Six states hold primaries Tuesday testing President Trump's grip on the GOP, with high-profile races in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
Sen. Bill Cassidy said his 2021 vote to convict President Trump on a House impeachment charge of inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol may have ended his political career, but he has no regrets.
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the administration pushes ahead with more mining and drilling while reversing conservation plans.
Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton (Ariz.) cast doubt on the suggestion that China would place pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. When asked by NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner, on Thursday about whether he believes Xi would help to reopen the critical...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — For America's 250th birthday, the U.S. Postal Service is releasing special edition stamps featuring one of the nation's icons: the bald eagle. The stamps unveiled Thursday at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minn., showcase the bird across five major life stages, from a fuzzy hatchling to the iconic white-headed adult depicted...
The House on Friday passed its first appropriations bill for fiscal 2027 with bipartisan support, marking an early step in the annual government funding process and sending the measure to the Senate for consideration. The military construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill passed the lower chamber by a vote of 400-15. All 15 "no" votes...
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) will give remarks Friday morning, just days after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a new GOP-friendly map into law that carved up his district. Cohen has vowed to take legal action after the Memphis-based 9th Congressional District — the state's only majority-Black district — was gutted amid Republicans' efforts to...
President Trump told reporters on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he was seriously considering releasing imprisoned Pastor Ezra Jin following calls for his release. “I think he’s giving very serious consideration to the pastor,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “He said he’s giving very serious consideration to that.” Jin was...
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Friday morning about President Trump‘s fiscal 2027 budget request, as tensions with Iran simmer. The White House is seeking $1.5 trillion for the Defense Department next year for the construction of a Golden Dome defense system among other priorities. That ask will...
Democratic anger grows as court rulings dampen midterm prospects. Plus, are Republican candidates fading in the California governor's race? And will Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) be primaried out of a job this weekend? The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, joins NewsNation’s Chris Stirewalt to discuss the latest political hot topics and national news in “Whole...
President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday that he “made no commitment” on the issue of Taiwan during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week. “On Taiwan, he feels very strongly, I made no commitment either way," Trump told reporters while en route back to Washington. The comments...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. EDT as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] It is easy — indeed, too easy — to see the damage that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns did to America’s young...
