Russian officials, the Kremlin’s state news outlet and Chinese bots pounced to manipulate Americans’ heightened emotions as a way to incite further domestic conflict.
Canada has had three times as many measles cases as the U.S. this year, according to the Canadian government and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Canada has faced 4,206 measles cases this year, according to a government website, with 1,450 in Alberta, 2,301 in Ontario and 140 in British Columbia. However, the...
Texas Republicans introduced a proposed set of new House lines on Wednesday, putting the party one step closer to gaining five seats in 2026. The new proposed map is likely to most directly impact lawmakers situated near or in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Austin, Houston and the southern border, as Republicans look to net five...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former House Speaker, backed a congressional stock trading ban on Wednesday after a Senate panel narrowly voted to advance the bipartisan proposal. The Honest Act, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), was originally called the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments, or PELOSI, Act — a nod to...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) challenged Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld to a bench press contest on Wednesday after Gutfeld mocked him on his show the prior night. “Here’s a deal for @Gutfeldfox. (Never heard of him til he spent 8 mins criticizing what I bench press),” Swalwell said in a post on the social platform X,...
Samuel L. Jackson is defending wind farms in a video released a day after the Trump administration said it was considering additional hurdles for wind energy development. "Motherf---ing wind farms: Loud, ugly, harmful to nature. Who says that?" Jackson said as he shook his head in a video released Wednesday by the European energy company Vattenfall. "These...
President Trump on Wednesday went off on one his closest allies in Congress, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) over voting in committee on a bill that would ban stock trading by lawmakers, presidents and vice presidents, arguing that Hawley teamed up with Democrats to advance the measure. The bill would ban congressional lawmakers and their spouses...
Brown University on Wednesday announced a deal with the Trump administration that ends three investigations into the institution and restores research funding that was withheld from it. The administration halted more than $500 million to Brown back in April and had opened probes assessing the university’s compliance with antidiscrimination laws. The deal restores that money,...
The White House on Wednesday laid out its policy priorities for regulating digital assets, offering detailed guidance to Congress and federal regulators on how it hopes to fulfill President Trump’s campaign promise to make the U.S. the “crypto capital of the planet.” The 166-page report from Trump’s digital assets working group provides recommendations for lawmakers...
Democrats on Wednesday ramped up pressure on Republicans over the Jeffrey Epstein files, turning to an arcane rule to attempt to force the release of the documents that have become a significant pain point for the Trump administration and Republicans. Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), they are seeking the documents via the...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) is vowing to file a discharge petition for legislation to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, as some lawmakers reignite the years-long push to do away with the practice. Luna’s office confirmed the congresswoman's plan to start a discharge petition to The Hill. The House is currently on an...
A Senate committee advanced a bill to ban stock trades by lawmakers, presidents and vice presidents despite opposition from all Republicans on the panel but Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who introduced the legislation. The hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday at times generated tense exchanges between Hawley, his Republican colleagues and the...
