Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday will push back against lawmakers who have vowed to hold him in contempt, casting the effort as “only the most recent in a long line of attacks” on the Justice Department. Garland is set to appear before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday after it, along with the House Oversight...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) will appear in ads touting the Biden administration’s green investments in ads running in their state. The $1.4 million total buy from climate group Evergreen includes an ad with each governor, highlighting the impact of the Biden administration’s investments in their state. Neither Whitmer...
More states will receive Medicaid funding for all-in-one mental health and substance use clinics offering 24-hour crisis services. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that a newish model of the clinic, called certified community behavioral health clinics, in 10 states will now be eligible to receive Medicaid reimbursements under the Certified...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday said she may move to force a vote on impeaching President Biden over the situation at the southern border this week, a threat that comes as the president prepares to roll out a highly anticipated executive order that would crack down on the U.S.-Mexico border. Greene told reporters...
ESPN host Pat McAfee on Monday apologized for referring to Indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark as a "white b----" in a conversation over whether race has played a role in the treatment of the WNBA star. "I shouldn’t have used 'white b----' as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context... even if we’re...
Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci weighed in on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)'s refusal to recognize him as a doctor, calling it an "unusual performance." "So that's the reason why I'm still getting death threats when you have performances like that unusual performance by Marjorie Taylor Greene in today's hearing," Fauci told...
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said President Biden's anticipated border proposal this week could end up hurting him with Democrats. Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would give the administration additional authority to limit the number of migrants coming across the southern border. Cramer suggested Monday that Biden is only taking...
Vulnerable Democrats are steering away from talking about former President Trump’s bombshell conviction last week on 34 felony charges as they fear political backlash in their purple states and districts. Those front-line Democrats — representing battleground districts and states where trust in the criminal justice system is low and Trump’s legal woes have only invigorated...
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney criticized Anthony Fauci for having a lack of candor in the Oval Office surrounding COVID-19 guidelines. Mulvaney was asked by NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill” whether he ever heard Fauci say there was “no science” behind the social distancing guidelines throughout his time in the White House....
House Republicans on Monday advanced legislation designed to punish the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its top prosecutor recommended war crimes charges against Israeli leaders amid their fight with Hamas. The House Rules Committee voted 9-3, along strict partisan lines, to send to the floor legislation slapping sanctions on ICC officials. The full House is...
A Georgia appeals court could hear arguments this October for former President Trump's efforts to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis removed from the election interference case she brought against the former president. The arguments are tentatively slated for Oct. 4, should an oral argument be "requested and granted," according to a notice from...
The running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said she was “on the same page” with conservative pundit Tucker Carlson on just about everything. Nicole Shanahan spoke at an event in Kittery, Maine, last Thursday, where she recounted seeing him debate Democratic strategist James Carville in New York when she was 18...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Netanyahu to address Congress on June 13 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver an address to Congress on June 13, setting the stage for what is certain to be a contentious event as many progressives vow to...
President Biden on Monday railed against President Trump after his conviction to donors at a fundraiser, arguing that “something snapped” after he lost the 2020 election. “Here is what is becoming clearer and clearer every day. The threat that Trump poses would be greater in a second term than it was in his first term....
