Farm-state Republicans don’t support President Donald Trump’s move to import cheap beef — but they’re still getting grilled for it.Trump’s plan to combat sky-high beef prices by introducing discounted,...
Sen. John Kennedy and Sen. Cory Booker sit on opposite sides of the dais, but that hasn't stopped Mr. Kennedy, Louisiana Republican, from admiring his New Jersey Democratic colleague.
President Trump has asked a judge to remove his blockade and allow the full shutdown and renovation of the Kennedy Center, saying he's fixed the problems that led to the court issuing an injunction earlier this year.
The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have met heavy opposition.
All 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have applied to participate in an arrangement intended to give lower drug prices to Medicaid programs, President Trump said Friday. “This one thing alone should win us the midterms,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Forty states and Puerto Rico have already signed agreements, the Centers...
President Trump's threat to ban three national news outlets from covering the White House is sparking rebuke from First Amendment advocates, elected Democrats and critics from across politics and media. In a Truth Social post Friday afternoon, Trump wrote he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House "effective immediately” for what...
President Trump said Friday that the United States has entered a security agreement with Greenland and Denmark that gives America a bigger say in the Arctic territory's affairs and expands its military presence in the country. Trump said the deal “gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely...
Football analyst and ESPN personality Kirk Herbstreit defended the network's decision to have Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the network's flagship college football pregame show last week. "We had him on because they were going to be voting this week," Herbstreit told reporters Friday, referring to the Protect College Sports Act, a Senate bill looking...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump hints at demolishing Kennedy Center ▪ Florida GOP congresswoman breaks with Trump ▪ ICE director nomination pulled ▪ Carney open to Canada joining EU President Trump is digging in on the battle to put his name on the Kennedy Center, raising the possibility that his administration could have the institution...
Professor Richard Davis argues that a Democratic majority in Congress should seek to impeach President Trump and implement constitutional reforms to curtail executive powers regarding pardons, war-making and tariffs.
Democrat Adam Hamilton narrowly leads Republican Gov. Roger Marshall in a tight race for Senate in red Kansas, according to new polling. A new The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey found Hamilton ahead by 2 percentage points, with 45 percent to Marshall’s 43 percent. Another 4 percent chose Libertarian candidate David Graham, and 8 percent were...
Fears over artificial intelligence's rapid development sent Congress into a tailspin this week, as dozens of lawmakers joined the debate on how to regulate the technology. The frenzy in Washington has included policymakers who have long engaged on the subject, but also those seizing on the mounting concerns for the first time. In the wake...
Republicans are heading into the final stretch of the midterm race recognizing a blunt message: Voters are frustrated, and acknowledging those frustrations might be key to keeping them in the GOP column. Republicans have been increasingly framing the election as a choice between “common sense” versus “communist crazy” — arguing that democratic socialist and progressive...
More than two-thirds of Generation Z thinks wealthy Americans should pay up. A new CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday found that 69 percent of respondents under 30 favor candidates who support raising taxes on wealthy Americans. That’s a higher rate than among millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers, though majorities in older age categories also back...
The Trump administration is showing no signs of backing away from its crackdown on international college students as partisan division over support for Palestine heats up ahead of the midterm elections. Pro-Palestinian students targeted for immigration enforcement by the administration are on a rollercoaster as anti-Muslim rhetoric ramps up even as Democrats become more...
Trump administration intelligence officials are pressing Congress to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers before Thanksgiving, warning they could run out of time to get a needed annual recertification for the program from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) operates under dual authorities from Congress and...
