Tara Suter

Washington

Breaking News Reporter at The Hill

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Articles

WATCH: College football trophy comes apart in Vance’s hands at White House

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy came apart during a White House visit by the Ohio State Buckeyes football team Monday as Vice President Vance tried to pick it up. As President Trump posed for pictures with the team, Vance, an Ohio State alumnus, walked over to a table where the trophy was sitting and picked it up with the help of others. As he lifted the trophy, its black base separated from its metallic top.
Trump official who led efforts to dismantle USAID exits State Department

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

Peter Marocco, an official who oversaw the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has exited the State Department, according to the Trump administration. “Pete was brought to State with a big mission — to conduct an exhaustive review of every dollar spent on foreign assistance. He conducted that historic task and exposed egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars.
Vance reacts to fire at Shapiro’s residence: ‘Really disgusting violence’

1 week ago | abc27.com | Tara Suter

Vice President Vance on Sunday issued a response to a fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) residence, calling it “really disgusting violence.”“Thanks be to God that Governor Shapiro and his family were unharmed in this attack,” Vance wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Really disgusting violence, and I hope whoever did it is brought swiftly to justice,” he added.
Detained American missionary released in Tunisia after 13 months

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

A Trump administration official said that an American missionary was released Sunday after 13 months of detainment in Tunisia, Reuters reported. Adam Boehler, a U.S. special envoy, said that Robert Vieira’s release was secured Sunday, according to Reuters. Amid missionary work 13 months ago in Tunisia, Viera was apprehended and Tunisian authorities suspected he was involved in espionage, Boehler said.
Carville: Trump ‘has broken the cardinal rule in American politics’

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said in a Monday opinion piece that President Trump “has broken the cardinal rule in American politics” amid economic anxiety about the president’s tariffs. “In what will certainly be recorded as one of the most ignorant acts of political leadership in American history, the president of the United States has now willfully damaged the global economy with his tariff chaos,” Carville said in The New York Times op-ed.
Zelensky accuses Vance of ‘somehow justifying Putin’s actions’

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Vice President Vance of “somehow justifying Putin’s actions” in an interview that aired Sunday. “First and foremost, we did not launch an attack to start the war. It seems to me that the Vice President is somehow justifying Putin’s actions,” Zelensky told CBS’s Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes,” in a translation from the outlet.
McCarthy says Trump ‘having to be’ House Speaker and president

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that President Trump is “having to be” both Speaker and president. “Last week, the so-called fiscal hawks said they’d never vote for what they just voted for,” Fox News’s Trey Gowdy said on his show, referencing the recent adoption of the Senate’s framework that will be used to enact important portions of Trump’s legislative agenda by House Republicans. “How do you manage a group that rarely takes yes for an answer?” he added.
Pennsylvania arson suspect used Molotov cocktails, planned to beat Shapiro: Officials

1 week ago | thehill.com | Tara Suter

A suspect in a recent arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor’s residence used Molotov cocktails and planned to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), according to local officials. In a criminal complaint, Pennsylvania State Police said that Cody Balmer said that he “would have beaten” the Pennsylvania governor “with his hammer” if he encountered him within the residence. Police also said that Balmer “admitted to harboring hatred towards” Shapiro.
Detained American missionary released in Tunisia after 13 months

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tara Suter

A Trump administration official said that an American missionary was released Sunday after 13 months of detainment in Tunisia, Reuters reported. Adam Boehler, a U.S. special envoy, said that Robert Vieira’s release was secured Sunday, according to Reuters. Amid missionary work 13 months ago in Tunisia, Vieira was apprehended, and Tunisian authorities suspected he was involved in espionage, Boehler said.
Zelensky accuses Vance of ‘somehow justifying Putin’s actions’

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tara Suter

Tara SuterMon, April 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM UTC2 min readUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Vice President Vance of “somehow justifying Putin’s actions” in an interview that aired Sunday. “First and foremost, we did not launch an attack to start the war. It seems to me that the vice president is somehow justifying Putin’s actions,” Zelensky told CBS’s Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes” in a translation from the outlet.