It's still early in the new term, but the Supreme Court already has several major legal battles teed up for rulings that could shape President Trump's presidency -- and they could be issued any day now.
In our political and cultural landscape, seemingly countless issues represent clear divides along party lines. While certain issues remain hopelessly polarized, the Republican Party should be proud of several key and monumental successes. One example is obviously the protection and expansion of gun rights across the country. Another could be immigration — unless some on the fringes […]
The FBI is investigating a hunting stand that was found in the sight line of Air Force One on Friday. FBI Director Kash Patel told NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company, that the Secret Service “discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone” prior to...
President Trump rejected the idea that he's acting like a monarch in an interview that took place the same day as the nation's massive "No Kings" protests. “They’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo recorded on Saturday, prior to the demonstrations. ...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Sunday that the scandal involving Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones and his unearthed violent text messages will not cause trouble for former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in her race for governor as the two are both on the ballot next month. “Senator, very quickly, do you worry that...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday announced there had been another U.S. strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat days prior. “On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was...
Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.) said Sunday that President Trump's commuting the sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was “the wrong decision." “I do not agree with the commutation. I think it was a wrong decision, primarily because this is somebody who stole [hundreds of thousands] of dollars from his donors,” Malliotakis said on...
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said Sunday that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s resurfaced comments are not “disqualifying.” “I don't think they're disqualifying, but certainly they're not right. And I'm glad that he apologized for them. They're indefensible, they're hurtful and they're offensive,” Martin told Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union."...
Moderate Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey are promoting a message of tackling affordability, fixing health care, and expanding opportunity, and if they win, they could launch state-level Service Corps to provide citizens with the same benefits as soldiers, such as affordable housing, debt-free education and access to quality health care.
The scene outside the ICE facility took a darker turn as federal agents deployed tear gas on the crowd around 4:30 p.m. and detained at least one person over the course of the next hour.
After his sentence was commuted by President Trump, former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Sunday he does not expect to run for office in the next decade. “I can tell you this, not that I can see of in the next decade. I’m all politicked out,” Santos told CNN’s Dana Bash on "State of the...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that recent strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea “go against all our tradition.” “President Trump has authorized military strikes against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. As you know, so far more than 20 people, senator, have been killed in six different strikes. Do you believe...
Republican Sen. Katie Britt (Ala.) said Sunday she is "open" to conversations on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies amid the government shutdown. “I'm absolutely open to having [a] conversation, but we're not going to extend a program that is wrought with fraud, waste and abuse,” Britt told Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the...
Starting with the 2028 fiscal year, states with an error rate of higher than 6% will start losing federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. If the reform were to take effect immediately, only eight states would make the cut.
