A NORAD F-16 reportedly intercepted an aircraft violating restricted airspace over Camp David Saturday while President Donald Trump spent the weekend there.
In Michigan's Senate race, Republican candidate Mike Rogers acknowledges that prices are high, but says the state should elect a senator who can work with the president to bring them down.
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} View Online Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate GOP stops child tax credit bill Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill that would expand a tax credit for parents amid Democratic criticism of GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance’s (Ohio) disparaging “childless...
The White House on Thursday trumpeted what it called a “joyous day” as Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan were released as part of a major prisoner swap with Russia. The exchange of prisoners involved several countries in addition to the U.S. and Russia and comes after Gershkovich had been sentenced...
The successful agreement between Russia, the U.S. and a host of other nations to exchange prisoners marked the culmination of years of intensive diplomacy. But the White House on Thursday played down the possibility the prisoner exchange would lead to a thawing of relations with Russia on a host of other global security issues —...
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) leads his Republican opponent Bernie Moreno by 4 points in a race that could help decide which party controls the Senate, according to a new poll. The poll from AARP released Thursday showed Brown ahead with 46 percent support to Moreno’s 42 percent, while 11 percent were undecided and 1...
Historic prisoner swap comes as Biden plots his final six months in office and the end to his decades-long political career. {beacon} Evening Report Aug. 1, 2024 FINALLY FREE Photo from U.S. Government/@POTUS on X Biden scores diplomatic victory as Americans released President Biden announced a multi-country prisoner swap that freed several Americans held...
Former President Trump’s campaign raised nearly $139 million in July, it announced Thursday, following a tumultuous few weeks of the election season. Trump and its authorized committees raised $138.7 million last month, which brings its total cash on hand to $327 million, the campaign announced. The announcement said the latest numbers “reflect continued momentum with...
Senate Republicans blocked Wednesday a bipartisan bill that would boost a tax credit for parents as the GOP and Democrats feud over remarks from Republican vice president nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio). Senators voted 48 to 44 to advance a bill co-authored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) that would have...
Vadim Krasikov was the most prominent of several Russians imprisoned by the West before being released Thursday in a massive global prisoner swap. President Biden revealed Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza were freed along with five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were being held...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich requested an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a form he had to complete to finalize his release, according to a new report from the Journal. Before being released as part of a major prisoner exchange, Gershkovich had to officially ask for presidential clemency. On that form, Gershkovich...
Vice President Harris is in Houston Thursday to pay her respects to the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who died last month at the age of 74. Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, will deliver the eulogy at Jackson Lee's memorial service. The late congresswoman's family announced her death in a statement on...
Former President Trump demanded more details surrounding the massive prisoner swap Thursday that freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody. Trump responded to the news by touting his own record of prisoner swaps in a post on Truth Social, while also questioning whether the U.S. gave...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) suggested Thursday that fear of a second Trump administration motivated Russia to agree to the historic prisoner swap with the U.S. Vance, former President Trump’s 2024 running mate, called the prisoner exchange “great news" in an interview with CNN. “We certainly want these Americans to come back home. It was ridiculous...
