President Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., poured an additional $5 million into the Texas Senate race, according to a new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing published Saturday. The funds were earmarked for Del Ray Media LLC, a Virginia-based political media company, for TV and digital advertising against the Democratic nominee in this race, state Rep....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday signed a legislation package aimed at safeguarding the state’s election process against potential interference in the upcoming midterm elections. The Democratic governor, who has repeatedly warned President Trump’s administration would attempt to meddle in these upcoming elections, signed 13 bills in Los Angeles. “Donald Trump won’t stop until...
FBI Director Kash Patel said Saturday the agency used AI to stop half a dozen school shootings and upped its use of the technology by 605 percent since he took the position. Appearing on Fox News’ “Saturday in America,” host Kayleigh McEnany asked Patel about a statement he made in March claiming the FBI had...
The Trump administration began construction on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting through southwest Texas’s Big Bend region despite local leaders' pushback against the project. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the Associated Press Friday that installation of 30-foot panels was already underway along this portion southern border. The construction started earlier this...
After President Trump announced this week he was banning Politico, CNN and MS NOW from accessing the White House, the three media outlets reported Saturday their journalists were denied access to the executive premises. White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Jacqui Heinrich called on the White House to “immediately” restore access to these journalists and...
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk faces backlash over fake Harris video Elon Musk has been accused of violating the policies of his platform X after sharing a fake video of Vice President Harris that used an artificial intelligence (AI) voice mimicking the likely Democratic nominee to spew...
President Biden’s historic announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 race has shaken up a race that had mostly stayed static until the past month. Polls have begun to trickle out in the days since Biden’s decision, offering clues to what a contest between Vice President Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, and former...
The experience of losing a loved one early in life could make a person age faster, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Monday. The study, from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Buter Columbia Aging Center, found those who lose a parent,...
Amanda Gorman, the poet who famously performed at President Biden's inauguration, is backing Vice President Harris and praising them both for "exchanging the torch without ego, malice, or pride." "It was the honor of a lifetime to perform poetry at an inauguration that swore both President Biden and Vice President Harris into office," Gorman wrote on the...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Monday that reforming the Supreme Court will “restore a lot of legitimacy” to the bench. Booker said he backs “common sense” reforms to the Supreme Court during an interview Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” This comes as President Biden revealed he will be backing such changes to the nation’s highest...
The super PAC backing independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid, American Values 2024 (AV24), launched an ad campaign on Monday promoting the message, “Only Kennedy Can Beat Trump.” The nearly $310K ad campaign will target Washington, D.C., and New York City. For one week, the “Only Kennedy Can Beat Trump” message will be...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr offered his concerns about President Biden's reform proposals for the Supreme Court on Monday, arguing they would eliminate the high court's conservative justices and "destroy the independence of the judiciary." "Americans need to understand that the campaign to radically change the Court is coming. While current proposals like term limits...
Vice President Harris’s campaign is doubling down on its attacks toward former President Trump, accusing him of backtracking on the next presidential debate. Campaign communications director Michael Tyler said, in a statement first shared with The Hill, that Harris will be at ABC’s Sept. 10 debate — to which Trump and President Biden had both...
A coalition of Black women has launched a three-point plan to help elect Vice President Harris. The "100 Days of Action by Black Women for Kamala," which began as an online Facebook group, will conduct voter registration drives, community outreach events and get-out-the-vote efforts in all 50 states. The campaign also calls for "100 Days of Prayer,"...
