A frontrunner to replace a retiring NJ Democrat was a defense witness for the Blind Sheikh, convicted of seditious conspiracy after the 1993 WTC bombing.
Six transgender Idaho residents on Thursday sued the state over a new law banning them from using sex-designated public restrooms in public buildings and private businesses, asking a federal judge to strike the law from the books. Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union and its Idaho-based affiliate, along with Lambda Legal, filed the lawsuit...
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is knocking down the price of a PreCheck membership during the month of May, for qualifying customers.
The Koch-backed Republican super PAC Americans For Prosperity (AFP) warned in a memo that the GOP-controlled majority in the Senate is at risk unless senators focus on the cost of living. AFP's senior adviser Emily Seidel and Executive Director Nathan Nascimento pointed to the risk and warned that internal polling suggests that "for the first...
In a 6-3 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district, ruling it an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling has significant implications for future applications of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which activists have long used to push for new electoral lines that protect the voting power of historically disenfranchised...
The House took a major step in passing a Senate bipartisan bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday, but the tougher fight over funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol still lies ahead. Republicans are aiming to fund ICE and Border Patrol for three years through...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Inflation hit 3.5 percent in March as Iran war drove prices higher Prices grew at a far faster rate in March as the war in Iran drove a significant increase in inflation, according to data released...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) made it clear that he’s not thrilled with Graham Platner (D) becoming the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, declaring that “Republicans f‑‑‑ing love him” because of his liberal policy positions and controversial statements. “Democrats really, really like Platner in Maine but the Republicans f‑‑‑ing love him,” Fetterman said when asked...
President Trump on Thursday blasted The New York Times and CNN over their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran, calling the latter outlet "stupid" and claiming the former's coverage was "actually seditious." Trump had signed an executive order to expand workers’ access to retirement savings during an event in the Oval Office when he...
Conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday he was "absolutely wrong" with his past defense of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of remarks the host made before the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting. O'Reilly told Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, The Hill's sister network, that "when Kimmel made the remark about MAGA being somewhat...
