North Carolina Republican state Rep. Allen Chesser said he was taken by surprise when a Democratic sheriff could not answer a basic question about how the government works.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene declared that President Donald Trump's "endorsements are an insult to his base" after Trump endorsed GOP Rep. María Elvira Salazar.
America's cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest size in 75 years due to drought, pushing beef prices to near-record highs with no quick relief in sight.
A top GOP House committee chairman exposed "malign foreign influence" during a Tuesday hearing, but the groups under scrutiny did not retreat or apologize.
Democrat Mike Jones on Tuesday glided to victory in the special election for a Richmond-area seat in Virginia's state Senate, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jones defeated Republican John Thomas in the race to replace Ghazala Hashmi, who was elected as Virginia's lieutenant governor in November. Democrats were expected to carry the district, which former...
President Trump said late Tuesday that Venezuela is going to turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., an announcement that follows the recent operation in which U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over...
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of former President Reagan, has died at the age of 80, according to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. “The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute mourns the passing of Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, and a steadfast guardian of his father’s...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday said he backs Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado as Venezuela's new leader after President Nicolás Maduro was ousted from power following a U.S. operation Saturday. "María Corina Machado is a fighter, she is loved by Venezuelans in Venezuela, and in America, and in Chile, and in Colombia,...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump rejects comparisons between Iraq, Venezuela President Trump on Monday dismissed comparisons between past U.S. involvement in Iraq and the recent military operation in Venezuela, saying the difference is that the Trump administration plans to keep...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Bad flu season reaches a record high With a more severe flu strain circulating on top of other respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and whooping cough, the percentage of people going to their doctors for flu-like illnesses has reached the...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump attempted to be “a Maduro of the United States” on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, referring to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I do want to just say this. Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, issued a statement Tuesday urging the Trump administration to “respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity” of Denmark, which controls Greenland, a territory that President Trump has set his ambitions upon. Tillis and Shaheen argued...
President Trump endorsed Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-Texas) Republican challenger Tano Tijerina on Tuesday, roughly a month after he pardoned Cuellar who was facing charges related to allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundering the funds. “I don’t know why, but the fact that Henry Cuellar would be running against Donald J. Trump, and the...
U.S. NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker on Tuesday said the Iranian people "want to be free" and that citizens deserve to be “listened to.” “I don't want to speculate in what the future is for Iran or its leaders, but I can tell you, the Iranian people want to be free, and they have been repressed...
