A federal judge ruled that Texas' law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The House voted Tuesday night to reject a GOP-led effort to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett for "inappropriate coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing" in 2019.
The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns.
Two men face charges in North Carolina after authorities say they used their vehicles to ram into ICE and Border Patrol agents who were taking part in President Trump's latest immigration surge in Charlotte.
Transgender surgery on minors is facing increasing pushback from medical professionals and state-level efforts to silence counselors, and may eventually be viewed with the same horror as lobotomies from decades ago.
Most of the nation's leading news organizations have said they will not sign a policy severely restricting journalists' access to the Pentagon ahead of a Tuesday deadline set by the Trump administration. Outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Hill and NewsNation will not sign the policy, which limits access...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is championing the kind of hardline stances in the government shutdown fight long favored by the House Freedom Caucus. The Speaker has canceled previously scheduled votes in the lower chamber and kept the House in extended recess as he aims to put maximum pressure on Senate Democrats to accept the “clean” stopgap to re-open...
President Trump criticized Time Magazine early Tuesday over its new cover photo of him, shot from below, so that his neck is featured prominently and light from the sun makes the wisps of hair above his forehead appear transparent. The president, on his Truth Social platform, said that while the outlet’s story on his administration’s...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Tuesday formally launched her bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), teeing up the latest high-profile primary to pit establishment and populist factions of the Democratic Party against each other. Mills launched her campaign after much prodding from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). But prominent progressives like Sen....
EMILY’s List, a major Democratic group that backs Democratic women candidates who support abortion access, announced on Tuesday that it’s backing Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) in the Senate contest to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) next year. “This moment demands someone with backbone and grit, someone who has proven she will fight Trump head...
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), which looks to elect Democrats in state legislatures, announced on Tuesday that it’s making a new six-figure investment in the New Jersey Assembly races ahead of next month, according to plans first shared with The Hill. The DLCC made an initial five-figure investment in those races in August, and the...
