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Poll shows Platner’s oyster-farmer image failing to win over working-class Maine voters

A new poll shows Graham Platner trailing Susan Collins by 21 points with non-college-educated voters despite his oyster farmer campaign pitch.

Gorsuch suggests Supreme Court’s Trump ruling is opening move against administrative state

Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurrence suggests the Supreme Court's FTC ruling could lead to sweeping challenges against independent federal agencies' power.

Movies have shown our country — and the world — the American story

America’s entertainment industry benefited from something few other national cinemas could claim: It was...

New fashioned: From the very beginning, American style has been democratic

Fashion isn’t mentioned in the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights, but...

Civil war tore this country apart. But two men’s words still unite us, more than 160 years later

The words of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln remind us: The joy of being...

New Jersey lawmaker expected to return to Capitol Tuesday after long absence

New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R) is expected to return to the Capitol on Tuesday after months of an unexplained absence. Kean’s staffers say he is going to give a floor speech in which he will explain his absence for more than 100 missed votes. His team tied his absence to an undisclosed medical condition. ...

Trump to gas companies ‘Drop your price!’ 

President Trump on Monday called on gas companies to lower their prices, as they remain significantly elevated, though some prices have fallen, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran began in February. "Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "They’re too high considering that Oil is now at $68 a...

Live updates: Supreme Court set to issue rulings on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes

The Supreme Court will issue its final rulings of the term on Tuesday morning, with a heavy-hitting lineup of cases birthright citizenship, transgender athletes and campaign finance. Top U.S. officials, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. But Iran's foreign ministry has denied there are direct talks happening, according to...

Trump wants to join the list of bloodthirsty dictators he calls ‘great men’

He unveiled a document arguing he is more powerful than mass murderers Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao and Hitler.

Texas Senate race a toss-up: Survey

The Texas Senate race appears to be a toss-up between Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), according to a new survey. The New York Times/Siena poll, released Monday, found the two candidates virtually tied at 47 percent support among likely voters in the Lone Star State. The numbers...

The real lesson from Georgia: Voters still think for themselves

Many commentators immediately framed the result as evidence that Trump's influence is fading. I see a different lesson — and a more encouraging one.

The Movement: Generational battle over Social Security brews on right

A note for Movement readers: Movement is becoming part of The Hill Insider — our new premium access digital subscription launching July 2026. As a Hill Insider subscriber your weekly briefing on politics and policy continues, now with live editor calls, exclusive analysis and a direct line to the reporters covering the forces shaping Washington....

For Democrats, Maine should be a no-brainer

Despite his controversial past, Graham Platner won the Democratic primary in Maine with 72 percent of the vote, and national Democrats must focus on winning back control of the House and Senate and providing Platner with the resources he needs to win, rather than trying to remove him from the race.

Supreme Court gives GOP hard-liners jolt in SAVE Act push

In today's issue: ▪ SAVE America Act merged with NDAA ▪ Democrats battle in Colorado primaries ▪ Iran talks resume in Qatar ▪ Missing congressman returns President Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill are intensifying pressure to pass a key voting requirements bill after the Supreme Court’s surprise ruling allowed states to continue accepting mail-in...

Remember Ben Franklin’s other legacy

In the crowded wooden Philadelphia of the 1730s, one careless act could take a block of homes, shops, and lives before morning. A shovel of coals carried upstairs, an unclean chimney, or a poorly watched hearth could turn a private mistake into a public disaster. In February 1735, an anonymous letter in The Pennsylvania Gazette...

RFK Jr. says Cassidy accusing him of breaking promises ‘not true’

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed criticism from GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) that he is breaking promises. Speaking to NewsNation’s Anna Kooiman in Atlantic City, N.J., Kennedy said he met with Cassidy roughly a month ago and told the Louisiana Republican his critiques are untrue. “I went...

Key panel advances Johnson’s plan to merge SAVE America Act with NDAA

The House Rules Committee on Monday advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a must-pass defense bill, sending it to the floor for consideration. The committee reported out a rule along party lines by a vote of 8-4 that would merge the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act to the NDAA in a special...

Ramaswamy, Husted trail Democrats in Ohio poll by AARP

A new poll from AARP has Vivek Ramaswamy (R) and Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) narrowly trailing their Democratic opponents in the Ohio gubernatorial and Senate races, respectively.  The survey, conducted by bipartisan polling team Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research from June 14 through 16, found Democratic nominee Amy Acton leading Ramaswamy, a GOP candidate for...

Three Americans dead in Venezuela earthquakes, says State Department

Three Americans have died in the Venezuela earthquakes, according to the State Department, as search-and-rescue and recovery efforts continue in the South American country. A State Department spokesperson confirmed the deaths of three Americans resulting from the earthquakes to NewsNation’s Hannah Brandt on Monday. The department added that its consular team is in contact with...

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