Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world...
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.
Thursday’s debate between President Biden and former President Trump could set the tone for the next few months of the campaign, as the two candidates meet face-to-face for the first time in four years. Morning Report spoke with The Hill’s Niall Stanage, who will be in Atlanta Thursday to cover the event, about what to...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is declaring firearm violence in the U.S. a public health crisis, not only for the tens of thousands who die from gun violence each year but also due to far-reaching trauma that impacts the wider population. In his advisory, the first time a Surgeon General has declared a public health advisory...
President Biden and prominent Democrats condemned protests of an Israeli real estate sale at a Los Angeles synagogue on Sunday, calling the protests antisemitic. Groups protesting the Israel-Hamas war and U.S. policy towards Israel gathered outside the Adas Torah, synagogue where organizers held an event advertising real estate for sale in “housing projects in all...
The trustee in charge of Alex Jones’s bankruptcy proceedings said Monday that he will move to shut down his Infowars media site and liquidate Jones’s business assets as he attempts to repay the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims. Court-appointed trustee Christopher Murray said in an “emergency” motion that he will “conduct an orderly...
Two federal judges in Missouri and Kansas halted sections of a Biden administration initiative intended to lower student loan payments, raising questions for the millions of Americans impacted by the program. In Kansas, Judge Michael Crabtree ruled that the Department of Education can’t enact the full scope of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE)...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) blasted new Pentagon Chief of Staff Derek Chollet as “absolutely unqualified” on Monday, urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to “reconsider” his pick for the No. 3 official in the department. Austin named Chollet, currently a senior State Department adviser, as the Pentagon’s new chief of staff earlier Monday, replacing the outgoing...
Novo Nordisk announced plans on Monday to build a $4.1 billion facility in North Carolina, as demand for its popular weight-loss drugs has only increased in recent months. The plant will be the Danish company’s second fill and finishing manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C., and its fourth facility in the area overall. Novo Nordisk —...
Attorneys for former President Trump argued in a court filing Monday that a Georgia appeals court should overturn a lower court decision and disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) from her prosecution of Trump, alleging misconduct. Revelations that Willis was in a romantic relationship with one of Trump’s top prosecutors caused a multimonth...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to one felony charge under the Espionage Act in a plea deal that will allow him to go free from prison and bring to an end a years-long legal saga stemming from his role in one of the largest publications of classified information in U.S. history, according to...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Austin names new chief of staff, but not everyone is pleased Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has chosen the No. 3 official in the State Department as the Pentagon’s new chief of staff, but already some in Congress are...
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has found “substantial reason to believe” that Reps. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) improperly utilized campaign funds at two social clubs in Texas. In two separate reports released Monday, the OCE — an independent, nonpartisan entity that reviews allegations of misconduct regarding lawmakers and staff members —...
This week's debate between President Biden and former President Trump will be unlike any in the 64 years since the advent of the televised presidential debate. From the host of the meeting to its unique timing, the event breaks with tradition in myriad ways. The debate is set to lay down a key marker in...
Attorneys representing some of the families of those killed in two Boeing 737 Max crashes argued in a court filing Monday that there should be an independent corporate monitor to look over the company as it faces rising concerns over product safety. The filing is tied to a pair of fatal crashes related to defects...
