Senate lawmakers on Thursday approved a short-term extension of a provision in the federal surveillance law to hash out the final terms of its reauthorization.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is removing certain tariffs on Scotch whisky after this week's White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday calling for a new government website where people in the United States can find and compare private-sector retirement savings accounts, aiming to help millions of workers whose employers do not offer such plans.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators' accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy.
The Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution to prevent its own members from using prediction markets, banning senators who are often privy to sensitive information from making bets on upcoming events.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer demanded that the Metropolitan Police Department share the findings of its internal investigation into alleged crime data manipulation, in which police brass reportedly fudged numbers to cover up how severe crime is in the District.
A Trump administration task force report accuses the Biden administration of systematically targeting traditional Christians and cites hundreds of cases as evidence.
A Christian school in Vermont won a six-figure settlement against the state’s high school sports governing body over a transgender athlete case. It isn’t good enough. The Vermont Principals’ Association will pay Mid Vermont Christian $566,000 to settle a lawsuit by the school. The case goes back to 2023, when Mid Vermont Christian’s girls basketball […]
Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) has suspended her Senate campaign after failing to raise enough money to compete with socialist Graham Platner, who will now almost certainly face the perpetual centrist Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in the general. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairwoman Kirsten Gillibrand immediately backed Platner, proving […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Now that the president has safely survived a third assassination attempt, […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act marks a pivotal moment for election law — and an overdue course correction for how states approach redistricting. For decades, provisions of the Voting Rights Act have been stretched beyond their original purpose. What began as a tool to dismantle racial discrimination in voting has, in […]
IS IT A WAR? A STALEMATE? A QUAQMIRE? The Wall Street Journal reports that President Donald Trump has “instructed aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran.” The president took that action, the Wall Street Journal said, after assessing that “other options—resume bombing or walk away from the conflict—carried more risk than maintaining the blockade.” […]
Conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday he was "absolutely wrong" with his past defense of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of remarks the host made before the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting. O'Reilly told Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, The Hill's sister network, that "when Kimmel made the remark about MAGA being somewhat...
