The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's new congressional map, forcing the state to use 2022 boundaries that favor Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.
In the wake of a massive cyberattack linked to the Chinese government, FBI officials are renewing warnings that your private text messages aren't secure.
Courts should be vigilant about ensuring that the government does not just smuggle Chevron deference back into administrative law for a substantial subset of regulatory cases. If early post-Loper Bright signs are any indication, the government is trying to do just that.
Former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) argued that the donations from tech companies to President-elect Trump are not causing any “harm.” “To these guys, a million dollars is nothing, right?” Jones said Saturday on a CNN panel. “Because it literally is nothing to these guys...I think there is a very strong business case to be made...
“Saturday Night Live’s” Cold Open featured a spoof of crime commentator Nancy Grace and the public reaction to the arrest of Luigi Mangione, who has been accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO. The skit began with comedian Sarah Sherman’s impression of Grace, who noted that the top story was that the “masked CEO shooter has...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) suggested that the Republican Party ended up with a razor-thin majority in the upcoming Senate term because the GOP "took our eye off the ball." "We took our eye off the ball … We should have 56, 57 Republican senators. But things were done the wrong way in a lot of...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he would prioritize South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security once President-elect Trump takes office in January. “My first order of business will be getting her confirmed, and I plan on trying to do that either the day of the inauguration or...
Democrats are pessimistic that Congress will enact new rules around the health insurance industry, even as they try to appear responsive to growing calls for reform following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione faces murder charges for the killing of Thompson on December 4. His death unleashed a torrent of anger on...
Republicans are expanding their footprint in statehouses across the country, reversing Democrats' earlier trend of high-profile wins just a year ago. In the Midwest, the GOP successfully flipped the Michigan state House, ending Democrats’ trifecta. In New Hampshire and Vermont, those advantages were more much stark: Republicans made double-digit gains between the two state Houses...
Democrats are not planning an all-hands resistance to Donald Trump. At least, not 2016-style, when lawmakers, activists, volunteers and millions of angry voters mounted a party-wide effort to curb his newfound influence in Washington. Where so much was once unprecedented, Trump is now familiar. Ahead of January 2025, the lack of a unified Democratic rebuttal...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) applauded Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth for recent productive meetings on the Hill with senators. “Pete is killing it in the meetings, because he doesn't shy away from the media, from the tough questions,” Mullin said during a Saturday appearance on Fox News. “And I hear from senator after senator...
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said mysterious drones hovering over the Garden State are likely planes in a Saturday series of posts on the social platform X as public concern mounts over the sightings. “After going out with police to observe reports of possible drones, I was with the help of civilian pilots and others able...
President-elect Trump is signaling he plans to lean on appointed czars to carry out his plans in key policy areas, specifically when it comes to immigration and energy production, centralizing power within the White House. One of Trump’s first appointments after winning November’s election was Tom Homan as border czar. He has since said Doug...
Luigi Mangione, the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter, hired Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him in a New York courtroom as he faces charges for second degree murder. Agnifilo is a well-known attorney who spent more than twenty years working in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in roles ranging from chief assistant district attorney to chief...
A person was arrested after trying to climb the temporary fence near the White House this weekend, according to a Secret Service spokesperson. The spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill that Secret Service Uniformed Division officers spotted a person who was trying to jump over the temporary anti-scale fencing in the vicinity of...
