ALL EYES ON GRACIE: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sit down with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion this afternoon, their third in-person meeting in less than a...
A First Amendment attorney predicts Trump's White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW will fail in court, calling the action blatantly unconstitutional.
A dangerous heat wave will persist in the West and spread to additional cities this coming week, as forecasters predict record-breaking temperatures. The National Weather Service (NWS) said “dozens of daily record temperatures” were expected to be tied or broken this coming week, with highs in the West reaching the 100s and 110s. The temperature...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday the alliance is expected to agree to a five-point plan to support Ukraine in the war against Russia, including shifting international support to a unified command and establishing pledges from nations to sustain military support to Kyiv for at least another year. Stoltenberg told reporters during a roundtable in...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) defended the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity last week, saying that the justices “clarified what the law is.” Rubio, one of former President Trump’s top contenders to be his running mate, said that Trump is being politically targeted when asked Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” if he was “comfortable”...
At least four senior House Democrats said President Biden should step aside from the 2024 presidential election during a private phone call Sunday afternoon, sources told The Hill, a concerning sign for the president as he insists on staying in the race after his disastrous debate performance last month. Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Mark Takano...
President Biden’s struggles are opening the door for former President Trump to make a play in multiple blue states, a possibility that wasn’t fathomed just weeks ago as Democrats continue to grapple with fallout from Biden’s costly debate performance. Trump’s team and Republicans have been laser focused on once again tearing down the “blue wall”...
President Biden will deliver remarks at a trio of events focused on key themes and voting blocs for his reelection bid during the week of the Republican National Convention, the White House announced Sunday. The series of speaking engagements, which includes travel to the battleground state of Nevada, is the latest indication it’s full speed...
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting President Biden’s physician to give a transcribed interview in connection with the committee’s investigation into Biden’s family. Comer told White House physician Kevin O'Connor the committee is "concerned your medical assessments have been influenced by your private business endeavors with the Biden family," in a letter...
President Biden riled voters during a series of campaign stops in Pennsylvania on Sunday, attempting to shake off concerns among some Democrats that he isn’t up for a second term. “Dark Brandon is coming back,” he joked to one supporter in Harrisburg who asked him about the meme, one that developed into a unifying force...
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tested positive for COVD-19, the vice president’s office announced Sunday. His office said Emhoff had experienced mild symptoms before being tested Saturday, and is now asymptomatic. He is fully vaccinated, the office said. Vice President Harris was also tested for COVD-19 and tested negative, her office said. Emhoff will continue to...
A Republican pollster said Democrats are better off holding an open convention than putting President Biden or Vice President Harris on the ticket. Whit Ayres, the founder of North Star Opinion Research, said on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” that neither Biden nor Harris will be able to defeat former President Trump in the presidential election...
Political momentum is building to regulate the spread of nonconsensual explicit deepfakes as the issue of the digitally altered images has moved from a potential threat to a reality. Several bipartisan bills introduced in Congress aim to mitigate the spread of nonconsensual explicit images made using artificial intelligence (AI), an issue that has not...
President Biden urged his supporters to ‘stick together’ as he kicked off a day of campaigning in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, amid growing calls for him to step aside as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. Churchgoers at Mount Airy Church of God in Christ, a predominantly Black church in northwest Philadelphia, greeted Biden ahead...
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) downplayed concerns among Democrats that President Biden should end his presidential campaign, saying Sunday that he doesn’t believe members calling on him to leave will have an impact. Five Democratic House members have so far called on Biden to leave the race publicly amid concerns about his age and ability to...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Sunday he doesn't think President Biden understands he is "not winning this race" against former President Trump. “There are certain immutable facts of life, and those were painfully obvious on that debate stage, and the president just doesn't seem to come to — he hasn't come to grips with it....
