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House Democrats are demanding more details about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s dealings with the Salvadoran government as the country agreed to imprison more than 200 men in its most notorious detention facility. A Tuesday letter from the top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary committees asks a series of questions about the...

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) announced Tuesday she’s running for the Wyoming Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R), who said last week she is retiring after her current term.  “In the House, as I did in my private law practice, I have fought every day for the Constitutional rights of every individual citizen and to protect the...

Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) announced Tuesday he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The former two-term senator, 53, wrote in a lengthy social media post that he received the diagnosis last week. “This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut...

President Trump said it’s a “terrible thing” that photos of former President Clinton and other high-profile people were published when the Department of Justice (DOJ) released files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I don't like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don't like the pictures of other people being shown,"...

The singer said Monday that he had been sick for several weeks, prompting an MRI.

Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave Monday as it undergoes a comprehensive review of its security protocols and response to the Dec. 13 shooting that left two students dead and nine injured. The school’s president, Christina Paxton, announced several actions in an email to the Brown University community Monday night, including...

The recalled shrimp was sold nationwide under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands.

From conservative personalities taking stunning swipes at each other at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest conference to a mass exodus from the Heritage Foundation, the ideological civil war over the future of the post-Trump right has shifted into a new stage that will set the tone for 2026. There has long been grumbling and vocal discontent from traditional conservatives about...

Principled conservatives adhere to time-tested principles, such as the U.S. Constitution, fiscal responsibility, and free enterprise, while liberals and progressives adopt goals instead of principles, often bypassing Congress and intervening in businesses.

Personnel is policy, and this is the number one reason the MAHA agenda has been stymied. 

With the controversial Epstein vote in the rearview mirror, it is time for Congress to focus on the debt crisis — to avoid continued inflation and the prospect of a meltdown of the U.S. economy. The debt crisis is the premier national security issue of our time. An America First policy would focus Congress on...

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ GOP skeptical on Venezuela goals ▪ Second batch of Epstein files released ▪ Trump unveils new warships named after himself ▪ Weiss defends pulling ‘60 Minutes’ segment Republicans are divided on whether President Trump should increase military pressure to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with some...

Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on Venezuela to oust President Nicolás Maduro, with some Republicans warning that "regime change" has a history of backfiring on the United States. Senate Republicans largely support Trump’s aggressive targeting of Venezuelan speedboats suspected of smuggling drugs, but some warn that attacking Maduro’s...

For a short time in my life, part of every day’s work was to call the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get the level of the Ohio River at the Pike Island Locks and Dam. Now, even a basic AI model can get that kind of information, publish it and offer a brief paragraph...