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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is leaving the door open for a presidential run in 2028. Democratic strategist David Axelrod asked the lawmaker during a Friday event in Chicago about the speculation that she will enter the race for the White House. The four-term House member pushed back on an assumption that her “ambition is positional,”...

What does the United States miss as academic exchange, business presence and research engagement with China have sharply declined?

President Trump touted the latest job's report late Friday while lobbying criticism at his political opponents in a social media post for Mother’s Day weekend.  “Happy Mother's Day weekend to all, especially to the 115 THOUSAND AMERICANS who found jobs in the month of April alone!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday evening. “As...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed a positive outlook on his meeting with Pope Leo XIV earlier this week, despite tensions between the White House and Vatican over the Iran war. “The holy father is a spiritual leader, first and foremost, I mean, that’s his role to play, and obviously the church has always interacted...

Policymakers have unintentionally built a system in which the voices most opposed to new housing have an effective veto. But that veto is based on fears both unsupported and unsupportable.

Federal aviation authorities are looking into an incident at Denver International Airport after a Frontier Airlines flight reportedly struck a pedestrian on the runway late Friday night. Frontier Flight 4345 was scheduled to travel from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport when the collision occurred shortly after 1 a.m. EDT. The pilots aborted takeoff and...

President Trump’s trade agenda is in question following the latest court decision striking down tariffs aimed at replacing a previous regime that was also knocked down by the judiciary, raising questions about his next move on the policy. A federal court ruled against the 10 percent tariff Trump imposed on most imports entering the United States, which...

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to Democrats’ hopes of flipping the House this fall, throwing out the redistricting referendum that was set to give Democrats a midterm boost. The Virginia court’s decision invalidates the state’s newly adopted congressional map, which would’ve expanded Democrats’ expected edge from 6-5 to 10-1. The ruling does not erase Democrats’ chances of flipping the House in...

The White House is scrambling to find its footing on AI policy, as the development of new, more powerful models forces the Trump administration to rethink its strategy on AI safety. From the outset of President Trump’s second term, the White House has promoted a pro-innovation, light-touch stance on AI regulations, prioritizing the U.S.’s competitive standing against other countries. AI battles in the White House and Congress have...

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? President Trump has been dancing around the question this past week as he seeks to preserve an uneasy semi-peace with Iran while searching for a lasting deal to end the war that he began 10 weeks ago. Trump and other senior figures in his administration have been at...

The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two suspected “narco-terrorists,” according to U.S. Southern Command (Southcom). Southcom said the vessel was operated by an unnamed designated terrorist organization and was transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes” engaged in illicit drug trafficking. “Two male narco-terrorists...

President Trump said on Friday that he hopes a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will be extended beyond the announced three days, after the two countries agreed to halt fighting through the weekend. “I’d like to see a big extension,” Trump told The Hill’s sister network NewsNation after White House correspondent Kellie Meyer asked...

Low-income households are cutting back on gas as prices surge, while wealthier households remain largely unfazed.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Friday reported a net loss of $2 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2026, underscoring the service’s strained financial situation despite higher revenues and a decline in some operating costs.   The agency reported $20.2 billion in total operating revenue for the quarter ending on March 31,...