A bill introduced in the Tennessee legislature could hold charitable organizations liable if they are caught housing an illegal migrant who commits a crime.
A federal judge on Monday ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio to restore funding to a series of refugee assistance groups that he'd slashed, saying the Trump administration was undercutting Congress's spending decisions.
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is right in saying there is a family crisis in America, but the legislation she proposed is the wrong one to fix it. The United States has record-low and falling birth rates because young adults are getting married later and less. This deserves attention from Congress, but the wrong solution could […]
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pushed for accountability in the wake of the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, getting access to a group chat in which top Trump administration officials talked about an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen. “Our current secretary of Defense hadn't shown a lot of evidence of …...
Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, pushed back on comments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the journalist's access to a group chat with information about an attack on Houthi rebels from top Trump administration officials. When asked about Goldberg's access to the chat, Hegseth told reporters Monday, "Nobody was texting war plans, and...
Fox News political commentator Brit Hume on Monday afternoon pushed back on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claim that "nobody was texting war plans" after news broke that Hegseth and other Trump administration officials discussed plans for an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen on a text chain that mistakenly included the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic. "Nobody was...
Congressional Republicans on Monday aired concerns about the Trump administration’s handling of classified material after a report showed top officials used an unauthorized messaging platform to discuss planned attacks against Houthi rebels in Yemen, calling the episode “embarrassing” and “inconceivable.” But even as some called for investigations into the incident, leaders stopped short of demanding...
The liberal group MoveOn has warned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) about "deep problems" with their base regarding the Democratic Party's response to President Trump. Politico reported that the group wrote a letter to the two leaders, saying that Democratic lawmakers have been "inactive" in Congress. The...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Monday that “nobody was texting war plans” following news breaking that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, gained access to a Signal group chat featuring Trump administration officials talking about plans for an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen. “Nobody was texting war plans, and that’s all I...
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Former national security adviser John Bolton went after multiple Trump administration officials on Monday for reportedly using the messaging app Signal to conduct government business. “I couldn't imagine anybody would use Signal,” Bolton told CNN’s Kasie Hunt on “The Arena.” “You know, some of the guests have commented that Signal’s highly encrypted. I'll just say...
The Senate on Monday voted to confirm John Phelan, a private investment firm founder and a major Trump campaign donor, as the next Navy secretary. The Florida businessman, who has no prior military experience, was confirmed in a 62-30 vote in the full Senate. While Phelan did not draw outright opposition during his Feb. 27...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is calling for Congress to investigate top Trump administration officials in the wake of a bombshell revelation that The Atlantic’s top editor was included in a group chat discussion detailing the Pentagon’s plans to strike Yemen. Jeffries said the details of the breach, outlined by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg on...
Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif). introduced the “Pakistan Democracy Act” on Monday, seeking to sanction the country's Army chief for “persecution of political opponents” including former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Hill obtained a copy of the bill, which would place sanctions on Pakistan's military boss within 180 days, under the Global...
Washington was rocked Monday by a truly extraordinary story. The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, recounted how he had — apparently inadvertently — been added to a group chat featuring some of the most senior members of the United States government. Even more dramatically, the purpose of the chat, on the messaging app Signal,...
Democrats are seeing signs of growing energy on the grassroots level, raising questions about the possibility of a Tea Party-style movement from the party’s progressive flank. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) drew tens of thousands on stops for their “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” over the weekend, illustrating what progressives say is their...
