California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Friday mocked fellow Democratic candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) in a campaign ad for missing House votes. "Call me old-fashioned, but you typically need to show up to work to get a promotion," Steyer wrote on a post on the social platform X. The post included a video of...
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday said she's "still in charge" of her department as White House border czar Tom Homan has taken more control over President Trump's immigration agenda. Noem has come under fire after two deadly shootings by immigration officials in Minneapolis spurred an outcry toward Immigration and Customs...
Don Lemon has brought on an attorney who recently resigned from the office prosecuting the former CNN anchor, according to a new court filing. Joseph Thompson informed the judge Tuesday that he will represent Lemon ahead of his next court appearance, which is slated for Friday. Until last month, Thompson served as the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota. He helped lead the office’s investigation...
Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the No. 2 House Democrat, slammed the GOP-backed voting bill that the House is set to vote on this week, claiming it was meant to suppress a major Democratic-leaning voting bloc: women. “This is not about protecting our elections. Republicans are not truly afraid of noncitizens voting, which we all know...
A Domino’s delivery driver accidentally attempted to drop off a pizza to the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s house on Tuesday morning. During a live taping of NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner, the man was seen carrying several pizza boxes up the front steps of the residence belonging to the missing mother of TV host...
A group of Buddhist monks will conclude a multi-state “Walk for Peace” this week after a Wednesday visit to the Lincoln Memorial. The two dozen walkers departed Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 26 with the mission of promoting “national healing, unity, and compassion,” according to a press release announcing the pilgrimage. On Wednesday afternoon, the...
Nicaragua's government on Sunday blocked Cuban migrants from entering the country without a visa, cutting off a main point of access from the Caribbean island to the U.S. as tensions escalate following the fall of Cuban ally and Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro. Director General of Migration and Foreigners Juan Emilio Rivas Benítez signed off on...
Officials from Russia and Iran blasted Elon Musk’s Starlink at a Monday United Nations meeting held by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Both countries alleged that Musk’s satellite internet constellation service program was operating in violation of international law. Iran’s claims spurred from a January incident in which Starlink began offering...
A federal research lab formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Lab laid off more than 100 people this week. The lab, now called the National Lab of the Rockies, laid off 134 people, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill Tuesday. “The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) implemented workforce actions affecting 134 employees across...
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are teaming up to “break up big medicine.” The lawmakers introduced legislation to crack down on health care conglomerates that own multiple parts of the industry — including pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), which act as a conduit between insurers and drug manufacturers, and pharmacies themselves. Warren and...
The Democrats’ House campaign arm is expanding its midterm map to include five more districts that President Trump won in 2024, as the party grows more bullish about flipping the chamber in November. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is adding Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, Montana’s 1st Congressional District, South Carolina’s...
The men leading the agencies central to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown appeared before lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since federal officers killed two Minnesotans, taking heat over the raids that are generating growing backlash from the public. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting Director Todd Lyons and U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard's office on Monday warned the attorney of an anonymous whistleblower not to share a classified complaint about the director's handling of classified material with Congress. Gabbard's general counsel sent the letter to attorney Andrew Bakaj in response to a letter sent on Feb. 3. Bakaj wrote that if Gabbard failed...
Figure skating U.S. Olympian Amber Glenn said she found a new friend during the Milano Cortina games after resolving copyright concerns with the musician who made the track she skated to. The athlete caught Canadian artist Seb McKinnon by surprise after she performed to his song, “The Return,” during a free skating event. McKinnon performs...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “there aren’t anywhere close to the votes” needed to change the Senate’s filibuster rule to allow Republican-sponsored legislation to reform voter registration requirements to pass the upper chamber with fewer than 60 votes. Thune on Tuesday dismissed the idea that Republicans might lower the procedural threshold for advancing...
