A new statewide survey from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies suggests something remarkable — and deeply troubling — could happen this November.
Postmaster General David Steiner is testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday afternoon about the financial future of the United States Postal Service. The hearing comes after Steiner warned earlier this month the Postal Service will run out of money within a year. The former Waste Management official told The Associated...
It likely won't be hard to remember the new phone number for a cancer support line: CSC-867-5309. The seven digits, made famous by the 1981 Tommy Tutone hit, "867-5309/Jenny," now directs callers to the nonprofit organization, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), which provides information, support and advice from trained specialists to people affected by cancer....
"We all understood there was clearly an imminent threat,” Johnson said in a press conference, referring to the classified briefings provided to top Congressional leaders.
White House negotiators are reviewing a Democratic proposal to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security, but the talks are inching along and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Democrats aren’t serious about getting a deal soon. The White House submitted its last offer to Senate Democrats more than two weeks ago, and Democrats didn’t...
Should President Trump send U.S. forces to Iran’s Kharg Island, it wouldn’t count as “boots on the ground” in the country, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) argued Tuesday. Trump is mulling sending troops to secure the inland, which handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude exports, following strikes that targeted military infrastructure but left its oil...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Tuesday ripped into her Senate Republican colleagues for failing to advance President Trump’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act after weeks of pressure. The legislation, which has faced an uphill battle in the Senate due to talks around the filibuster, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship...
A YouTube personality popular on the political right is facing pushback for promoting a video from another online influencer purporting to expose what it calls a "Jewish invasion" in New Jersey. Nick Shirley, who has risen to prominence on social media in recent months highlighting what he argues is fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars...
America is facing a debt crisis that can only be solved by a technological miracle, such as AI and robotics, but this would come at the cost of mass unemployment and economic hardship for the average American.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday said that the economic toll that American consumers are feeling as a result of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is "the last of our concerns right now." "The fact is that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound and that if it were to be extended, it wouldn't...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) plans to introduce a bill Tuesday that would give the courts a larger role in reviewing antitrust settlements following concerns about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent settlement with Live Nation. The legislation, referred to as the Antitrust Accountability and Transparency Act, would give judges more time to review antitrust settlements,...
Aides who served under former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton denied speaking with President Trump about military action in Iran — after Trump suggested one told him they wished the U.S. had bombed the Middle Eastern nation earlier. “Look, for 47 years, no president was willing to do what...
Tune in to The Hill's live coverage of Tuesday's primary elections in Illinois. The Prairie State is hosting several state and federal contests, including the race to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) The Democratic primary to succeed the senior senator has turned increasingly nasty in the last few weeks, with Democratic Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi...
