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How New York’s gerrymander fight endangers GOP House seats everywhere

This isn't about protecting minority voting rights: It's about finding any pretext to flip Republican-held congressional seats.

Blake Lively may be a mom of four — but it’s clear she never graduated from being a middle-school mean girl

Like a catty tween, Blake Lively won't hesitate to rally all of her cool-kid friends against those who she believes have crossed her.

Legislation passed by Gov. Hochul makes it harder to save the lives of abused children

Lissette Soto Domenech’s emaciated 14-year-old sons — whom she wanted “to stay babies forever” — would probably be dead were it not for several...

Woke never really died, it’s coming back with a vengeance — and we should be terrified

Conservatives were too quick to declare victory in the culture wars.

Conservative Policy Groups Assail Trump’s Credit Card Proposals

Republicans in Congress should listen to their allies in the conservative policy sphere, not our economically illiterate president.

House passes final fiscal ’26 spending bills, leaving Senate to act before Jan. 30 deadline

The House passed the final four of the 12 annual spending bills on Thursday, leaving only the Senate left to act to prevent another government shutdown after the record-breaking funding lapse that kicked off the fiscal year.

House narrowly rejects war powers resolution to block more Trump action in Venezuela

The House narrowly defeated a war powers resolution Thursday that aimed to block further military action by President Trump in Venezuela without approval from Congress.

Georgia governor suspends lawmaker accused of unemployment fraud

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday suspended a state House member accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

Democrats call for criminal investigation into potential DOGE misuse of Social Security data

Democratic House lawmakers are calling for a criminal investigation and congressional action into the Department of Government Efficiency after court filings showed that DOGE may have misused Social Security data.

Vance’s message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown

Insisting that he was in Minnesota to calm tensions, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed "far-left people" and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has unfolded during the White House's aggressive deportation campaign.

Jury finds Chicago man not guilty of circulating $10K bounty on life of top Border Patrol leader

A man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty over Snapchat for the life of a top Border Patrol leader was found not guilty on Thursday in the first criminal trial stemming from the Chicago-area immigration crackdown that started last year.

After House floor drama, a narrow defeat of Venezuela war powers resolution

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story After House floor drama, a narrow defeat of Venezuela war powers resolution The House narrowly voted down a Democratic-led war powers resolution meant to block President Trump from using military force in Venezuela without Congressional approval....

Judge rejects bid to bring federal charges against Don Lemon: Report

A magistrate judge on Thursday rejected federal charges against journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church. Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023, said he was there as a journalist, not as part of the demonstrations. “Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism...

Jane Fonda: Authoritarianism now in ‘every single nook and cranny of our government’

Actress and activist Jane Fonda said Wednesday that authoritarianism has spread to "every single nook and cranny of" the federal government while talking about federal immigration enforcement raids. "We pay their salaries," Fonda told "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert. "We should be in charge. If the government is not meeting the needs of its...

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