Senate Republicans adopted a budget resolution funding ICE and Border Patrol for President Donald Trump's full term, advancing the reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement.
Four Republican senators voted against an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to instruct the Senate Rules Committee to find a way to add the core elements of the SAVE America Act to a budget reconciliation package that could pass next month with a simple-majority vote. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Thom...
Six candidates running for California governor squared off on the debate stage Wednesday, yet the forum may have created more questions than answers for politcal observers, as Democrats struggle to coalesce around a candidate ahead of the June primary The debate came just weeks after Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who was seen as a Democratic frontrunner in the race, dropped out and resigned from...
Three Republican senators broke with the rest of the Senate GOP conference Wednesday night to vote in support of an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to address insurance companies delaying or denying necessary medical care. Vulnerable Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined conservative Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in voting with...
LA Mayor Karen Bass met with President Trump at the White House to advocate for FEMA wildfire funding amid ongoing LA recovery and rebuilding challenges.
Chuck Norris, a martial artist who starred in several blockbuster action movies, has died at the age of 86, according to a Friday announcement from his family. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the family wrote in a statement posted on Instagram....
ATLANTA - Republican nominee for Illinois governor Darren Bailey is vulnerable as he enters the race for a second time. Bailey has once again secured the GOP nomination and will face Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in November in a rematch. Pritzker won in 2022 by 12 points. Illinois voters have consistently favored Democrats in recent statewide elections,...
The Senate will stick around Washington for an uncommon weekend session, as conservatives work to get the SAVE America Act, and other legislative priorities, passed. Lawmakers on Friday will vote to advance funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is in Day 35 of a shutdown. Saturday and Sunday will bring an amendment...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that overthrowing Iran's regime will require a "ground component" along with a revolution, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with the Middle Eastern country nears the start of its fourth week. “It is often said that you can't win –– you can't do revolutions from the air, that is...
The Pentagon is speeding up the deployment of thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East amid speculation that the Trump administration could send troops into Iranian territory. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), made up of at least 2,200 Marines, set off from San Diego aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer...
Iran on Friday threatened to target recreational and tourist sites globally as the nation continues building missiles nearly three weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on the Middle Eastern country. The military operation in Iran has killed a number of top officials since the initial attack on Feb. 28, including Supreme Leader...
President Trump announced on Friday that he met with a primary challenger of Rep. Jeff Hurd’s (R-Colo.) and was able to get her to drop her bid as Republicans look to avoid a nasty contest in a House race that Democrats are eyeing this November. Trump said in a Truth Social post that he had met...
Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said Thursday that the U.S. does not “really know who’s in charge” in Iran amid reports that the country’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was “wounded and likely disfigured” in the early days of the war. “I think, so what we have is a fragmented leadership cadre,” Crawford said during an...
The U.S. military blew up an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, leaving three survivors, the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) announced Friday morning. Southcom said a “low-profile” vessel was being operated by a designated terrorist organization and was transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes.” It is unclear if there were any casualties from...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Thursday said she will not back the Pentagon's bid for $200 billion in supplemental funding amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as her GOP colleagues grapple with how to approve such a request with a slim majority. "I've already told leadership, 'I am a no on any war supplementals,'" Boebert...
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[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. EDT at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Nothing lasts forever, but a Senate seat from Illinois is pretty darned close. Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin is retiring...
