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Mayor Adams, face facts — and close failing schools before it’s too late

Eric Adams and his schools chancellor must tell New Yorkers the hard truth: We have too many public schools for too few students, and we're spending exorbitant amounts for...

Dershowitz: How I would defend Luigi Mangione

It is important to remember that a lawyer in a criminal case is merely an agent. It is the defendant who must decide which defenses to raise, whether to plea bargain, whether to testify and especially whether to raise a defense such as insanity.

Nebraska governor hospitalized after being bucked off horse

Gov. Jim Pillen (R-Neb.) was hospitalized on Sunday after being bucked off a horse, according to his office, which said he is "alert and is in continuous touch with his team.” In a Sunday press release, Pillen’s office said he and family members were on horseback when he was bucked of a "new" horse. Pillen...

Trump says US owning Greenland ‘absolute necessity’

President-elect Trump said on social media Sunday evening that the U.S. owning Greenland “is an absolute necessity,” in a statement announcing Ken Howery as his nominee to serve as ambassador to Denmark. Howery, a tech investor who co-founded PayPal, was ambassador to Sweden in the previous Trump administration. “For purposes of National Security and Freedom...

Donald Trump won the election. Now he must govern.

President-elect Donald Trump was elected to get things done, and voters expect him to focus on issues such as lowering the cost of living, securing the border, and improving public safety, while Democrats should work with Trump to advance real solutions to these issues.

Bernie Sanders blasts ‘President Elon Musk’ for derailing spending deal

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took aim at tech mogul Elon Musk for saying that any lawmaker supporting the continuing resolution for the newly unveiled end-of-the-year funding deal should be voted out of office. "Democrats and Republicans spent months negotiating a bipartisan agreement to fund our government. The richest man on Earth, President Elon Musk, doesn’t...

Vance meets with Johnson after Trump torpedoes spending bill

Vice President-elect JD Vance met with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday night, hours after President-elect Trump torpedoed the GOP leader’s spending deal. Vance was in Johnson’s office for nearly an hour, as a handful of Republican lawmakers huddled to discuss government funding and Friday’s looming shutdown deadline. Emerging from that meeting, Vance said the...

South Dakota Rep. says Johnson will ultimately get good spending deal with Trump’s help

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) said that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will end up with a good spending deal even as Republicans, including President-elect Trump and his allies, slam the current version of the package. The speaker is looking at a plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday's shutdown, which could include a...

Giuliani ordered to appear in court over asset relinquishment

A Manhattan judge on Wednesday issued an order for Rudy Giuliani to appear before him to face claims that he should be held in contempt after months of failing to turn over his assets to two Georgia poll workers who won a $146 million defamation lawsuit. Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan signed the order calling...

Lawmakers caught off guard by Trump debt ceiling demand

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appeared caught off guard on Wednesday as President-elect Trump demanded that a debt ceiling hike be paired with a stopgap government funding bill, rejecting a sweeping bipartisan plan to avert a government shutdown this week. Trump said in a joint statement with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said that while...

Ocasio-Cortez pokes fun at Trump’s suggestion to ‘keep trying’ to lead Democrats

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) poked fun at President-elect Trump's encouragement for her to "keep trying" after the congresswoman lost the vote to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the upcoming Congress. "You know it’s bad when even Trump is feeling bad for me," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on...

Republicans from hurricane-ravaged states warn against stripping disaster aid from spending bill

Senate Republicans from regions affected by hurricanes and other storms are warning negotiators against stripping disaster funding from the stopgap spending bill that is suddenly in turmoil after President-elect Trump heavily criticized Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan. Multiple Republicans indicated that they would hold up any bill that does not include more than $100 billion...

McConnell on funding turmoil: ‘Oh, this is the way it’s going to be next year’

Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) quipped Wednesday evening that Republicans may be in for more turmoil next year after President-elect Trump threw the year-end spending debate into chaos by coming out against a stopgap spending bill negotiated by congressional leaders “Oh, this is the way it’s going to be next year,” McConnell told...

Wisconsin assembly to set up DOGE-inspired committee called ‘GOAT’

The Wisconsin assembly is slated to introduce a new committee modeled after the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which was created to reduce “wasteful spending.” State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said he would make strides toward the same goal for the Badger State through the Governmental, Oversight, Accountability and Transparency Committee (GOAT). “I...

White House blasts Trump, GOP over spending threats

The White House on Wednesday blasted President-elect Trump and Republicans for sinking a proposed government spending deal, raising the possibility of a shutdown. “Republicans need to stop playing politics with this bipartisan agreement or they will hurt hardworking Americans and create instability across the country,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. ...

Senate passes annual defense bill

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Senate clears defense bill after Democratic opposition The Senate passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on a 85-14 vote. © AP The NDAA faced resistance from some Democrats who were concerned about an amendment...

Jeffries suggests Democrats will oppose a ‘clean’ funding bill after Johnson’s plan falters

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day before, accusing GOP leaders of reneging on the agreement at risk of a government shutdown.  In a brief statement, Jeffries invoked the growing conservative outcry over the negotiated continuing resolution...

Hawley: RFK Jr. open to mifepristone restrictions

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, pledged to support efforts to reimpose restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone if Trump wants to. Hawley told reporters Wednesday he suggested to Kennedy during a Tuesday meeting that “it would be a wise...

British PM Starmer urges Trump to stand with Ukraine

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging President-elect Trump to stand with Ukraine in its war against Russia. Starmer and Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday, their second call since Trump won the presidential election last month. On the call, the prime minister congratulated Trump on his recent Cabinet nominations and “reiterated the...

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