Hasan Piker's audience is a Democratic audience, and the party wants his support, even if its candidates won’t take responsibility for what Piker actually believes.
The federal government’s debt burden passed $40 trillion last week, a terrible milestone. It shows the extent to which we are living beyond our means and need to make hard choices. As we evaluate this growing economic and national security threat, we must first properly diagnose how we got into this dire position. Democrats are […]
Republican primary runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma put Trump's endorsement record on the line after five gubernatorial picks fell short this cycle.
Former national security adviser John Bolton called President Trump's Ukraine strategy “incoherent” in an opinion piece published Monday. “President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy is no more coherent today than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office,” Bolton said in the opinion piece for the Washington Examiner, titled...
Exactly a week ago, Texas House Democrats returned to the state after fleeing to prevent Republicans from voting on President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Map.' Now, Republicans are trying to prevent them from leaving in the future.
President Trump is escalating his criticism of Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for his unwillingness to overhaul the “blue slip,” a move that has further dismayed Senate Republicans. Trump is growing increasingly upset that some of his choices for judicial posts remain stalled and on Monday vowed to take legal action against the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump's ‘down payment’ on sovereign wealth fund The U.S. government could take equity stakes in more companies in the future as the Trump administration looks to build a sovereign wealth fund, National Economic Council (NEC) Director...
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is pressing Trump administration officials about the cost of the National Guard deployment to the nation’s capital, in addition to the scope and legal parameters of the operation. “D.C. did not request or consent to the mass deployment of National Guard troops, who were recently authorized to carry weapons in...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chosen a known vaccine skeptic to lead its COVID-19 working group, which was originally established to discuss immunization recommendations at the start of the pandemic. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed to The Hill that Retsef Levi, professor of operations...
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger said she has no intention of undertaking a redistricting effort in Virginia if she’s elected governor in November. “Short answer is no,” Spanberger said about the prospects of redistricting, local outlet 7News reported. “Virginia by constitutional amendment has a new redistricting effort that was put in place and first utilized...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) told President Trump on Monday to pressure Russia with the same intensity he has used against Washington, D.C., and Chicago. “Maybe just treat them like you're treating Washington, D.C., or how you treated Greenland when you came into office, or how you treated Canada when you came into office,” Moskowitz said...
The operator of New England’s electric grid warned Monday that the Trump administration’s move to halt a nearly completed offshore wind farm will cause risks to the reliability of the electric grid. “Delaying the project will increase risks to reliability,” said grid operator ISO New England in a Monday statement. “Recent heatwaves in New England drove demand...
California Republicans announced a legal challenge Monday against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) effort to redraw congressional lines in the state, days after the state Legislature approved a redistricting ballot measure to go before voters this fall. The petition, as described at a Monday press conference, asks the state Supreme Court to intervene and keep Proposition...
President Trump on Monday signed a proclamation to mark the fourth anniversary of the bombing at Abbey Gate that killed 13 U.S. service members during the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. Trump met in the Oval Office with family members of some of the service members who were killed during the bombing, which the...
Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are charging ahead with their investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, issuing a new subpoena on Monday for a slew of documents held by the estate of the infamous sex criminal. Led by Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), the Republicans are seeking Epstein’s will; any documents resembling...
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