EVENING REPORT

EVENING REPORT

 

Thursday, February 26

Sign up

© AP

Democrats fume after Boebert leaks deposition photo of Hillary Clinton

Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tore into Republicans on the panel after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) leaked a photo from inside former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deposition on Thursday.

Clinton is testifying as part of the panel’s probe into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

 

Read more here.

 

CATCH UP QUICK

  • Whitmer says US-Canada bridge Trump threatened to block ‘will open’

     

  • Crockett up by double digits in Texas Senate Democratic primary poll

  • Pentagon removes director of Joint Staff, sends him back to Navy role

 

NEWS THIS AFTERNOON

© AP

Rove: Trump made ‘key mistake’ during State of the Union 

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Wednesday accused President Trump of making a “key mistake” during the State of the Union by not addressing the concerns of disenchanted voters who are seeking relief from financial hardship.

 

Read more.

 

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act 

The Pentagon is threatening to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) against Anthropic amid a dispute over the company’s restrictions on its AI tools, in a move that many experts say is an unusual use of the measure.

 

Read more.

 

Second GOP lawmaker backs Iran war powers act, barring ‘new information’ 

Rep. Warren Davidson (Ohio) on Thursday became the second House Republican to pledge support for a resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s ability to take unilateral military action in Iran.

 

Read more.

 

Live updates: Hillary Clinton deposition briefly halted over photo leak; US, Iran talk in Geneva 

The deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was briefly paused on Thursday after a GOP member of the Oversight Committee shared a photo from inside the deposition.

 

Read more.

 

IN OTHER NEWS

© AP

US women’s hockey team captain: Trump joke ‘distasteful’ 

Hilary Knight, the captain of the gold medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team, said Wednesday that President Trump’s “distasteful” joke about her squad should not overshadow their accomplishments. 

 

Read more.

 

Democrat calls Noem meeting ‘heated and tense’ after call for impeachment 

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), who has been pushing for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s impeachment, came face-to-face with her on Wednesday, demanding reforms within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the agency remains shut down.

 

Read more.

 

Hillary Clinton says she does not recall meeting Epstein as Oversight deposition kicks off 

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in a deposition on Tuesday that she had no information about the criminal activities of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and she did not recall ever encountering Epstein.

 

Read more.

 

Stephen A. Smith: Trump has been ‘playing’ Democrats ‘like a fiddle’ 

Sports personality Stephen A. Smith said Wednesday that President Trump has been “playing” Democrats “like a fiddle” for more than a decade, pointing to comments in Trump’s State of the Union address about immigrants living in the country illegally.

 

Read more.

 

📧 Check out Whole Hog Politics, Chris Stirewalt's newsletter looking at the American political scene. Click here to sign up & get it in your inbox.

Stay Engaged

 

Someone forward this newsletter to you? Sign up to get your own copy: TheHill.com/Evening. See you next time!

FacebookXInstagramLinkedInYouTube

Privacy Policy   |   View in Browser   |   Manage Subscriptions

Sign Up for Other Newsletters   |   Unsubscribe

 

400 N Capitol Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001

Copyright © 1998 - 2026 Nexstar Media Inc.   |   All Rights Reserved