President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland added a new security dimension to Iceland's EU referendum, with 275,000 eligible voters weighing in.
Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson said Friday that President Trump should be removed from office if he is considering using nuclear weapons first, saying even entertaining the possibility should disqualify a president from serving. “The second any president actively considers the first use of nuclear weapons, that person should be removed from office immediately, because that’s...
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed apologized Saturday for comments he made following an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue earlier this year, as he seeks to ease concerns among Jewish voters ahead of the November election. “I made a mistake,” El-Sayed said during an appearance before the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus at the state party’s...
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) said during a recent interview that President Trump is “demanding” allies to “rig” the 2026 midterms for him and argued that by redrawing the Congressional district in Austin, lawmakers are violating the Voting Rights Act. “This is a five-alarm fire for our democracy. Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in...
Texas Democrats who have taken refuge in blue states to protest GOP-led redistricting in the Lone Star State face civil arrest warrants after missing a legislative session on Monday. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) signed the warrants, which allow for the Democrats' arrests, as Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday called their protest "crazy bluster"...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday that Democrats cannot do “anything about” Republican redistricting plans amid tension between the two parties over the plans. “What is your response to Kathy Hochul, who says that ‘We are at war over Texas and the redistricting push that's going on in Texas,’” Fox News’s Sean Hannity asked...
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) was interrupted by boos and chants of "tax the rich" while defending the GOP's “big, beautiful bill” and its impact on Medicaid during his Monday town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska. As Flood discussed the bill's changes to Medicaid — which includes the largest cuts to the program since it began in the 1960s...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is urging the Trump administration to commute the sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who was sentenced to seven years in prison earlier this year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Greene shared a letter on Monday in a post on X that she said she had sent to the Office of...
Members of the Texas state House vowed to continue their fight against Republicans’ efforts to redraw the congressional district map after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered their arrests for leaving the state to deny the chamber quorum. A group of state House members and Texas Democrats in the U.S. House gathered for a press conference...
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday directed Justice Department officials to open a grand jury investigation over how Obama administration officials handled intelligence about Russian interference in the 2016 election. The grand jury probe marks another escalation of the Trump administration's focus on allegations of wrongdoing by Obama officials, including the former president. Director of...
Colorado is the first blue state to have a waiver approved for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that limits the ability to buy soda and other sugary beverages, set to go into effect in March 2026. “Colorado is one of the healthiest states in the nation and has the lowest obesity rate of any...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Proposed rule bans nearly all abortions at VA hospitals Pregnant veterans would no longer be able to receive an abortion in a hospital operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including in cases of rape or incest or when...
