Wisconsin's strict photo ID requirements for voters will now be enshrined into the state constitution after voters approved the proposal on Tuesday's ballot.
The liberal candidate won in the first major statewide battleground election of 2025, protecting the progressive majority on the Wisconsin's supreme court, in a race that became a referendum on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and broke records as the most expense court election in the nation's history.
Oliver Stone urged lawmakers in Washington, D.C, Tuesday to reopen the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was killed Nov. 22, 1963.
President Trump has ordered a pause on U.S. aid going to Ukraine in its war against Russia, a consequential move as he clashes with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the path to ending the conflict. "The President has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump says tariffs will finally take effect tomorrow The president told reporters Monday that his 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods will be implemented Tuesday, no matter what either nation does to avoid them....
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A second name reversal: Hegseth orders Army base return to Fort Benning The Pentagon will change the name of the Georgia military base Fort Moore back to Fort Benning, formerly named after a Confederate general, though...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare — Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly acknowledged that the measles shot has benefits and encouraged parents to talk to their doctors about the vaccine. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr. tells parents to...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he is prepared to cut off electricity exports to the U.S. if President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods go through. “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face,” Ford told reporters...
In the first test of the Trump administration's outbreak response, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sending mixed messages about a rapidly spreading measles outbreak in Texas. A longtime vaccine skeptic, Kennedy initially downplayed the outbreak during a Cabinet meeting with President Trump last week, saying it was “not...
A group of oil-producing countries known as OPEC+ will proceed with a long-delayed hike in oil production. Eight countries that have repeatedly delayed production increases will now move forward with them. Those countries are: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman. They cited “healthy market fundamentals and the positive...
First lady Melania Trump took a swipe at Democratic lawmakers for their low attendance at a roundtable on deepfakes and revenge porn legislation in what marked her first public remarks since President Trump was sworn in to his second term. “I was heartened to learn that Senator [Ted] Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator [Amy] Klobuchar (D-Minn.)...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is confident that the mineral deal between the U.S. and Ukraine will be signed in short order, despite the confrontational meeting between President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that thwarted its finalization last week.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said on Monday he is nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. “Today I will nominate @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Issa wrote in a post on X. “No one deserves it more.” Issa did not specify in his post why he was nominating the president. In a subsequent...
Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin (Md.) and Jasmine Crockett (Texas), both members of the House Judiciary Committee, have launched a probe into the Department of Justice's (DOJ) moves to drop federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D). The lawmakers wrote a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Sunday, accusing the DOJ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it is investigating multiple false collision warnings on flights approaching Reagan Washington National Airport. In an emailed statement sent to The Hill on Monday, the agency said that multiple “flight crews inbound to Reagan Washington National Airport received onboard alerts Saturday indicating another aircraft was nearby” despite “other...
Senate Democrats from the U.S. West on Monday urged the Department of the Interior to end a funding freeze that could endanger the flow of the Colorado River. The lawmakers, from California, Nevada and Arizona, slammed the Trump administration's day-one executive order that halted disbursements from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — including $4 billion...
The Pentagon will change the name of the Georgia military base Fort Moore back to Fort Benning, formerly named after a Confederate general, though this time it will honor a different man. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed a memorandum to restore the name of the Army base to Fort Benning after it was renamed Fort Moore in...
