As with most tax-the-rich plans, Mamdani’s $5 million cutoff couldn't raise enough cash, so he decided that the somewhat prosperous are also failing to chip in their “fair share.
President Trump took aim at the press, Democrats and some of his celebrity critics in a speech that received a lukewarm reception at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) dinner on Friday evening. Trump took the stage just months after a gunman allegedly attempted an attack on his life at the association’s annual event in...
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected an amendment from Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) that would have barred Pentagon funding from going toward Ukraine security assistance other than funding for the security of the U.S. embassy in the country. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment was defeated Tuesday night in a 76-350 vote, with all of the...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday backed off of his previous promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he flies to the Big Apple in September for the annual United Nations General Assembly. “It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant. The...
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap measure that would fund federal agencies at existing levels through Dec. 4, in an effort to avert a potential government shutdown before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The lower chamber voted 220-205 to pass the measure. Six Democrats and Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.) joined...
The House on Tuesday rejected an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would codify President Trump's executive order preventing transgender individuals from serving in the military. The lower chamber voted 212-217 to reject the amendment, sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). Four Republicans sided with Democrats to kill the measure. The executive...
The House of Representatives adopted Rep. Andy Biggs’s (R-Ariz) amendment into the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would cut the defense budget by 0.5 percent if the Pentagon fails an audit. The chamber greenlit Biggs’s measure via voice vote Tuesday evening, which states that if any component of the Pentagon does not receive either an...
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) sparred with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday over whether the U.S. military obtained an "overwhelming victory” in Iran as he declared in April. “You said, ‘Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory.’ You said Iran's military had been rendered, ‘combat ineffective for years to come,’ and you stated...
Democratic Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.) on Tuesday said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was a “failure” and lacked the leadership necessary to win the Iran war. “Secretary Haig said, despite your failure to win this war, you are back now before Congress asking for almost $70 billion in additional funding,” Peters said in an appropriations hearing...
GOP leaders have recently tried to make a comparison about voter ID laws in the SAVE Act to something that is drawing more than a few eyes: Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass. In a hearing on Monday, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) mentioned the Italian food chain in her speech that touched on the SAVE Act....
Voto Latino and dozens of other advocacy organizations pressed for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to be impeached in a letter to Congress last week. "We write to demand the immediate introduction of articles of impeachment and a full congressional investigation into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s handling of deaths in detention,...
A federal prosecutor in Seattle who was sacked by President Trump last week after barely an hour on the job is challenging his removal in court, setting the stage for an unprecedented legal battle that could determine who has the power to fire court-appointed U.S. attorneys. Roger Rogoff was fired as the top prosecutor for...
America’s top uniformed and civilian military leaders made their case in the Senate on Tuesday for an emergency funding package of nearly $80 billion to help replenish stockpiles spent during the Iran war and fund other Trump administration priorities. Democrats were highly skeptical of the request, asking why U.S. taxpayers should continue footing the bill...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Wisconsin residents could lose vote with prediction market bets The Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) warned in a statement on Tuesday that betting on elections that you cast ballots in is illegal in the state and there...
