Rema Rahman

White House & Legal Affairs Editor @thehill | Sometimes adjunct

[Rema Rahman @remawriter]

Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress in a tough election year have been thrown off-balance by Trump’s focus on foreign policy, pet projects, and dismissing the importance of the midterms and cost-of-living issues - @emilybrooksnews @JuliaManch https://t.co/Pvrjxv8m5b

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.@HelloLauraKelly @ByMalloryWilson have today's most colorful story on Rubio's turn in the briefing room. My favorite moment was Rubio lamenting the "chaos" and someone shouted "Welcome to the White House." https://t.co/KVUUDMF3Vu

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Excellent account of Fed state of play @JuliaShapero @SylvanLane - The last time a Fed chair remained at the central bank following their term was was in 1948, when Marriner Eccles stayed on as a governor after stepping down as chair.
https://t.co/ZUrAqiqYfV

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Read @thehill's comprehensive coverage of this seismic decision that impacts everything from congressional districts to city councils via the dynamic duo of @ZachASchonfeld and @CarolineVakil https://t.co/Dn6k40AqEG

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In a rare move, Justice Kagan read her dissent from the bench, accusing her colleagues of setting to destroy the Voting Rights Act: https://t.co/00X0bKsxeO

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Lots of good context here -->

[Joyce Karam @Joyce_Karam]

This is win-win for all involved. Here’s why:

- Aoun already looks good, declining Netanyahu call, getting call from Trump and getting a ceasefire

- Trump gets to take credit, use this to advance Iran talks, potentially bigger deal with Lebanon

- Netanyahu can claim first talks with Lebanese since 80s, potentially summit in Washington

- Iran can claim it insisted on ceasefire ask and now can proceed with talks

- Hezbollah can claim it withstood a month and a half of Israeli bombardment

[Rema Rahman @remawriter]

This captures the complicated elements at stake despite the US rhetoric flooding the zone
“What we're heading toward isn't peace. It's something smaller and more precarious — two countries silently agreeing not to destroy each other today, with no paperwork and no guarantees.”

[Barry Rosen @brosen1501]

I was thirty-something years old when Iranian students dragged me into a room and told me I wasn't going anywhere. Four hundred and forty-four days later, I walked out. I've spent the decades since trying to make sense of what happened — and what keeps happening — between our two countries.
So don't talk to me about Iran like it's an abstraction. I lived inside that confrontation. I felt it.
Which is why I'm not ready to write off this ceasefire, even though everything about it is maddening.
Negotiations in Pakistan may produce nothing. The talks could collapse before they get started. I've seen American diplomacy with Iran fail more times than I can count, and usually for the same reasons — too much pride, too little patience, and Israel holding a match in the corner of the room.
But here's what I know in my bones: another war won't break Iran. We just tried. It didn't work. Iran doesn't break — it absorbs, it adapts, and it waits. I watched that stubbornness up close for 444 days.
What bothers me most isn't that Iran is winning this moment — it's that we handed it to them. Tehran's framework is running these negotiations. Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz. Still collecting tolls. Trump looked at their proposal and called it workable. I never thought I'd see the day, but here we are.
Iran wants everything on the table — sanctions, enrichment rights, American troops out, and a deal that covers what's happening in Lebanon and Gaza too. That's a lot to swallow. And Israel, which wasn't invited to this conversation, is already making clear it has no intention of being constrained by it.
That's the part that worries me the most. Because if Israel keeps bombing and Washington can't or won't stop it, none of this holds.
And yet — and I say this as someone who has every reason to distrust Tehran — I don't think we go back to all-out war. Not because anyone has suddenly gotten wise, but because the math doesn't work. A second round ends the same way. Iran still controls the Strait. The global economy still flinches when Tehran flexes.
What we're heading toward isn't peace. It's something smaller and more precarious — two countries silently agreeing not to destroy each other today, with no paperwork and no guarantees.
I know what it's like to survive on something that fragile. For 444 days, that's all I had.

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And with the news of the strait now closing as a result, here are five takeaways of what was in the deal before it may fall apart less than 24 hours later w/ @JuliaManch @MalloryWilson26 https://t.co/lRLyBELfND

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Attacks in Lebanon have largely been overshadowed but today it is moving to the forefront - story by me @thehill https://t.co/Mocv57JNdl

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Quite the account by @HelloLauraKelly: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna hosted a delegation of sanctioned Russian officials in Washington, drawing mixed reactions from GOP colleagues and condemnation from Ukraine advocacy groups and the Russian opposition in exile.
https://t.co/ZUGnS6Q4Ub

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Welcome aboard!

[Mallory Wilson @ByMalloryWilson]

So so excited to say that today was my first day as a White House reporter for @thehill! I’m looking forward to continuing The Hill’s fast-paced coverage of the second Trump administration with @JuliaManch and @remawriter!

You can reach me at [email protected]!

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WATCH LIVE: The Hill’s court and legal affairs reporters Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee are live TODAY at 1pm EDT to talk about key stories in the legal affairs realm. https://t.co/0DS9QNUJIl

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Yet another important story by @RachelFrazin who is following each and every oil development amidst the Iran war: https://t.co/hRiOB9J2TT

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Trump's exit strategy on Iran is so far uncertain -- is there one? @JuliaManch digs in @thehill https://t.co/czhstaMxOc

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Trump, Pentagon offer conflicting signals on how long the US war will last, as officials in Tehran prepare to dig in for a longer fight
Story w/ @EllenEMitchell
https://t.co/hz6IONQ26r

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.@BennettJohnT quotes a key question many foreign policy experts have pondered over the past week:

"Haven't we learned anything?" https://t.co/my3SlbKsTw

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Day four, still a gamble given US history of war in the Middle East - A piece by me on where things go on Iran is anyone's guess https://t.co/ShNd8gr4l5

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Buried deep in the decision, Justice Neil Gorsuch had choice words for his colleagues on tariffs -- @ZachASchonfeld and @ByEllaLee dig in here: https://t.co/uS78PkdAPw

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Go @JuliaManch
POTUS interaction w/ SCOTUS justices are usually notable at SOTU, Tuesday will most certainly be

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: The Supreme Court justices who ruled against this the policy striking it down. Are they still invited to your state of the union next week?

Trump: Barely. I couldn’t care less if they come.

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Gorsuch, Barrett joined Roberts and the high court’s liberal flank in striking down the bulk of Trump’s sweeping tariffs - @ByEllaLee breaks down the momentous opinion https://t.co/gldWeDq4rp