President Donald Trump pardoned two North Carolina turkeys in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, maintaining the annual Thanksgiving tradition dating back decades.
“I believe we, the Americans of today, are ready to act worthy of ourselves,” President Ronald Reagan proclaimed in January 1981 during his first inaugural address, “ready to do what must be done to ensure happiness and liberty for ourselves, our children, and our children’s children.” Reagan was nothing less than what the Greek philosopher […]
President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging. As is our annual tradition, we reproduce the text below in commemoration of Thanksgiving Day, as penned by Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward. The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful […]
The bipartisan push for a congressional stock trading ban is gaining steam, but lawmakers have yet to settle on the details of a proposal. The House Administration Committee on Wednesday held a hearing on the matter, putting an issue that has been percolating on Capitol Hill for months back in the spotlight following a government...
The funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most influential figures in American politics over the last century, will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. Cheney, 84, died on Nov. 4 because of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said. “Vice President Cheney devoted decades of...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story BLS scraps October jobs report due to shutdown The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not release a federal employment report for October after missing the window to collect data from households during the government shutdown,...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Wednesday he “totally” is against the Trump administration negotiating with Russia to end its war in Ukraine. “I totally disagree with the Administration negotiating w/ the Russians & not the Ukrainians, and their plan to demand the Ukrainians accept the agreement as a ‘fait accompli,’” Bacon said in a post...
A grand jury indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) for allegedly stealing $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds and using some of it to fund her campaign, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother, Edwin, received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds in July 2021, while their health care company was working on a FEMA-funded staffing contract tied to COVID-19 vaccinations. The congresswoman served...
The House of Representatives has censured members of Congress for their actions and alleged misconduct nearly 30 times since 1832. When the House censures a member for their conduct, it is a method to express the body's "deep disapproval" of that member. After that member is censured, they must stand in the "well" area of...
A federal court's decision to block a new GOP-favored House map in Texas is raising questions over the fate of other redrawn maps around the country. A panel of federal judges blocked Republicans’ bid to use a new set of GOP-favored congressional lines ahead of 2026, arguing it was a likely racial gerrymander. The case largely centered...
The Trump administration is renewing a push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, with a reported 28-point peace plan that caught Kyiv’s supporters in Congress off guard and left at least one Republican warning against what appears to be a largely pro-Moscow proposal. The plan was reportedly worked out by President Trump’s top envoy for...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Senate crypto market bill takes shape A bill seeking to clarify oversight of the cryptocurrency industry is taking shape in the Senate with the release of the long-awaited second half of draft legislation, but key policy questions remain as lawmakers set their sights on passing the bill early...
The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it will create a new subcommittee tasked with investigating a wide swath of allegations against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.). That includes whether he violated campaign finance laws, received special favors in his position, engaged in sexual misconduct, and misused congressional resources, according to a press release. The committee has...
As peak holiday shopping season kicks off next week, an activist group is asking its supporters to stop shopping at three major US chains for five days.
A federal judge is planning to revive contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials who disobeyed his order to turn around deportation flights destined for El Salvador. The proceedings were put on hold for months as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit mulled the matter. But U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is facing big changes even after normal funding has resumed with the end of the government shutdown, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday. “Clearly there’s a right-sizing that needs to happen [with the program],” Rollins told host Nichole Berlie on "NewsNation Now." Since the 43-day shutdown ended last week,...
The federal judge who dissented from the order striking down Texas’s new Republican-friendly House map torched his colleague in an explosive opinion published Wednesday, accusing him of “pernicious judicial misbehavior.” "In my 37 years on the federal bench, this is the most outrageous conduct by a judge that I have ever encountered in a case in which I have been involved,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith. His 104-page...
