An increasing number of oil tankers are headed through the embattled Strait of Hormuz and gasoline prices will drop once the ships reach Asia, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett predicted Sunday.
This has not gone the way Mark Tushnet thought. Ten years ago, when Tushnet, then a professor at Harvard Law School, sketched out a vision of a resurgent left-wing jurisprudence in a post on the legal affairs blog Balkinization, he was imagining a much different future. A better, brighter one. Hillary Clinton was on her […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said there has “clearly” been an effort to “rewrite” the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “Look, I'm very confident that of the judgment of history in the years ahead about our role, about all the Republicans and Democrats who returned that day after Capitol Police...
Republicans on Capitol Hill are battling a bad case of déjà vu, as intraparty disputes over an immigration enforcement funding package and an extension of the government’s warrantless spying powers have left lawmakers no closer to a resolution on the two matters than they were a month ago. Senate Republicans departed Washington last week without...
BP earned $3.2 billion in the first quarter, the energy giant reported Tuesday — an exponential increase in its profits that beat market projects amid the rising cost of oil due to the Iran war. It’s the company’s highest profit in three years and first reported sign of growth under CEO Meg O'Neill, who was...
A new poll shows President Trump's approval rating has slipped to the lowest level of his second term, with more Americans mostly pointing toward his handling of rising cost of living prices instigated by the conflict with Iran. The Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday showed Trump's approval dropping down to 34 percent, 2 points below his...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went after Florida’s current redistricting push, saying “it'd be a bad mistake if they move forward.” The push, which comes on the heels of a vote in Virginia to approve a new congressional map that favors Democrats, is likely the last time a state will be able to redistrict before...
President Trump slammed the chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after Friedrich Merz said the U.S. was being “humiliated” by Iran. “The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the...
A writer and film actor who stars as a senator “obsessed with watching himself” on social media says his new thriller could serve as a “cautionary tale” for real-life lawmakers. In “PH-1,” Mark Kassen plays a fictional independent senator who’s on the verge of passing a water bill. “He loves his own image. You see...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has secured a second indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a source familiar told NewsNation, The Hill's sister network. It was not immediately clear the specific charges faced by the longtime foe of President Trump, but CNN reported that they relate to a photo Comey posted last May of seashells on a beach arranged to form...
The Pentagon has asked Congress to codify its “Department of War” renaming, saying it will cost nearly $52 million to complete and will not have a “significant impact” on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 defense budget request. The Defense Department said the “actual costs are being collected during implementation and will be available after” the current...
A second three-judge panel in Wisconsin dismissed a challenge to the state’s congressional map on Tuesday, ruling it does not have the authority to rule on the matter. The judges, David Conway of the Dane County Circuit Court, Michael Moran of the Marathon County Circuit Court and Patricia Baker of the Portage County Circuit Court,...
Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection after his term ends, joining the dozens of Republicans who have chosen to step down from their roles amid congressional dysfunction. So far, 36 House Republicans — including Webster, the most recent — have announced they will leave their seats at the end of their term,...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Wisconsin and key state officials Tuesday over their recent crackdown on prediction markets, arguing the federal regulator has exclusive jurisdiction over the platforms. The agency took aim at the Badger State for suing five prediction markets — Coinbase, Kalshi, Robinhood, Polymarket and Crypto.com — for allegedly running illegal...
Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, may proceed with her lawsuit alleging the Trump administration fired her for political reasons, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman came over the Justice Department's objection, and found that Maurene Comey's lawsuit belongs in federal...
A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's policy of detaining almost all those it is seeking to deport, determining they must be given the chance to seek bond amid their pursuit to remain in the country. Figures of those being held in detention have swollen to historic levels under the Trump administration, with the...
