Democrats are currently on track for a good midterm election year, maybe a great one, but Democratic excitement has likely reached the overhyped stage.
A pro-Israel Democratic advocacy group on Thursday released a framework intended to help the party better articulate its vision for the U.S. relationship with Israel, an issue that has deeply fractured Democrats this year and could lead to further divisions heading into the next presidential campaign.
President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance will both hit the campaign trail on Thursday, but they will be heading to heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month's midterm elections.
The Small Business Act tells the federal government why small business contracting exists: to preserve free competitive enterprise, ensure small businesses receive a fair proportion of federal contracts, and strengthen the nation’s economy. If firms with $500 million in revenue are allowed to position themselves as “small” to access set-aside contracts, it would undermine the core […]
The killing of seven international aid workers providing food assistance to starving Gazans has put President Biden in a bind over his policy on Israel, even as the president seethed over what he called a lack of discretion to protect civilians. Biden this week issued his sharpest tone yet toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning...
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he thinks Iran will retaliate for a recent airstrike by Israel on an Iranian Embassy compound in Syria, but on a limited scale. “They are going to act,” Esper said on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlan Collins. “They’re gonna feel the need to uphold their dignity, to...
More than 400 lawmakers, civil rights leaders, musicians and actors have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to support a list of Congressional bills on racial equity and reparative justice. The letter, led by UCLA professor of sociology and African American studies Marcus Anthony Hunter, who coined the phrase Black Lives Matter, calls for...
The body of a missing construction worker who was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it collapsed last week has been found, according to authorities. The Unified Command, a group that includes the U.S. Coast Guard and Maryland state agencies, said in a press release that the body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval,...
An appeals court granted the Department of Justice (DOJ) authority to reopen an antitrust probe into the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals panel of judges reversed a lower court decision to “set aside” a 2021 investigative subpoena from the Antitrust Division of...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is pitching colleagues on the chamber’s latest proposal to extend the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers, warning of urgent deadlines and a risk of Senate intervention. The Reforming Intelligence and Surveillance Act unveiled Friday would extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to spy on...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) clinched the first spot on the ballot for her Colorado GOP primary after securing the highest percentage of delegate support on Friday at the district assembly. Boebert, who is running for the full two-year term in former Republican Rep. Ken Buck’s eastern Colorado district, received 41 percent support from the...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US braces for Iran’s response to Israel’s Damascus strike Israel’s airstrike on an Iranian Embassy compound in Syria’s capital has spurred fears of a renewed aim at U.S. interests in the region, despite American officials claiming...
Multiple aftershocks shook the New York and New Jersey area following a 4.8 magnitude earthquake Friday morning, according to officials. "New Jersey just experienced an aftershock,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Friday evening around 6 p.m. “Please follow the emergency guidance below...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump wants judge off hush money case Former President Trump is mounting a new push to have Justice Juan Merchan recuse himself from the hush money trial that is set to pick up later this month. ...
BP America has asked iHeartMedia to not place ads on podcasts that use ad revenue to fund political contributions. The announcement follows revelations that the radio giant funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in ad revenue from Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s “Verdict” podcast to a pro-Cruz super PAC, Truth and Courage PAC. iHeart Media...
A State Supreme Court judge blocked former President Trump’s attempt to gain access to NBC’s documentary material related to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan said the Trump lawyer’s subpoena was “far too broad” and did not meet the legal standard to compel NBC Universal to turn over documents and other...
