A California school district sued Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday over a new state law that bans schools from requiring educators to tell a parent or guardian if a student is going by a different name or pronoun. The Chino Valley Unified School District sued the governor saying the law violates parents’ rights that...
President Biden’s reelection campaign is hosting a virtual 'Rock ‘n Doo-Wop Party' with celebrity musical guests Wednesday, as part of its initiative to court seniors ahead of November. In an announcement first obtained by The Hill, the campaign plans to host the event with leading senior advocate groups to mark the anniversary of the Older...
Democratic strategist Van Jones criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) speech Tuesday evening at the Republican National Convention (RNC), saying he “sounded like ChatGPT for mean people.” “He was terrible. Ron was terrible,” Jones said during a panel on CNN in response to the convention speech. “He just sounded like ChatGPT for mean people.” “I...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders invoked first lady Jill Biden, a rare target for GOP attacks, during this week’s Republican convention. Sanders, who briefly served as former President Trump's press secretary, recounted taking her son to work one day while serving in the White House. She compared her experience to that of the first lady’s...
In a show of party unity, the GOP’s next generation took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday. A day after former President Trump announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice-presidential pick, his erstwhile primary rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, both spoke in support of the...
Vice President Harris went after Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) in a video published Wednesday, warning that the GOP vice presidential nominee would be a “rubber stamp” for an “extreme agenda.” Harris spoke directly to the camera is a 45-second video in which she criticized Vance’s support for abortion restrictions, his willingness to reject election results...
MILWAUKEE — Senate Republicans were riding high after President Biden’s implosion on the debate stage in Atlanta — but they were soon confronted with polling showing Democratic incumbents leading in every single battleground state except Montana. The polling showing Senate Democratic candidates doing better than the beleaguered Biden in their respective states raised alarms among...
President Biden is beset by challenges. Former President Trump is ahead in many polls following Biden’s widely panned June 27 debate performance in Atlanta. Biden’s hold on the Democratic nomination has at times looked shockingly fragile amid criticism from within his own party. Saturday’s assassination attempt against Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., appears...
MILWAUKEE — Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) selection as former President Trump’s running mate could have major implications for the GOP’s potential succession fight, putting him in early pole position to become the party’s standard-bearer in a post-Trump era. Trump’s vice presidential selection decision was always going to have major ramifications, but those are magnified further...
A federal appeals court last week kicked a years-long case back to the government's campaign finance agency regarding its failure to investigate an unusual arrangement between Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and a liberal group, Correct the Record, during the 2016 election. The decision is a big deal, campaign finance experts told The Hill, although it...
Former President Trump’s 2024 rivals were welcomed back into the fold on Tuesday, with former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis taking the stage amid a broader push for unity during the GOP gathering. At the same time, the unity messaging was often undercut by attacks from speakers like Arizona Senate candidate...
