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WATCH: Trump says he is hopeful Hillary Clinton will be investigated for election fraud

Speaking with reporters on Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump said, 'I hope so' when asked whether former opponent Hillary Clinton will be investigated for election fraud.

Mamdani reportedly eyeing former ‘Squad’ member for top position despite controversial track record

NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering former progressive House Democrat Jamaal Bowman to head the New York City public school system.

Trump moves nuclear submarines weeks after praising sub’s power in Iran strikes

President Donald Trump's announcement to move two nuclear submarines in response to heightened Russia threats comes just weeks after he praised a submarine's role in the Iran strikes.

Dems’ grim outlook for ’26, ‘Palestine’ is a made-up cause and other commentary

“November 2026 may not go the way conventional wisdom suggests,” and Dems may lose,...

Ernst highlights a major problem: Cost overruns are no big thing in Washington

On Wednesday, Rep. Joni Ernst's office released a report detailing almost $163 billion in...

McDonald’s responds to calls for boycott: ‘Misleading claims’

McDonald’s has issued a response to a call for customers to boycott restaurants over its rollback of previous DEI initiatives, among other criticisms lodged by an activism group known as The People's Union USA.

Trump net approval hits new low in Economist/YouGov poll

President Trump’s net approval rating has hit a new low in the latest Economist/YouGov polling, taken as he moved to involve the U.S. in conflict in the Middle East. The poll, which was in the field when Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, found Trump’s job performance 14 percentage points...

Parliamentarian accepts revised GOP proposal to cut federal food assistance spending

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has accepted a revised Republican proposal to shift some costs for food assistance to states after rejecting the initial draft of it over the weekend, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) said. The Senate Republican plan would require states for the first time to pay a sizeable share of food...

Trump arrives at NATO touting victories

Presented by Jewish Federations of North America — President Trump arrived at the NATO summit with the Israel-Iran ceasefire holding, for now. {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP arrived in the Netherlands to meet with world leaders at the NATO summit Tuesday, with a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran holding, for now. Early Tuesday, it...

Parliamentarian cuts some energy provisions from GOP bill

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Parliamentarian axes oil, land sales provisions The Senate parliamentarian has removed Republican attempts to sell off public lands and exempt oil and gas drilling from environmental reviews in the GOP's "big, beautiful bill." ©© iStock To get their major policy bill across the finish...

Live results: New York City Democratic mayoral primary

Tuesday is the last day voters can cast their ballots in the increasingly dramatic Democratic primary contest for New York City mayor. The race has emerged as a nail-biter between former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist. New York City uses a ranked-choice voting system, which...

Senators set to weigh Trump’s DOGE cuts this week 

White House budget chief Russell Vought will testify before senators Wednesday as they consider a special request by the Trump administration to lock in upwards of $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds.  Vought will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee as lawmakers face a ticking clock to act on the...

Authorities identify 8 victims of Lake Tahoe boat capsize tragedy

The eight victims who died after a 27-foot boat capsized on Lake Tahoe over the weekend have been identified, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office.

Strike set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months: Report

An early intelligence assessment reportedly found that Tehran’s nuclear program was set back by only months after U.S. military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities this past weekend, findings that the Trump administration is pushing back against. A preliminary classified U.S. report found that the bombing did not destroy the main components of Iran’s nuclear program...

Medicaid cuts in GOP megabill would hurt COPD patients

The deep cuts to Medicaid outlined in President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill will hurt Americans suffering from conditions like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore) said Tuesday at The Hill’s Matters of Life and Breath: Championing COPD Care.   COPD is a progressive lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe....

House Freedom Caucus chair pans Senate GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, is staking opposition to the Senate’s version of the “big, beautiful bill,” spelling trouble for the legislation’s chances of clearing the House down the road. “The currently proposed Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill weakens key House priorities—it doesn’t do enough...

Homan: Iranian terror cells ‘significant threat’

President Trump's border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday said Iranian terror cells are a “significant threat” to Americans, stressing border security after the U.S. stepped into the conflict between Iran and Israel. “Let me start with the Iranian threat … How big of a threat do these terrorist cells pose to Americans?” Fox Business’s Maria...

Bessent: Senate on track for Friday vote on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent said the Senate is on track to vote Friday on the GOP megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda, and that the president would be fully involved in helping gather support for the bill in the final days. Bessent spoke to reporters after meeting with GOP senators in the Capitol as...

Newsom warns that California’s water system may be ill-prepared to cope with hotter, drier future

California's existing groundwater infrastructure may fail to quench the state’s thirst in an increasingly arid future, even as officials celebrate widespread conservation achievements, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) warned on Tuesday. "The data doesn’t lie, and it is telling us that our water system is unprepared for California’s hotter and drier climate," Newsom said in a statement....

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