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Blue state mocked after ‘Sex and the City’ actress tapped to recommend top judges

Cynthia Nixon's appointment to New York's Commission on Judicial Nomination draws mockery from lawmakers who question her legal qualifications.

House Republican calls for yanking student visas of Chinese nationals

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida is pressing the State Department to suspend or cancel the F-1 and J-1 visas of Chinese students studying in the U.S.

Trump faces Republican rebellion over Daylight Saving Time as Senate bill nears dead end

The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House, but Senate opposition from northern-state lawmakers over children going to school in the dark looms large.

Dem ‘Epstein class’ attack backfires as top candidates funded by Epstein-tied billionaire

James Talarico and Jon Ossoff face scrutiny over major donations from Reid Hoffman, a billionaire with former associations to Jeffrey Epstein.

Cuba built covert network inside America through spies, activists and universities, State Dept alleges

The 100-page report alleges Cuban intelligence infiltrated the State Department, National Security Council and Pentagon over nearly seven decades.

Jill Biden accuses press of double standard in coverage of husband and Trump

Former first lady Jill Biden accused the media of applying a “double standard” in its coverage of her husband, former President Biden, when compared with President Trump. While promoting her memoir last month, the former first lady was asked during a Q&A session about media coverage during her husband's presidency. She said the former president...

US targets Iranian bridges, energy sites in latest wave of strikes 

The U.S. military hit bridges and energy sites in Iran in its latest round of strikes against the Middle Eastern country early Friday morning. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded with attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf region, including in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. The IRGC also said it attacked a U.S. special...

Israel must stay out of the latest Iran-US fighting

Netanyahu must face down his own right-wingers as his predecessor did 35 years ago during the Gulf War.

Watch live: Mullin delivers remarks on election security ahead of midterms

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will speak with reporters Friday morning on election security and integrity, hours after President Trump's primetime address on the topic. During his speech, Trump made another push for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a photo ID when casting...

It’s time to retire ‘rigged system’ populism 

Populist theatrics, divorced from the prosaic work of consensus-building and problem-solving, degenerate into political escapism.

Acting Navy secretary on Blue Angels flyover at Florida beach: ‘No problem’

The Navy’s top civilian official is brushing off criticisms over an unusually low Blue Angels flyover at Florida’s Pensacola Beach this week, saying there will be no punishments for the incident.  Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the service completed a flight debrief of the Wednesday flyover that sent tents and umbrellas flying during the annual “Breakfast...

Trump uses primetime address to push for SAVE America Act, voter ID: Join Friday’s Whole Hog

President Trump is hoping last night's primetime address on election fraud will boost support for the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show ID before casting their ballots. But the legislation goes much further, raising concerns among even some Republicans about whether it can pass. Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial...

Whole Hog Politics: Trump’s election obsession is a midterm loser 

[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.] It isn't that Republicans couldn't pass a single major piece of immigration legislation in the 18 months that their party...

How the UAW abandoned auto-workers to back radicals

A month ago, the UAW endorsed progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary for Michigan's open Senate seat. It seems an odd anti-establishment move for a long-time Democrat ally and pal of former President Biden — one that could backfire with the union’s rank and file.  

China dismisses ‘groundless’ Trump election interference claim

China denied President Trump’s accusation that it interfered with the 2020 presidential election, calling the claim “entirely fabricated” and “groundless” while insisting it never had any interest in meddling with U.S. elections. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian responded to Trump’s Thursday primetime address, when the president accused...

An elegy for human dignity: Why Vancenomics won’t serve America

The path to human dignity and cultural renewal will be charted when Americans are empowered to innovate, compete and flourish in a free economy and civil society — without federal bureaucrats standing in their way.  

Trump’s receipts don’t back up new election claims

In today's issue: ▪ Trump points finger at China ▪ Tillis stands his ground ▪ Trump’s teleprompter operator suspended ▪ FEC deadline takeaways President Trump’s sweeping claims of election interference during his primetime address to the country Thursday night were largely unsupported by documents the White House posted to its website as he was speaking....

One government program that will actually help your kid

Opening a savings account for my 11 month-old son was easier than opening one for myself. And his was funded with a free $1,000 to start. As a statistician, I have spent much of my career telling people that government programs almost never work as advertised. The incentives are always wrong, the paperwork is overwhelming,...

Firing of top prosecutor in Seattle tests limits of Trump’s power

The Trump administration’s latest firing of a U.S. attorney is intensifying the Justice Department’s assertion of presidential control over prosecutorial picks. Roger Rogoff was sacked Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle after a panel of 17 judges appointed him. The firing made good on the warning from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that the...

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