DEMOCRATIC VOTERS REJECT RESISTANCE STARS. There has been a lot of commentary on the differences between Resistance 1.0, the effort by anti-Trump activists to bring down President Donald Trump in his first term, and Resistance 2.0, the effort by anti-Trump activists to bring down Trump in his second term. There are some tactical contrasts, but the […]
The Movement is a weekly newsletter tracking the influence and debates steering politics on the right. Sign up here or in the box below. The Heritage Foundation wants a “Manhattan Project for the nuclear family” to boost marriage and birth rates. Its draft proposals are landing like an atomic bomb among proponents of free markets who had previously been...
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party, launched his Senate campaign Tuesday, looking to unseat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “The biggest divide in this country is not left vs. right. It’s top vs. bottom. Billionaires want us looking left and right at each other instead of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming in the U.S. is amping up the country's sweet tooth, a new study found. When the temperature rises, Americans — especially those with less money and education — drink lots more sugary beverages and a bit more frozen desserts. It amounts to more than 100 million pounds of added sugar...
A dozen Senate Democrats on Tuesday laid out the key principles they hope to see in a bill regulating the cryptocurrency market. The framework, put forward by Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and other crypto-friendly Democrats, offers up their view on the central issues underpinning market structure...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said sending the National Guard to his city is the “wrong solution to a real problem” in a new opinion piece for The New York Times. “Lowering crime rates here does not require an occupation of our city by armed members of the National Guard, as the White House continues...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other Democrats are trolling Vice President Vance over a post on President Trump’s alleged birthday note to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Back in July, Vance criticized what he called a “complete and utter bulls‑‑‑” Wall Street Journal report on a “bawdy” birthday note Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein...
President Trump on Monday suggested that “a little fight with the wife” should not count when it comes to Washington, D.C., crime statistics amid his crackdown in the nation’s capital. “Can you imagine our capital being the most violent city? But it was — it was really bad, into a totally safe zone. It's called...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon sets its sights on Puerto Rico in combatting cartels Top Pentagon officials made a surprise trip to Puerto Rico on Monday amid the Trump administration’s push to counter drug cartels in Latin America and the...
Senate Republicans on Monday formally got the ball rolling on their bid to invoke the so-called nuclear option and change the chamber’s rules in order to expeditiously confirm dozens of President Trump's stalled nominees in the coming weeks. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday started the process of making the rules change on...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Monday that they’ll regret their decision to reexamine the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jeffries said Democrats will use their participation in a newly launched GOP investigation of the rampage to highlight President Trump’s role in fomenting the violence that day. “Republicans will...
