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Homeless encampents are threats to public safety — and we need real action

Story after story is emerging from local and national media about the impact of homelessness on LA — including crime, decay, and fear. The California Post has found that...

Parents must hold failed school leaders accountable at the polls

As parents, when we send our children to school each morning, we trust that...

Xavier Becerra needs to tell the truth about the lost children

Xavier Becerra owes an explanation to the parents of over 130,000 migrant children. He...

El-Sayed hits Stevens over $30M AIPAC spending in Michigan Senate debate

Abdul El-Sayed warned Monday in the final debate with Rep. Haley Stevens that a vote for her in next week's primary is a vote for the same corporations, billionaires and special-interest groups that he says have left the working class suffering.

A final Lindsey Graham moment in DC, South Carolina

A FINAL LINDSEY GRAHAM MOMENT IN DC, SOUTH CAROLINA. There will be funerals this week in Washington and in South Carolina for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly from a heart condition on July 11. The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have traveled to Washington for Graham’s national funeral […]

Ukraine may already be winning World War III for an oblivious West

Ukraine is now dealing the decisive blow that may win the global war that much of the Western world still fails to recognize is being waged against it.

Scalise embraces House GOP’s elder statesman role amid leadership shake-up speculation

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has reached his peak elder statesman era in President Trump’s second term. The No. 2 House Republican has harnessed policymaking lessons from Trump’s rocky first-term trifecta, providing institutional memory that is unique among the conference’s other top leaders who rose to their positions later. At the same time, Scalise...

Ratepayer bill gains momentum in House amid data center backlash

A bill that seeks to mitigate data centers’ impacts on Americans’ electric bills is gaining steam in the House, as lawmakers face pressure to act in the face of sharp backlash to the sprawling AI infrastructure. The bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act would require states to “consider” standards that put the costs on tech companies, rather...

Secret Service has investigated 10,000 threats in 2026

U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Wednesday said the agency has opened more than 10,000 investigations this year into threats against protectees. Curren told reporters about the 40-percent rise, and when compared to last year, that the threat number is "off the charts." "The environment has become very volatile, and that's just across the...

Former CIA Director James Woolsey dies

R. James Woolsey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under former President Clinton who served a brief, embattled tenure, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Woolsey's wife Conchita Sarnoff Woolsey told The New York Times that he died from a stroke in their Washington, D.C., home. She told The Washington Post that...

Shah defeats House Democrats’ pick for battleground Arizona House seat

Former state Rep. Amish Shah defeated former broadcast journalist Marlene Galán-Woods in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s open 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Shah's victory on Wednesday delivers a blow to national Democrats, who lined up behind Galán-Woods — a Republican-turned-Democrat who was married to the late state attorney general Grant Woods — in the race...

Jordan accuses Smith of lying to Congress in criminal referral to DOJ

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) late Wednesday recommended criminal charges against former special counsel Jack Smith, pushing to tee up a prosecution of the man that led the criminal cases against President Trump. A copy of the referral obtained by The Hill accused Smith of making false statements to Congress when he was deposed...

Republican Jewish Coalition endorses Darline Graham

The Republican Jewish Coalition on Wednesday endorsed Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.), pledging its support for the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a longtime ally to Israel. Coalition national chair Norm Coleman and CEO Matt Brooks said that Graham's brother "dedicated his life in service to our country and was the best friend...

Pentagon briefs House lawmakers on Iran war

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon briefs House lawmakers on Iran war as tensions escalate in region The Pentagon briefed a bipartisan group of House lawmakers Monday in Congress on the U.S. war with Iran as the tensions in the Middle...

Connecticut Democrats warn Yale risks tax status if it makes DOJ deal

Connecticut Democratic lawmakers warned that Yale University's tax-exempt status is at risk if it decides to make a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve its investigations into the Ivy League school. University President Maurie McInnis last week said publicly that the school was speaking with the DOJ after it accused the Yale...

White House official accuses Chinese startup of distilling Anthropic model, accessing banned Nvidia chips

A top White House official accused a Chinese startup on Wednesday of improperly using Anthropic's latest model and accessing restricted Nvidia chips to develop its new Kimi model. Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the administration has information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable to produce...

Massachusetts voters to decide marijuana repeal question after challenge rejected

Massachusetts voters will decide in November if legal marijuana will be repealed after a challenge to the proposal was rejected Tuesday. The State Ballot Law Commission overruled an objection to the petition seeking to end the Bay State's recreational cannabis law, allowing the proposal to be printed as a question on the ballot. The commission's...

Measles cases reach 35-year high

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Lindell, Tafoya widening leads in Minnesota GOP primaries: Poll

A new poll shows both businessman Mike Lindell and political and cultural commentator Michele Tafoya gaining momentum in the Minnesota Republican gubernatorial and Senate primaries, respectively. The poll, conducted by KSTP/SurveyUSA, shows that while the GOP frontrunners are gaining bigger leads, the Democratic Senate primary between Rep. Angie Craig (Minn.) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan...

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