President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administration's immigration policies, expanding on previous threats to cut off resources to the so-called sanctuary cities themselves.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn has been working for over a decade to establish federal privacy and safety standards for protecting consumers, especially children, in the digital age.
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement Tuesday with a right-wing Jewish group that she accused of trying to intimidate pro-Palestinian activists.
The Democratic National Committee will spend millions of dollars to cement control of voter registration efforts that have traditionally been entrusted to nonprofit advocacy groups and individual political campaigns, a shift that party leaders hope will increase their chances in this year's midterm elections.
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jan. 13, 1776 Cambridge, Massachusetts The situation was dire. […]
President Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into the central bank’s ongoing renovations. “He’s either corrupt or incompetent,” Trump told CBS News’s Tony Dokoupil, referring to the price tag and time frame of the project, during an interview that aired Tuesday. Powell said late Sunday that the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Centrist Dem group plots path ahead on health Potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates have only just started initial jockeying to position themselves for a primary fight. On healthcare, the centrist Democratic group Third Way wants to ensure the party moves beyond...
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Tuesday suggested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should resign to avoid indictment. “If you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, ‘I'll make a deal. I'll step down today, if you'll drop the investigation today.’ To...
Democrats have won two special elections to fill a pair of open seats in Virginia’s General Assembly, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Tuesday contests are part of a series of special elections prompted when Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D), who was elected governor last year and is set to be inaugurated next week, tapped state...
Republican centrists and populists in the House on Tuesday blocked a series of GOP labor bills on the chamber floor, marking the latest blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team, who are increasingly losing their grip on the restive Republican conference. The House was poised to vote Tuesday evening on three Republican...
President Trump appeared to flip off a Ford worker in Michigan in an incident Tuesday caught on video obtained by TMZ. Trump was in the state to give an address on his economic agenda and tour Ford's River Rouge complex in Dearborn. During his walk-through, TMZ reported a staffer yelled "pedophile protector" at the president,...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a federal judge he is unable to locate the more than 100 Venezuelans the Trump administration sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador, arguing against further hearings with the men as it would jeopardize "extraordinarily delicate” discussions with Venezuela's new leadership. Rubio’s declaration, filed Monday night, is a remarkable...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin is denying news reports that his department will no longer consider the cost to human life incurred from two pollutants when making regulatory decisions. New York Times reporter Maxine Joselow, citing internal agency emails and documents, reported Monday that the EPA intends to only calculate the cost to...
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) has teamed up with Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to introduce a bill to block President Trump from taking over Greenland. The legislation, the NATO Unity Protection Act, would prohibit the use of Department of Defense or Department of State funding...
