New Jersey's governor on Thursday called on the state's lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he violated the state's ethics and discrimination rules.
TRUMP, THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, CONGRESS, AND THE WAR. In 2002, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush went through a long and elaborate process to secure the approval of Congress for going to war. On Oct. 10, 2002, the House passed an Authorization for the Use of Military Force by a […]
Chukwunonso Eze entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2015 and received deferred action under both Biden and Trump before he allegedly killed a UMass Dartmouth football player.
The Department of Justice filed a brief encouraging the Supreme Court to deny Steve Bannon’s emergency appeal to avoid prison after he was found guilty of contempt of Congress. Bannon, formerly a senior adviser to former President Trump, was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to appear before...
CNN’s Boris Sanchez faced off with Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) on Wednesday after the congressman defended and downplayed former President Trump’s promise to pardon all people convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Building. Meuser called the riots an “ugly day,” and initially downplayed any idea that Trump would pardon...
Two Harvard University task forces aimed at tackling antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias released preliminary recommendations Wednesday, finding discrimination faced by both Muslim and Jewish students. The Presidential Task Force on Combating Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab Bias and the Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism both found Jewish and Muslim members of the Harvard community...
An ex-Trump administration aide warned former President Trump against going after Hunter Biden during Thursday night’s first presidential debate, saying the move could easily “backfire” and actually make Biden look better. Former White House Deputy Communications Director Sarah Matthews said in an MSNBC interview Wednesday that Biden hitting Trump for his felony conviction and denial...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he supports Louisiana’s new law mandating the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms and said he thinks the law will survive legal challenges. “I'm supportive of it, yeah,” Johnson told reporters Wednesday. “And I think it should pass court muster. I think there's a number of states...
The nation’s largest school district could move to ban cell phones for students as early as this January. New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks said Wednesday that phone use is significantly impacting education. “We recognize the problem and that it is a major issue,” he told WNYW. Banks said the district is finalizing...
Advocates are calling for President Biden and former President Trump to answer for their LGBTQ records and policy proposals at Thursday evening’s debate. The debate, hosted by CNN in Atlanta, is the first to take place during LGBTQ Pride month, which is recognized each year in June. A second debate is scheduled for Sep. 10,...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed AIPAC for pouring tens of millions into Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-N.Y.) divisive primary race on Wednesday after Bowman lost the primary to a more moderate Democrat. Bowman, a second-term progressive, faced tough opposition from the pro-Israel political advocacy group AIPAC because of his criticism of the Israeli government. The group,...
House Republicans on Wednesday approved a measure that would prohibit money for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from funding the salary of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the latest example of GOP lawmakers targeting the embattled Cabinet head. The House cleared an amendment — led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) — to the DHS appropriations bill for fiscal...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied reporting by NBC News about 400 migrants linked to an ISIS-affiliated group who got into the U.S. in recent years. “That reporting is incorrect,” Mayorkas said Wednesday in Tuscon, Ariz. “We do not have identified 400 people with potential ISIS ties.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) labeled more...
President Biden’s reelection campaign is expecting more than 12,000 people at its debate watch parties in battleground states on Thursday night, the campaign first shared with The Hill. Biden is expected to make an appearance at the watch party in Atlanta following the first presidential debate, a campaign official also told The Hill. The campaign...
NBC announced Wednesday it will use artificial intelligence (AI) to replicate the voice of renowned sportscaster Al Michaels in a new tool meant to complement its traditional coverage of the Olympic Games this summer. The tool, called “Your Daily Olympic Recap on Peacock,” uses AI software to create a 10-minute personalized playlist of event highlights...
