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Another ActBlue leader pleads Fifth as House investigates alleged foreign donations

ActBlue board member Kimberly Peeler-Allen invoked her Fifth Amendment right during a House probe into alleged foreign donations to the platform.

Two Democrats rescue Mike Johnson’s anti-socialism resolution in stunning move

A group of House Republicans threatened to upend Speaker Mike Johnson's plans this week in protest of his handling of federal spending.

Baby killed after illegal immigrant allegedly strikes family at grocery store parking lot

A nine-month-old died after Maria Cobon-Guzman allegedly struck a family in a New Jersey parking lot, reigniting debate over the state's sanctuary policy.

DHS secretary bashes New York leadership after announcing thousands of arrests in sweeping operation

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Operation Rotten Apple arrested over 2,100 criminals in New York while blasting the state's sanctuary policies.

Dad of girl left permanently disabled in crash with illegal immigrant rips Dems: ‘I reject your sympathy’

Marcus Coleman rejected Democratic lawmakers' sympathy at a Capitol Hill hearing, saying his daughter's permanent injuries are the "end result" of sanctuary cities.

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....

Ford recalls 197,000 cars over issue that can trap passengers

Ford has recalled more than 197,000 cars over a door issue that can leave passengers, especially children, trapped in the back seat.

Trump thanks Jeb Bush for calling Iran strike ‘watershed moment’

President Trump thanked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) for commending him on the United States’s strikes in Iran.  Bush issued a Sunday statement after B-2 bombers hit three of Tehran’s nuclear sites, lauding the president’s decision to intervene in the Middle East. “President Trump’s decision to neutralize Iran’s regime’s nuclear program is a watershed...

Congress must reclaim its power and rein Trump in on military interventions

President Trump's surprise attack on Iran may have temporarily improved his approval ratings, but it has also led to the formation of dangerous power blocs and increased the risk of a worldwide conflict.

Jimmy Buffett’s estate battle continues as 2 lawsuits are filed

Buffett's widow, Jane Buffett, and his financial adviser, Richard Mozenter, are arguing over who has control of the singer's trust.

Trump heads to NATO summit fuming over Israel, Iran

President Trump is on his way to the NATO summit, emerging from the White House early Tuesday enraged over the continued fighting between Israel and Iran in the wake of parameters of a ceasefire he announced a day before. What comes next in the nearly two-week old conflict will likely dominate a host of bilateral...

House, Senate briefings on Iran conflict postponed

A pair of classified briefings for Senate and House members on the Iran conflict set for Tuesday were postponed until later in the week, three sources familiar with the plans told The Hill. The Senate briefing will now take place on Thursday. It is unclear when House members will be briefed. The news comes as...

‘It was sickening to watch’: 1 hospitalized after group struck by lightning on Florida beach

A person was injured in a lightning strike on a canopy at a Florida beach on Monday

Watch live: House Dems give remarks on abortion rights on third anniversary of Dobbs

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other top Democrats will give remarks Tuesday morning on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision. The 2022 ruling overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to abortion. Since the decision was announced, at least 12 states have implemented total abortion...

Mentally disabled combat veterans should never get the death penalty

The use of the death penalty against U.S. combat veterans manifests a paradox in American culture.

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