A special legislative session called by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to take up a series of proposals to help implement President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has faced pushback from top Republican state lawmakers.
At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around him as he knelt in prayer, flanked by the flags of Haiti and the United States.
Latino Victory is announcing a new leadership team on Wednesday, with the organization’s founding president coming back after five years to chair its board. The group, a key player in Latino politics, is naming Cristóbal Alex as board chair and promoting Executive Director Katherine Pichardo-Erskine to president and CEO. "The Latino vote has demonstrated its power, but...
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is defending what he says is "embarrassing, though not criminal" past behavior and taking a shot at the House Ethics Committee, following reports that the panel voted to release its findings about the Florida Republican. The comments came shortly after reports were published that the committee plans to make its...
President-elect Trump's attorneys have accused a member of the New York jury that convicted him of wrongdoing, seeking to overturn the historic guilty verdict. In a letter to Judge Juan Merchan unsealed Tuesday, Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove claimed the legal team has "evidence of grave juror misconduct during the trial." "The jury...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the Senate will act Wednesday on a bipartisan bill to provide authority and resources for state and local authorities to track mysterious drones that have been spotted over New Jersey, New York and other states, causing a national uproar. Schumer, speaking on the Senate floor, said federal authorities...
The Supreme Court announced it will take up whether a law that could ban TikTok nationwide violates the First Amendment, setting the stage for a fast-paced, high-stakes battle over free speech. In an order issued Wednesday, the court said it will hold oral arguments Jan. 10 regarding the video sharing platform’s bid to invalidate the law...
Campaign Legal Center filed a “straw donor” complaint, shared exclusively with The Hill, alleging a mysterious group funneled more than $1 million into a super PAC shortly before the 2024 general election to conceal the true source of the funds. The Delaware-based Stop China Now Inc. gave $1.6 million to the super PAC, Save Western...
American's have a similar view of President-elect Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk — a key ally as he prepares to return to the White House — when it comes to favorability, according to a new survey. The Associated Press-NORC Research Center poll, released Wednesday, found that about 4 in 10 have a "very" or...
Certain pricier styles of smartwatch wristband may not just be helping Americans stay fit — they may be exposing unsuspecting wearers to a hefty dose of "forever chemicals," a new study has found. More expensive wristbands made from fluorinated synthetic rubber tend to contain high amounts of one such compound, called perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), according...
Democrats are using the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson to justify a government takeover of the health care system, despite the fact that government was the architect of the problem.
Now, with the federal government's weapons again at his command and with his new appointees willing to use them, Trump promises his own version of political violence — the unjustified use of government powers to harass and threaten his perceived enemies.
