Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used his primetime slot at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas to deliver a blistering indictment of the modern Democratic Party: the same party with which his family has been synonymous for generations.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that Republicans need more time calling the shots to deal with what he described as the mess they inherited from President Biden and Democrats in Washington.
Democrats need to speak in a language that their audience understands, as marketing and propaganda are now America's lingua franca, and the media will report what political actors say, even if it is not true.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter obtained by The Hill. “The State’s Personnel Code, administered by the Department of Central Management Services (CMS) and by you as its Director, requires the rejection of...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), an influential member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced on Friday that he will vote for Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence. Cornyn, who said earlier this week that he had “questions” about Gabbard’s views on expanded surveillance authority under Section 702 of the...
Officials investigating the deadly plane crash outside of Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this week will brief the public Friday afternoon on where things stand in the recovery process. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the probe, has urged the public not to speculate on what caused the fatal collision Wednesday evening between...
The White House on Friday called for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to apologize for remarks pledging to push back against the Trump administration's agenda. Jeffries at a press briefing stressed "the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that...
Putin has been carefully flattering Trump, setting the groundwork for a high-profile meeting that could bolster his position both domestically and abroad.
A small tweak to an email encouraging federal employees to take a buyout indicates the Justice Department wouldn’t vouch for the legality of the program. The Trump administration is battling skepticism about a buyout package from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offering eight months of pay for those who resign from their roles. Across...
North Carolina’s former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) said he would terminate his lawsuit against CNN on Friday following its report released during his gubernatorial run last year about inflammatory comments he made on a pornographic website. “The fact of the matter is this: the price we have paid in entering the political arena will...
The White House confirmed on Friday that tariffs against goods from Canada, Mexico and China will take effect Saturday, as President Trump has threatened. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in her second press briefing of the Trump administration that the tariff plan would go forward. The briefing takes place a day after several of...
"Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert is hitting back at Megyn Kelly after the conservative commentator expressed concern that Netflix would "wokeify" its reboot of the classic Western TV drama. "@Netflix if you wokeify Little House on the Prairie I will make it my singular mission to absolutely ruin your project," Kelly wrote on X...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday denounced President Trump for saying federal efforts to promote diversity are to blame for this week’s deadly crash between a military helicopter and a commercial passenger plane just outside Washington. Jeffries said the president’s comments were “irresponsible” and “shameful,” especially since the recovery efforts are still underway...
More than 40 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River after a deadly mid-air collision sent an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines plane diving into the icy water earlier this week, officials confirmed to The Hill's partner station NewsNation. Around 67 people are feared dead — including 60 passengers and four crew...
