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.
The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks - and a little schmoozing - at the White House with President Trump.
Vice President Harris told protesters who interrupted her campaign rally in Phoenix that the time is now for a cease-fire deal to get done in the war between Israel and Gaza. A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators shouted out “free, free Palestine” during Harris’s Arizona event, the second time this week she has been interrupted by...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Friday mocked former President Trump as he and Vice President Harris drew yet another significant crowd during a campaign stop in Arizona. Walz, addressing a crowd of roughly 15,000 people in Phoenix, admired the audience and noted the campaign drew a similar crowd in Detroit a day earlier. “But...
Former President Trump’s plane, dubbed "Trump Force One," was diverted Friday on its way to his rally in Montana due to a mechanical problem. The plane, heading to Bozeman, Mt., touched down safely instead at Billings Logan International Airport, the staff confirmed to The Associated Press. Jenny Mockel, an administrative assistant at the airport in...
Former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is slated to deliver remarks on Friday during a campaign rally in Montana. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. EDT. Watch the video above.
Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), are holding a campaign rally in Phoenix Friday — as momentum builds for the Democratic duo. The event comes as polls show Harris closing the gap with former President Trump in the Grand Canyon State. The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling index shows Harris...
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan approved a request Friday from special counsel Jack Smith to delay the next steps in the government’s election interference case against former President Trump. Smith cited deliberations over how to factor in the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling between the government and Trump’s representation. This comes after Chutkan asked both sides...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday denied approval of an MDMA-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the manufacturer said, a major setback for the use of psychedelic drugs as medicine. Drug company Lykos Therapeutics said the FDA told them the treatment "could not be approved based on data submitted to date." Lykos...
Montague Simmons was holding a community meeting on Aug. 9, 2014, on the west side of St. Louis with the Organization for Black Struggle when the event was suddenly interrupted by breaking news: An unarmed 18-year-old Black man named Michael Brown had been killed by a white police officer. Simmons, now the director of strategic partnerships for the Movement...
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday that former President Trump has trouble differentiating between fact and fiction. “Look, Trump can't tell the difference between what's true and what's false,” Bolton said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins.” “It's not that he lies a lot, because to lie, you have to do it...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Lawmakers clash in Vance-Walz military record fight Veterans in Congress are taking sides in the battle over the military record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was recently accused of “stolen valor” by his rival vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD...
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin on Friday disparaged President Trump’s lengthy press conference Thursday, arguing the GOP presidential nominee was hurting himself. “This was an absolute dumpster fire of a press conference, just to be clear,” Farah Griffin said on “CNN News Central” to the outlet’s Kate Bolduan, in a clip highlighted...
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A federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has likely been breaking federal law by deleting former employees' emails soon after they leave the agency. The ruling was issued by United States District Judge Rudolph Contreras on a lawsuit filed by Trump-aligned conservative group America First Legal Foundation...
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Biden's new student debt relief plan, teeing up a potential expansion of the legal fight already brewing at the Supreme Court. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling extends the brief pause it ordered last month. The court’s updated decision prevents the administration from moving ahead with...
