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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) will answer reporters' questions at a Monday news conference after dropping his reelection bid. Walz, who was former Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 running mate, was facing a challenging political future after finding himself at the epicenter of a growing fraud scandal focused on hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly...

Twenty House Republicans teamed up with Democrats to advance a bill that would nullify two of Trump’s signature executive orders.

The redistricting wars in Texas and California virtually made sure of that. 

One person is in custody in the wake of an incident overnight at Vice President Vance’s Ohio home, according to the Secret Service. “An adult male was taken into custody by the Cincinnati Police Department after being detained by U.S. Secret Service personnel for causing property damage, including breaking windows on the exterior of a...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will make his first court appearance Monday, after the Trump administration indicted and captured the South American leader over the weekend. President Trump on Sunday night made it clear when asked by reporters who is running Venezuela: "We're in charge." Maduro and his wife, who were transported on Monday morning to...

Twenty-five years ago, Gallup began asking Americans if they were proud of their country. Nine out of 10 said yes, they were extremely or very proud of the United States. Things have changed. National pride has sunk to 58 percent, an all-time low. The response among young people is especially telling. Gallup found that the...

A small, private plane crashed at the Provincetown Municipal Airport on Cape Cod on Sunday afternoon, catching fire and killing the pilot.

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was en route to a New York courthouse early Monday for his first court appearance in the U.S. after being captured. Maduro, who could face life in prison if convicted on narco-terrorism charges, and his wife are expected to appear in court at noon EST. The former Venezuelan leader and...

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died.

Uncertainty surrounds Trump's claim that the US is 'in charge' of Venezuela following Maduro's capture.

GOP lawmakers returning to Capitol Hill are facing a health care bind, with Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies having expired on Dec. 31, 2025, and no clear path forward for extending them. The GOP remains split over whether to extend the subsidies at all. But in December, four Republican centrists, frustrated with party leadership, joined...

A new report from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee outlines crimes committed by Jan. 6 rioters since the 2021 attack on the Capitol. The report, shared with The Hill, notes that at least 23 individuals charged in connection with the sprawling Jan. 6 case committed new crimes between the attack and President Trump’s second...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and took control of the country’s governance. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday prayer, the first American pope weighed in on the world events and called for the Venezuelan people’s interests to be put...

Democratic Rep. Ami Bera (Calif.) said Sunday that the Trump administration’s motives for capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro goes beyond stopping the flow of drugs and sanctioned oil from the South American country. “I do think part of the intent of the administration is now that they have a different administration in Venezuela that they...