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A minimum wage hike to as high as $30 an hour is gaining popularity in swing states and major cities, and now a left-wing coalition is pushing Democrats to pledge a massive wage increase to drive up turnout in the midterm elections.

House lawmakers working on a package of bills to protect kids online say they are trying to strike the appropriate balance between forcing Big Tech to implement safeguards and protecting users' rights.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the pre-Thanksgiving shooting of two National Guard members in Washington shows it is "more important than ever to finish carrying out the president's mass deportation operation."

Sen. Tom Cotton has called on the Justice Department to launch a probe of Chinese commerce platforms Shein and Temu over alleged counterfeiting.

President Trump on Tuesday announced that Michael and Susan Dell will donate $6.25 billion to fund so-called Trump Accounts, one of the largest philanthropic donations ever to go directly to Americans.

President Trump said Tuesday he does not want Somalian immigrants in the U.S., slamming Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar -- a Somali native -- and saying Somalians have "ripped off" the state by obtaining government benefits fraudulently.

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would add a question about citizenship to the decennial census and divvy up U.S. House seats based only on the number of citizens.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sharply criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for defending a second military strike on survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in September, after the secretary first dismissed the bombshell report as “fake news.” In remarks to reporters at the Capitol, the libertarian senator said Hegseth...

A new cellphone could have unintended, dangerous consequences for some children, a new study suggests.

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Gene Simmons, the lead singer of KISS, will testify before a Senate panel next week on legislation to require radio corporations to pay performers for playing their music, the musicFIRST Coalition announced on Tuesday. Simmons will testify on the American Music Fairness Act before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Dec. 9, two...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security   The Big Story Navy admiral taking fall for Trump administration boat strikes, Dems say Top House Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of scapegoating a Navy admiral to deflect blame for potential war crimes. © Photo Credit The Democrats contend the White...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday pushed for “dialogue” between the United States and Venezuela amid recent tension between the two countries. “The signals coming from the United States change, and so we must see. … On the one hand, it seems there has been a telephone conversation between the two presidents; on the other hand,...