President Donald Trump's $5,000 dividend pledge faces bipartisan pushback, with Democrats calling it a "bribe" and Republicans questioning its feasibility.
The Biden administration's lack of urgency in providing Ukraine with the weapons and munitions it needs to survive and defeat Russia is causing civilian casualties, and the U.S. and NATO's reactionary approach is not helping the situation.
Some Democrats won’t accept “yes” for an answer. President Biden has been saying for two weeks, following his tremulous debate with former President Trump, that he’s in the presidential race to stay. Period. His campaign repeated that stance as part of a fundraising email to supporters Wednesday night: “President Biden is in this race until...
Heather Slavkin Corzo, most recently a policy director at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is joining Mindset as a principal. She was previously director of capital markets policy at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), head of U.S. policy at the Principles for Responsible Investment and a senior fellow...
President Biden is facing calls to undergo cognitive testing and release the results after his disastrous debate last month, and amid a series of reports about his apparent decline in recent months. Concerns were only fanned further when public records brought to attention that a neurologist who specializes in Parkinson's disease had visited the White...
Senate Democrats worry that the turmoil over President Biden will haunt them until the convention in August, making for a painful 40 days and weakening the party going into the fall. Even as they've resigned themselves to the reality that Biden will likely remain atop the ticket, they fear a slow drip of polls, possible...
The Biden administration will dole out $1.7 billion to automotive companies to bolster their efforts to manufacture electric cars, trucks and motorcycles. The funds, which will cover 11 projects, are expected to help companies transition their facilities to electric vehicle manufacturing or to help them expand existing electric vehicle operations. An administration official told reporters...
The Arkansas secretary of state on Wednesday rejected an effort for an abortion-rights ballot measure that would ensure access to the procedure up to 18 weeks in the state. In a letter to Arkansas for Limited Government — the group behind the effort — Secretary of State John Thurston said the group did not submit...
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on Wednesday slammed the House GOP effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in "inherent contempt" on Congress, calling it a "stupid resolution." “This is a stupid resolution,” McGovern said on the House floor. "Republican leadership knows this is a stupid resolution. Their own members know this is a stupid resolution. But they’re...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) shut down the speculation around former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) comments about if President Biden should step aside. Coons, a close Biden ally, joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday evening to discuss the president’s political future as concerns remain nearly two weeks after his poor debate performance. Earlier Wednesday, Pelosi said...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) said on Wednesday he only watched parts of last month's debate between former President Trump and President Biden, but believes the incumbent is the "best opportunity" to defeat the former president. Fox News host Jesse Watters, speaking with Fetterman, asked the senator, "You saw the debate, just like we all saw...
Ukraine and its most ardent supporters within NATO are airing frustrations that the bloc can do more to confront Russia, even as the alliance's summit in Washington focuses largely on Western efforts to rein in Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and leaders of other countries on the front line with Russia warned...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the NATO world leaders he’s met with this week are privately telling him they’re concerned about President Biden and his ability to lead the country. “All those NATO leaders are here on the hill as you know,” Johnson told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Wednesday evening. “These foreign leaders are coming...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story NATO: Ukraine on ‘irreversible’ path to membership Ukraine is on an “irreversible” path to NATO membership, the 32 members of the alliance affirmed in a joint communique released Wednesday on the second day of the...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a vocal advocate of President Biden, said he strongly disagrees with Sen. Peter Welch after the Vermont Democrat called for the president to step aside. “Senator Welch, I mean, he’s a good friend and he’s the nicest dude in D.C. I’ve said that on the record,” Fetterman told CNN’s Erin Burnett...
