Lawmakers will examine alleged foreign malign influence operations tied to China, Iran and Cuba after Fox News Digital traced pro-communist network operating inside the U.S.
Two Senate candidates this year are hoping to do what only a handful of others have done in the last century: return to their old jobs in the upper chamber. Former Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and John E. Sununu (R-N.H.) are both running to win reelection to the Senate after absences. In Brown’s case, it’s...
Republicans are clashing over how to improve their weak polling numbers on the economy less than two months before Election Day, fearing that voter anger over high costs could sink GOP candidates in November. The boldest proposal, President Trump’s pledge to give every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterm election, has already drawn...
Louisiana State University head coach Lane Kiffin quickly became the face of what many argue is wrong with modern college sports as the college football season approached this summer. The 51-year-old expert recruiter and protégé of University of Alabama legend Nick Saban had ditched his former playoff-bound school Ole Miss for an in-conference rival. He...
The Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Cuba is probably the best chance for collapsing the country’s repressive, communist regime, high-profile Cuban political activists and survivors of the regime’s prisons told The Hill. But more effort needs to be given to including the Cuban opposition and democratic movement, they added. José Daniel Ferrer, a leading Cuban...
GOP leaders are betting the House on President Trump in this year’s elections. The midterm cycle is always a referendum on the sitting president, whether members of his party like it or not. And if there was a clear message from the Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas, it’s that GOP leaders have embraced that reality...
The Jefferson County, Pa., Coroner's Office on Sunday said a 40-year-old woman died from complications with measles, the state's third measles-related death this year. Coroner Greg Furlong wrote on Facebook that the woman, a Jefferson County resident, died on Saturday. He added that his office was working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health on this...
A new poll shows that Democratic voters are more driven to cast their ballots in the November midterms elections out of their opposition to President Trump more so than the party's platform. The CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found that 54 percent of Democratic voters said they will vote for their Democratic candidate to Congress...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday pushed back on questions about far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who he previously campaigned with. “There are Jewish voters in your state who are concerned about your relationship with Piker. You have condemned antisemitism but not called out his rhetoric directly. Why not?” CBS News’s Weijia Jiang asked...
The Phoenix, Ariz., Police Department on Sunday said a statue of conservative activist Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of his organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was vandalized days after the one-year anniversary of his death. Police told The Hill's sister network NewsNation that they received calls about vandalism to a memorial in the area of...
President Trump said Sunday that he plans to lift tariffs on Irish whiskey, an announcement he made while visiting the Emerald Isle. “Ireland itself has been so incredible, so inviting, and we're very honored by presenting you with a great course. It's been great,” the president said while speaking at a ceremony for the Amgen...
Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said he is "not concerned at all" about the U.S.'s munitions inventories amid reports that the Pentagon has depleted its stockpiles to fight Iran. CBS News's "Face the Nation" aired part of Norah O'Donnell's interview with Cooper earlier on Sunday, where she asked if the...
The Senate returns this week to a packed agenda, with lawmakers facing a trio of unfinished priorities: crypto legislation, the farm bill and the budget resolution that Republicans need to unlock a third reconciliation package. The biggest question hanging over the chamber is whether Republicans can get on the same page with the budget resolution....
STONINGTON, MAINE — The Maine lobster business has found itself in the crosshairs of a trade war and congressional infighting as rising costs and other pressures leave the heritage industry in a precarious state. The war with Iran has sent diesel fuel prices soaring at a time when warming waters mean lobstermen are traveling further...
