Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) is pushing the idea of illustrations in all new bills in Congress — because text alone is just too difficult to comprehend.
Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America days after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the change last week amid a U.S. trade war with Canada.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, a senior adviser to House Democratic leaders, said Sunday that Democrats could impeach President Trump if the party wins back the House majority in November.
President Trump said Sunday he plans to use some of the oil he secured from Venezuela to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has been depleted to near-record lows.
President Trump said Sunday that he will report "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker to the Federal Communications Commission "for rebuke or punishment."
The Pentagon has issued new rules that would prevent people currently treated for schizophrenia, congestive heart failure, having a donated organ or some other issues from receiving a medical waiver to serve in the military, according to a new memo revealed Tuesday. The guidance, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and dated July 11, updates the list...
Ozzy Osbourne, a British rocker, had a complex relationship with American politics, having been a featured guest at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in 2002, being an outspoken anti-war activist, and criticizing the Brexit movement in his home country.
Democrats are showing they’re ready to get dirty and hit President Trump where it hurts by stoking the Jeffrey Epstein controversy that’s severed his MAGA movement. The strategy strays from the official line coming from top Democrats such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), who say they want their midterm campaign message to center...
A federal judge reinstated two Democratic appointees at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) on Tuesday whom President Trump purported to fire. It’s the latest decision reversing Trump’s firings of independent agency leaders across the federal bureaucracy. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali warned in his 27-page ruling that accepting the administration’s position would mean that...
A group of 21 attorneys general filed a Monday lawsuit against the Trump administration over a February executive order that ousts undocumented immigrants from social service programs. Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor and Justice have reworked requirements to gain access...
The Education Department has paused student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan without a clear timeline of when it might resume. The department argues any IBR forbearances were impacted by ongoing court action. “The Department has temporarily paused discharges for IBR borrowers in order to comply with ongoing court injunctions regarding the Biden...
Former President Obama on Tuesday denied the Trump administration’s claims that he manipulated intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. “These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” Patrick Rodenbush, a spokesperson for Obama, said in a statement sent to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister company. “Nothing in the document issued...
A majority of Americans said they will never be interested in buying cryptocurrency even with the ownership rising in the past few years, according to a new survey that was released on Tuesday. The new Gallup found that 60 percent of respondents said they have no interest in buying cryptocurrency. Around 17 percent said they...
The State Department on Tuesday confirmed an American citizen was shot and killed by Syrian government forces in viral graphic footage on social media. Hosam Saraya, a Syrian American citizen of Druze descent, was murdered alongside dozens of other men being held captive by local forces in Tishreen Square, located in the center of Sweida,...
British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced a $50 billion investment in the U.S. this week, with the Trump administration claiming some credit due to its tariff policy and President Trump calling it an "honor." The company announced the investment on Monday, saying it would invest $50 billion into the country by 2030 to build on "America’s...
Israel's recent strike on a Catholic church in Gaza, which killed three civilians and injured nine, has sparked a political backlash from its most staunch allies, including evangelical Christians and American politicians, and has raised questions about the shared moral values that have historically supported Israel's support in the US.
