilizing NATO. Kelly wrote on the social platform X that it took the president “less than a year to practically destroy” the NATO alliance, adding that Russia and China are benefiting from Trump’s threats to European countries....

Obama praises Minnesota protesters, calls 'rogue behavior' of federal agents 'deeply concerning and dangerous'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 7:49 pm

Former President Obama in an interview published Saturday criticized the actions of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis while praising those protesting their presence in the city. Obama told host Brian Tyler Cohen on his “No Lie” podcast that federal agents have acted in a “rogue” manner in Minneapolis, where immigration enforcement officers shot and killed...

Christie: Trump admin putting up 'a bunch of ham sandwiches' and grand juries not indicting them

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 6:44 pm

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) slammed the Department of Justice's efforts to prosecute President Trump's perceived political enemies, saying the common phrase that grand juries would indict a ham sandwich is being proven false by the administration. "They're putting a bunch of ham sandwiches up there and the grand juries are not indicting...

Trump announces Board of Peace members have pledged more than $5B toward Gaza

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 6:41 pm

President Trump on Sunday said members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward Gaza reconstruction efforts and will commit thousands of personnel to "maintain security and peace" in the territory. Trump plans to host the board's inaugural meeting on Feb. 19 at the “Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace” in Washington, D.C., where, he...

Transportation policy is incomplete without housing

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 6:00 pm

Congress has a rare opportunity to address both the housing and transportation crises by updating transportation funding formulas to reward housing growth, prioritizing projects that increase access to jobs and opportunities, and reducing infrastructure costs.

Beshear on tension between White House and governors: ‘It's just a lot of drama’

By: The Hill

Published on: February 15, 2026, 5:59 pm

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Sunday decried the recent tension between governors and President Trump over invites and snubs to an annual White House meeting, calling it "unnecessary." “It's just a lot of drama, and it's unnecessary. You know, governors wake up every day focused on getting results, on creating better jobs, creating safer...