Republican Sen. Susan Collins vowed she won't be "intimidated" after her Biddeford office was vandalized, while her Dem rival Troy Jackson stayed silent on the act.
Tax returns, artificial intelligence and border security. Those are just some of the issues lawmakers are set to tackle in the coming weeks, as Congress checks items off the legislative bucket list ahead of their summer recess. Meanwhile, House Republicans are plotting an ambitious schedule to pass all 12 annual government funding bills for fiscal...
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt has been ousted from his role in Oregon, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, losing to a challenge from Senior Deputy District Attorney Nathan Vasquez. Schmidt took office in the Portland-area district amid the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands...
President Biden is expected to soon designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally, a senior administration official said. Biden is expected to inform Congress that he will designate Kenya with the lauded title, which comes with special privileges, the official said, describing it as an acknowledgment that "Kenya is already a global partner." "This is also big...
The Biden administration is goading Senate Republicans to support a revival of the failed bipartisan border deal that they abandoned after former President Trump came out against it. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is planning a second vote on the bill Thursday, though Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday told President Biden that Republicans...
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday fiercely defended Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito against a barrage of criticism following reporting that, at one point, two flags associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol had been on display outside his home. “Absolutely not,” Bolton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer when asked whether...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called on Senate Democrats to launch “active investigations” into two separate reports that flags associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol were on display outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home. “What we are seeing here is an extraordinary breach of not just the trust and...
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) included an amendment to the annual defense bill that would require a report on the impact of a detonation of a nuclear weapon in space and the consequences of publicizing Russia's alleged pursuit of a space-based nuclear weapon. The amendment, agreed to on Wednesday night before the HASC passed...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) criticized former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley for saying Wednesday that she plans to support former President Trump over President Biden in the general election come November. “Not a surprise but: Pathetic,” Kinzinger wrote, in response to Haley saying she would vote for Trump. Haley was the last candidate standing in the Republican primary race for...
Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg called out Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday for taking credit for securing federal funding for a bridge in her district when, in fact, she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that funded the project. “Great meeting with Glenwood Springs City Councilor and former Mayor Jonathan Godes,” Boebert posted on X, attaching a...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Even talk of a Netanyahu visit stirs firestorm of controversy The prospect that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might soon address a joint session of Congress is already stirring a firestorm of controversy on Capitol Hill,...
One of the country’s most contentious debates made its way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday: What’s the pizza capital of the U.S.? The answer depends on who you ask. Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) stirred up the conversation when she held an event on the House steps to declare New Haven, Conn., the best...
Nathan Wade, former special prosecutor for Fulton County, Ga., said the romantic relationship he once had with District Attorney Fani Willis has “no place” being discussed in a courtroom. “I felt like we dealt with it in a manner that was professional. We kept our personal lives personal and private,” Wade told MSNBC’s Joy Reid...
