Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday over efforts to censure the senator and lower his retirement rank after he participated in a video calling on service members to reject unlawful orders. Kelly argues the Pentagon’s bid to reduce his retirement rank and military pension would “trample on protections” the Constitution lays out for legislative independence, contending the executive branch has never...
Sen. John Cornyn's (R-Texas) campaign announced on Monday that the senator had hauled in more than $7 million between October and December of 2025 as the senior Texas senator fends off two Republicans in a contested primary. Cornyn’s campaign said the funding burst over the fourth quarter of 2025 came from a combination of his...
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) introduced a bill on Monday that would allow members of Congress to hold onto stocks they already own but ban them from buying new ones. The bill, dubbed the “Stop Insider Trading Act,” prevents lawmakers, their spouses and their dependent children from “purchasing a security issued by a...
President Trump has signed an executive order to protect American workers and retirees from proxy advisors who prioritize political agendas over financial returns.
President Trump will meet with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday, a White House official told The Hill. Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity that he would be meeting with Machado this week. “Well, I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the Senate should halt all of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Reserve because of the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing it threatened the independence of the central bank. She also argued Trump is seeking to put a "sock puppet" in place of...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went on CNN to defend the actions of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Noem insisted the Trump administration is committed to enforcing the law evenly. But the more she talked, the harder that claim was to believe. Noem repeatedly alleged that Good was...
President Donald Trump's anti-DEI efforts expand as legal group petitions Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to scrap mortgage lender demographic tracking requirements.
Texas governor confirms state sent voter rolls to Justice Department for review of potential ineligible registrations, citing election integrity concerns.
A group of Republican attorneys general and female sports advocates gathered Monday in Washington, D.C., to call on the Supreme Court to give states the ability to set sex-based rules for school athletics.
The group, which included former college swimmer turned activist Riley Gaines, said a decision by the high court in a pair of cases examining transgender athletes in school sports would serve to preserve fairness in women’s sports.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the two cases, brought by Idaho and West Virginia, on Tuesday.
Those gathered at the event said the cases could be landmarks in the legal fight over policies surrounding transgender people.
The high court could decide to rule narrowly on the rights of transgender athletes or offer a more sweeping precedent over discrimination claims across industries. The decision could have far-reaching impacts on transgender bathroom policies and sex designation on documents, such as passports and driver's licenses.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Democrats condemn ICE and CBP shootings while defending Capitol Police killing of Ashli Babbitt, revealing contrasting views on lethal force use by law enforcement officials.
