Social media has been flooded with lime green-tinted, coconut-filled images and videos boosting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign in the days since President Biden announced his plans to step aside. The Harris campaign and Democrats backing her presidential bid have embraced the online hype, including remixes of Harris sharing a quote from her mother that...
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday confirmed or revealed a host of information on former President Trump’s would-be assassin, including new details on what the shooter had searched for online and his movements in the days, hours and minutes before he took aim at the Republican presidential nominee on July 13. Speaking before the Republican-led...
President Biden will discuss how to close the "final gaps" of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a high-stakes meeting on Thursday, according to a U.S. official. Biden will meet with Netanyahu and the families of hostages held in Gaza on Thursday. Vice President Harris, who Biden endorsed for...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery speech to Congress on Wednesday that elicited a boycott by Democrats inside the Capitol, sparked massive protests outside, and elevated the partisan fight over Israeli-Palestinian relations that promises to continue straight into November’s elections. Appearing before a rare joint meeting of Congress, Netanyahu recounted in violent detail...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to both chambers of Congress Thursday for being "fundamentally dishonest." "I thought it was fundamentally dishonest," Nadler said on MSNBC. "He says he wants peace, but his political interest is to keep the war going as long as possible because he knows that as...
Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign are weighing a number of potential running mates as Democrats shift into general election mode with Harris at the helm. While Harris has been able to massively excite the Democratic base and seemingly narrow the gap with Trump in the three days since President Biden dropped out of...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on Wednesday lambasted pro-Palestinian protestors who took down at least one American flag at Union Station in Washington and replaced it with a Palestinian flag, calling it "absolutely shameful." Tuberville posted a photo to X of poles outside Union Station with Palestinian flags, instead of the usual U.S. flags, flying on...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA moves to regulate vinyl chloride The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed designating one of the toxic substances spilled by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic...
More than 1,000 LGBTQ political leaders, celebrities and social media influencers on Wednesday announced their support for Vice President Harris's White House bid in an open letter meant to unite the community and mobilize voters. "As advocates, elected officials, organizations, and community leaders serving millions of LGBTQ+ Americans and our allies across the country, we urge...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story What polls are telling us about Kamala Harris’s campaign Vice President Harris’s upstart presidential campaign needs to quickly gain voter support if she’s going to stand a chance against former President Trump’s deeply entrenched MAGA base this fall. Polls are...
President Biden will deliver an address from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening. The speech will be his first public statement since his announcement Sunday that he will not seek reelection, and is endorsing Vice President Harris as the nominee at the top of the 2024 Democratic Party ticket. The president returned to Washington Tuesday...
Pro-Palestinian protesters made their presence known around the Capitol on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress. Thousands of demonstrators demanded the arrest of Netanyahu, who has been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court. A number of Democrats are boycotting the speech, which comes at the...
The remarkable story of Ulysses S. Grant and Harrison Terrell, a former slave who became Grant's butler and personal attendant is an overlooked part America’s civil rights story.
