Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...
Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that KRSM, a foreign corporation, obtained in excess...
The House is back in session this week after a monthlong August recess, with lawmakers aiming to avert a government shutdown before funding expires Sept. 30 amid the 2026 election season. The biggest item on the agenda will be a Senate-passed stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government...
The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-of-its-kind midterm convention has been cloaked in mystery until a few weeks ago. Details are finally emerging about what’s expected to be a two-day pep rally to bolster hype and encourage Republicans to get out the vote in November amid President Trump’s shrinking approval rate. But some Republicans are quietly...
Donald Trump is facing his first scandal that cannot be tweeted away, as his base is questioning if he has been a part of a cover-up of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
A senior White House official said Friday that President Trump's request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price tag seems "excessive." The figure “sounds excessive, but ultimately it’s up to the president to decide,” the official told NewsNation, The Hill's sister station. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured the...
Most Americans think that President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which he signed into law earlier this month, will help those who are wealthy and harm those who are poor, according to a new survey that was released Friday morning. The new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 64 percent of U.S. adults...
Vice President Vance has slammed a Wall Street Journal article alleging President Trump wrote a "bawdy" birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, claiming the article is a "complete and utter bulls--t" and accusing the Journal of violating journalistic ethics by publishing the letter without showing it to the victim.
An ex-intelligence official said late Thursday that China’s military leaders are experimenting with creating a “super soldier,” calling the lack of information "disturbing." “Other nations have explored in this area over decades. So it’s not the newest thing in the world, but the more disturbing part [is] we don’t know exactly how much effort they’re...
President Trump said Friday morning he hopes to get publisher Rupert Murdoch to testify as part of the lawsuit he vowed to file against The Wall Street Journal after the outlet reported about an alleged birthday letter Trump sent 20 years ago to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier since convicted of sex trafficking and other...
President Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday to seek the release of grand jury testimony on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the latest move to attempt to placate a MAGA base seething over the “Epstein files.” Obtaining grand jury testimony, which is confidential by law, could take months of legal maneuvering. Additionally, the grand jury...
In his confirmation hearing, Waltz spun himself as a tough advocate for American interests. Yet he kept bumping up against the same dilemma: in spite of the robust “America First” rhetoric, the Trump administration is taking steps that will weaken American leverage at the U.N.
At the direction of President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to ask a federal court Friday to unseal grand jury testimony in the case of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trying to quiet the unrelenting calls for more transparency in the case, Trump asked for the release Thursday night, saying the...
The agreement reflects growing apprehension on the part of both leaders that America’s commitment to NATO is no longer as strong as it once was, at the very time that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses the greatest security threat to Europe since the Cold War.
