Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is pushing for a six-year pause on electricity rate hikes in the commonwealth as part of a merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. Spanberger on Monday filed expert testimony with the State Corporation Commission (SCC), urging it to reject the proposed merger if the two companies do not agree...
A new viral video targeting Amy Acton is roiling the increasingly ugly Ohio governor’s race, where the Democrat is running against GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. The clip features Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling the Democrat “a liar” and urging Ohioans to vote against her. It’s unclear who is behind the 60-second spot, which did...
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are the latest among several officials across the country who have reported receiving suspicious packages at their offices ahead of the midterm elections. Ocasio-Cortez released a statement Tuesday evening saying a suspicious letter was delivered to her district office in Hunts Point, N.Y. The letter is being...
A federal judge ruled Monday that North Carolina is permitted to keep its strict mail-in ballot rules in place for November’s election, which were changed just before ballots were mailed in September. In the ruling, Judge Thomas D. Shroeder wrote that it was too close to the election to change the rules again, and that...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story How bond yields are slowing AI-fueled stock rally Bond yields in the U.S. have risen this year, slowing down a stock market that has risen for years on the back of the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout. ...
The Trump administration is taking the position that existing criminal and civil laws will be enough to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents, even as legal experts question whether this will suffice. President Trump’s so-called “Super Intelligence (SI) Force” argues it can create standards for AI firms with laws...
President Trump's approval rating on Monday reached a new record low with two weeks left until the November midterm elections, when Republicans could lose the House and Senate to Democrats. The latest polling from Reuters/Ipsos shows the president with a 31 percent approval rating, down 1 point since the previous poll two weeks ago and...
Athletes cannot be celebrated for speaking out when their views fit comfortably within worldviews compatible with the establishment, but then become professionally expendable when they say something that makes others uncomfortable.
In today’s issue: Election Day is fast approaching with voters now able to cast early ballots in many states throughout the country. Polls are continuing to show Democrats poised for a strong performance two weeks from today, but how much they can gain is still up in the air. All eyes are on a handful...
So which party has a better plan for addressing this problem and getting you a fair shot at the American Dream? The bad news is, the answer is "neither."
Democrats are preparing to use all the tools at their disposal to halt the dismantling of the Education Department (ED) if they win the House or Senate in November. President Trump, like many other Republicans, has long called for the department to be abolished, and his administration has slashed its workforce and created interagency...
A Democratic super PAC is hammering Republicans over their focus on transgender issues as GOP candidates in battleground races invoke culture war issues against their Democratic opponents in the final stretch of the midterm cycle. Progress Action Fund released a new ad on Tuesday, first shared with The Hill and part of an ad...
You can find the origins of the MAGA movement, now hurtling toward its rendezvous with the midterm electorate, in many places. The most obvious, straight-line antecedent is, of course, the Tea Party revolt of 2009 and 2010. The bipartisan backlash against the bailouts of Wall Street and Detroit fused with the conservative outrage at ObamaCare...
