Steve Hilton, a Trump-backed candidate for California governor, said Sunday he expects Rep. Eric Swalwell to drop out of the race, as the Democrat faces mounting sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women, including one charging rape.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Sunday she supports expelling Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales from the House, saying the sexual misconduct allegations against them are bigger than party politics.
Rep. Ro Khanna of California is not backing off from his drive to impeach President Trump for a third time, putting him at odds with fellow Democrats who say it is a waste of time as long as they are in the minority.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vowed further consequences against outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, after President Trump announced her exit from the agency on Thursday. The governor has rebuked Noem and the Trump administration over DHS’s immigration enforcement operations in the state earlier this year. Federal agents shot and killed two Americans during...
The Justice Department has released more documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files related to allegations against President Trump, a move that came after the department was pressured to review its disclosures following reports that some files were missing. The files include FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her, allegations the White House...
President Trump said Friday he would be open to having another religious figure to lead Iran following a joint U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week. When asked by CNN’s Dana Bash in a phone interview if he would be okay with having another religious leader lead the country, Trump...
The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February and the jobless rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The Februrary jobs report showed the U.S. labor market rapidly losing steam last month, defying the expectations of experts. Economists expected the U.S. to have gained roughly 60,000...
Iran and Lebanon were pummeled overnight, as President Trump said he wants to "clean out everything" when it comes to Iranian leadership as the conflict expands in the Middle East. Without naming names, Trump told NBC News that he wants a leader "would do a good job." The president's decision to attack Iran has already...
President Trump on Thursday confirmed his dissatisfaction with a pricy ad campaign that featured Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. The comments to NBC News come after Trump announced that Noem would soon be replaced as DHS chief. The $220 million advertisement depicted the former South Carolina governor on horseback, encouraging immigrants to...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] The premise of the first year of the second Trump administration was a kind of old-school popular front. A coalition...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing California to proceed with a politically gerrymandered map favoring Democrats may be, as the headlines proclaimed, a victory for Democrats, just as the Texas map gerrymandered in favor of Republicans was considered a victory for Republicans. Taken together, however, they undermine the foundations of American republican democracy.
