The flow of illegal immigrants being caught and released has dried up so quickly that one Arizona county is shutting down two migrant shelters, saying they aren't needed anymore.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his confirmation hearings about how he intended to approach the challenge of the Iranian regime. After a brief rundown of various geopolitical situations, Rubio highlighted the attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. Rubio was not coy: “Let us not forget that [Iran and its […]
We are Americans, and we could destroy any country that mistakingly tried to go to war with us. We’re proud about that, but we also value our privileged position: protected from most of the world by two oceans. America’s political class has always been more internationalist than the populace — more open-borders, more ideologically free-trade, […]
President Donald Trump said he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon to close in on a peace settlement for the war Russia started by invading Ukraine. However, Trump’s secondary interest is to establish a more effective relationship between the United States and Russia. Both ambitions are worth pursuing. A more effective U.S.-Russia relationship might lead to new and enforceable nuclear arms […]
President Trump on Thursday said he would consider imposing stiff sanctions, taxes and high tariffs on Russia in order to end its nearly three-year war with Ukraine.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday called for the Electoral College to be abolished, arguing the system is outdated. "We, the people, forming a more perfect union, and I strongly believe that the people of New York state and the United States of America, should and must have their votes count equally, and...
Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story DOE says unrestricted natural gas exports would spike prices Domestic energy prices would sharply increase if the U.S. conducts unrestricted exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Department of Energy said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday....
Lawmakers have agreed to attach a sweeping health care package to a year-end stopgap government funding legislation, according to text obtained by The Hill ahead of the release of the full bill. The health portion contains pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) industry reforms, extensions of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, reauthorizations of legislation to prevent pandemics and address...
The U.S. Department of Transportation is going to mandate rear seat belt reminder systems to be implemented by late 2027 in all new cars, as part of ongoing efforts to reduce traffic accident deaths and injuries. In a final rule released Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) finalized its rule that would require...
Congressional leadership is set to hold a Menorah-lighting ceremony Tuesday afternoon. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are all set to attend the event, commemorating the eight-day festival of Hanukkah. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who has said he will serve out his term...
The outgoing chair of the Senate Banking Committee is throwing in the towel on trying to confirm two key Biden administration appointees with just days before the upper chamber is set to leave for the year. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who lost his reelection bid last month, set up Banking panel votes for Caroline Crenshaw,...
A bipartisan working group on Tuesday released two drafts aimed at providing more families with more paid family leave. “The American people have waited too long for us to solve a major issue that vexes nearly every family in the nation, and in dropping our discussion bills today, we’re putting Congress on notice that we...
“Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau said in a Tuesday episode of the podcast that the President Biden “seems to be disappearing from the public stage.” “So, the purpose of [President-elect] Trump’s appearance at Mar-a-Lago Monday morning was to announce a $100 billion investment from SoftBank, the hugely influential Japanese bank in American [artificial intelligence...
President Biden in a new interview published Tuesday said there should be a ban on members of Congress trading stocks, taking a position on an issue that has entered the spotlight in recent years. “I don't know how you look your constituents in the eye and know because the job they gave you, it gave...
Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are threatening sanctions against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unless Ankara forces Syrian opposition fighters into a ceasefire with U.S-backed Kurdish partners in the northeast of the country, as the country roils from the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The senators said...
About 1-in-5 voters have invested in, traded or used cryptocurrency, according to a Tuesday poll. The survey from Emerson College Polling found that 19 percent of respondents have traded, invested or used crypto like Bitcoin or Ethereum. About 81 percent have not. Among the respondents who have used crypto, 39 percent used it to make...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) threw cold water on speculation that he would serve in President-elect Trump’s administration as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Tuesday. “I appreciate the speculation but I am staying in Congress and running for re-election. It’s an honor to serve the people of Florida’s 23rd district,” Moskowitz...
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a Wisconsin private school a day earlier was transgender. Two people — one teenage student and a teacher — were killed and another six...
