Rich guys may have thought they could ignore the anti-business rhetoric in the past, but the Democrats’ increasingly crazy constituents have become a violent threat.
A group of Senate Republicans led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are pushing a bill to fund the construction of a secure 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House and say the project is essential to national security after a gunman tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday. Graham and his allies say the...
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) on Monday addressed reports of his absence from Congress, saying he is dealing with a “personal medical issue” and expects to return to Capitol Hill in the near future. “I want to thank my constituents and colleagues for their patience as I address a personal medical issue,” Kean wrote in...
Charlie Crist is running for office, again. The former Florida governor filed Monday to run for mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla. Crist posted a video of himself to the social platform X in which he holds paperwork and remarks, “Well it’s official. I’m now a candidate for mayor of St. Pete. God bless you all.”...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story What do you do with a record tax refund? The Treasury Department said in a release on Tax Day that as of April 14, the average tax refund this filing season was more than $3,400, an...
Candidates for governor in Georgia faced off Monday in a pair of party debates as early voting kicked off in the Peach State. On the Republican stage at the Atlanta Press Club, billionaire Rick Jackson was put on defense as the crowded field of rivals traded jabs. In the Democrats’ showdown, candidates pitched plans to...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that a bipartisan Senate bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) includes “problematic” language and added that he has a “modified” version of the measure. The Senate bill, which was passed earlier this month, is part of a two-step process aimed at ending the record-breaking...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth's Pentagon turmoil makes GOP senators uneasy A growing group of Senate Republicans are losing confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon leadership, with some wanting to see him “move on." Annabelle Gordon/AFP via...
A free speech group led by Hollywood star Jane Fonda is defending comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who President Trump and first lady Melania Trump said Monday should lose his late-night hosting gig over a joke last week calling the first lady an "expectant widow," a dig that came just days before the latest assassination attempt against...
President Trump and his political allies are pointing to Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner as providing urgent proof of the need for his planned ballroom on White House grounds, touting its security strengths for large events. Trump highlighted the ballroom’s security benefits shortly after the shooting on Saturday, telling reporters...
A group of Senate Democrats are investigating an early March attack on U.S. troops stationed in Kuwait, where six service members were killed and another 20 were injured amid the U.S. war with Iran. The four Democrats - Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) - all members of...
A new (and very specific) speed limit has been posting in Wisconsin at the Outagamie County Recycling and Solid Waste facility. Drivers entering the facility need to drive no faster than 17.3 mph.
