DALLAS — Republicans are increasingly worried that North Carolina’s Senate race is slipping out of contention.For months, they had argued that a post-Labor Day infusion of cash could jolt...
Republican politicians expressed outrage after NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to laugh on camera during a memorial for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The California man who was captured on video last year while hurling large rocks at immigration officers during the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles was slapped with three years in prison.
The electricity grid that powered America through the 20th century will not work for this one. America is entering a new frontier of electricity demand. Growth in domestic manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and the electrification of heating and transportation are driving an anticipated 25% increase in power demand over the next 10 years. Meanwhile, the problems […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, two sources familiar with the trip told The Hill. Pence plans to meet with both Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao, who Pence has known from her time as Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. He began his day, Friday in Taiwan, meeting...
Zyn products will be allowed to stay on the market after federal health officials Thursday said the popular nicotine pouches can help adult smokers cut back or switch completely. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 10 Zyn flavors in two different nicotine strengths each, including cinnamon, coffee, citrus, menthol and peppermint. This is the...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called for a looming TikTok ban to be delayed to give the social media company more time to find an American buyer. "We aren’t against TikTok. We want TikTok to keep going. But we are against a Chinese company that is in cahoots with the Chinese Communist...
Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California's leaders have taken meaningful steps to address the issue, but the sheer scale of the challenge is outpacing efforts.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Thursday said he was “flabbergasted” by the decision to remove Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio) as the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence panel. Warner expressed his dismay over Turner’s removal from the panel, praising his “bipartisan” leadership of the committee that oversees...
If the incoming Trump administration is serious about ensuring that U.S. foreign policy puts America first, they shouldn’t overlook the murky world of think tank funding.
Entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary said Wednesday that the ceasefire-hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached Wednesday because foreign adversaries are scared of President-elect Trump, who returns to the Oval Office next week. In a roundtable discussion on CNN’s "NewsNight," O’Leary acknowledged the deal follows the contours of the framework President Biden laid out...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was asked if she has ever “inhaled” marijuana, and she confirmed that she did at one point. Yellen appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Wednesday, where she and Colbert discussed President-elect Trump’s tariff plan and the impacts it would have on everyday Americans. Colbert asked Yellen, 78, about...
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not be attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. Pelosi returned to Washington earlier this month for the entrance of the new class of lawmakers after undergoing hip replacement surgery in Germany following a fall in Luxembourg in December. Her team said she was on the mend and in good spirits....
Suffice it to say, Trump doesn’t like journalists, and the wide majority of mainstream reporters don’t like Trump. But journalists need to get over themselves and remember they are serving American news consumers.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday joined the chorus of Democrats bashing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over his decision to replace Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) at the top of the House Intelligence Committee. Jeffries characterized the move as "shameful," warning it will only empower America's leading adversaries. "Mike Turner is a serious, thoughtful...
Thursday marks another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The day will feature Lee Zeldin, the nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Eric Turner, Trump's pick to for Housing and Urban Development secretary; Doug Burgum, his pick for Interior secretary; and Scott Bessent, Trump's nominee to...
Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury, plans to tell senators during his confirmation hearing that the next four years will present an opportunity for an “economic golden age,” according to prepared remarks reported by multiple outlets. Trump has “a generational opportunity to unleash a new economic golden age that will create more...
