During her 2022 campaign against GOP opponent Lee Zeldin, Hochul, in what had started as a routine public appearance, suddenly demanded that Republicans “just jump on a bus and...
A group of preschoolers in the Bronx received a visit from former President Obama and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday, the first meeting between the two men coming just over a week after Mamdani marked his 100th day in office. The pair read to children at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center...
Vice President JD Vance thanked Pope Leo XIV on Saturday after the pontiff sought to downplay a days-long clash with President Trump and said he didn't want to engage in a public debate with the president. The pope said earlier on Saturday that some of the coverage of his comments throughout his papal visit to...
The Education Department took an unprecedented step this week to nullify Title IX agreements previous administrations had made with school districts over gender identity, laying the groundwork for an environment that turns such settlements into political ping-pong. The department rescinded six agreements made during the Obama and Biden administrations that required districts to implement policies such as gender discrimination...
The spotlight of war inevitably shines on the Defense secretary’s personality and priorities. Donald Rumsfeld, Pentagon chief when President George W. Bush launched the Iraq War, stepped into the briefing room almost every day, sometimes at his own peril. In his memoirs, he reflected on his “misstatement” about weapons of mass destruction sites and “ill-chosen...
Democratic leaders are walking a delicate line as liberals clamor for President Trump’s removal over the Iran war. On one hand, the minority Democrats are well aware that they have virtually no power to boot Trump from office — an effort that’s opposed by even some in their own party — and they don’t want...
Researchers have documented a permanent split between the largest-known group of wild chimpanzees, which erupted into a lethal civil war over the past several years — findings that could help scientists better understand the roots of human conflict. The study, published Thursday in the Science journal, traced 30 years of chimp behavior in Kibale...
More than one in four Americans who use artificial intelligence at work said it has replaced some of their daily tasks, as a new survey shows more employees are turning to the technology in everyday life. The Epoch AI/Ipsos survey released Thursday found that half of U.S. adults reported using AI tools in the past...
The four Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft safely returned to Earth on Friday evening, completing a historic 10-day journey to the far side of the moon and back. The spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., at 8:07 p.m. EDT, according to NASA. The crewmembers —...
While the EPA celebrated their proposed extension of the the flaring window for natural gas wells to 72 hours, which Zeldin estimates will save the industry $2.5 billion over the next 15 years, an inflation report found energy prices rose 10.9% from February to March.
The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking a federal judge in Virginia to allow it to conduct its own search of a Washington Post reporter’s seized electronic devices, rather than have the court do the review. Federal prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in a March 31 court filing to overturn a lower court...
Former Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has died at the age of 79, according to a statement shared on social media by a family member. Engel’s family said that the former congressman, who represented parts of New York City and its suburbs for more than three decades, passed away...
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) campaign for California governor lost two co-chairs and key endorsements on Friday after the San Francisco Chronicle reported on allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staffer. The Chronicle reported that a woman who previously worked for Swalwell alleged that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too intoxicated to consent. The Hill has not...
The stakes are sky-high and the potential prize is massive in Saturday’s talks between the United States and Iran. But acrobatic leaps of faith will be needed from both sides if they are to even come close to a definitive agreement. Experts suggest that a more realistic hope is some kind of stabilization that would...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Lloyd Austin raises alarm on Hegseth’s officers purge Former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purge of senior military officers is worrisome, adding that the U.S. cannot achieve regime change in Iran...
