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Midterms too close to call, GOP’s missing positive message and other commentary

“Trump certainly deserves a shellacking — his presidency combines the unthinkable with the unnecessary with the unhinged,” growls Joe Klein at Sanity Clause.

Wildlife crossing makes us wonder: Can California still build anything?

The long-awaited wildlife crossing over the 101 is behind schedule and over budget. Which...

How vanity license pl8s reflect LA’s culture of showmanship

In LA, exhibitionists are everywhere. So are their vanity license plates.

Ask one question before you vote this fall — should Washington or Americans hold the keys?

Every election eventually becomes noise, a churn of endless polls, ads, debates, arguments about...

GOP senators not happy with Trump’s embrace of Xi after China helped Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story GOP senators not happy with Trump's embrace of Xi after China helped Iran Republican senators are dismayed over President Trump’s lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. after the discovery that Iran used...

Senate Democrats question if Kennedy struck a deal in vaccine lawsuit 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Senate Democrats question if Kennedy struck a deal in vaccine lawsuit A group of Senate Democrats are questioning whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought a workaround in an ethics agreement after they noticed discrepancies in...

Francesca Hong says she regrets CNN interview about Thanksgiving

Francesca Hong, a former democratic socialist candidate in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, said Friday she regrets her controversial CNN interview in which she stated she wanted to “cancel Thanksgiving.” In an interview with WISN, a local ABC affiliate, anchor Matt Smith reflected on Hong’s time on the campaign trail and asked if there was anything...

Iran pitches 7-day plan to US to reopen strait

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Iran pitches 7-day plan Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told multiple outlets Thursday in New York City....

White House defends pro-Trump TV ads timed with midterms: ‘Patriotism isn’t partisan’

The White House defended the pro-President Trump television campaign that aired this week ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, saying that “patriotism isn’t partisan.” “The announcements are a reminder for Americans to love their country and know why it’s worth defending — at home, at the border, and abroad,” the White House wrote in a...

Iran pitches 7-day plan to restart US talks, reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told multiple outlets Thursday in New York City. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a group of reporters at the United Nations General...

Supreme Court blocks use of GOP-favored map in Missouri — again 

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a directive for Missouri Republicans to use their favored congressional map, again, making clear to officials they must return to an old design for November after the state’s messy redistricting battle.  The decision is a blow for the GOP, which fought to use a more favorable 7-1 House map...

Democratic senators accuse Kennedy of not adhering to ethics agreement in vaccine lawsuit

A group of Senate Democrats questioned whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. potentially concealed an agreement to collect money from a settlement with a vaccine manufacturer despite pledging to divest from the lawsuit. At the time of his confirmation process last year, Kennedy was still involved in a lawsuit carried out...

Appeals court sides with Trump admin in Anthropic blacklisting

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Appeals court sides with Pentagon on Anthropic blacklisting The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the Trump administration in its blacklisting of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, allowing the Pentagon to label the AI firm a supply chain risk. Patrick Sison, Associated Press The...

Appeals court rules against Kalshi, says prediction markets can be regulated like gambling

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the prediction market Kalshi on Friday, determining states can regulate prediction market platforms like gambling in the latest blow to the industry. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel sided with Ohio and Tennessee, finding Kalshi did not show its sports-event contracts are "swaps" that typically...

The Pentagon should remember the value of professional dissent

It is especially important for military institutions tasked with fighting wars and expending the nation’s blood and treasure through conflict.

Senate map stretches in both directions

In today's issue: ▪ Senate battleground map expands ▪ Trump, Xi exchange gifts ▪ Journalists allowed back in White House ▪ Mortgage, bond market concerns The Senate map appears to be widening, with more states in play for both parties just a little more than five weeks out from the midterms. The nonpartisan election handicapper...

Why the Lindsay Clancy case terrifies me for America’s future

What frightens me most is that my son will grow up in a country that is learning to confuse empathy for justice.

Internal DOJ charts show agency bleeding staff as caseloads surge

A drastically diminished Justice Department workforce is struggling to keep up with its civil side caseloads, according to documents obtained by The Hill and NewsNation, The Hill's sister network. A series of charts, apparently inadvertently shared and then recalled, show how the number of attorneys within the civil division has plummeted under the Trump administration....

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