Senate Republicans are suddenly rushing to save a Senate seat in Kansas.On Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund, Senate Republicans’ top super PAC, reserved over $8 million in ads starting...
President Biden’s reelection campaign has dubbed former President Trump “Broke Don,” taking a strategy out of Trump’s playbook that his political rivals know all too well. Trump has used nicknames — from “Little Marco” to “Crooked Hillary” to “Lyin’ Ted” — to put down a variety of opponents. For much of 2020, Biden’s moniker, courtesy...
Vice President Harris will make two announcements on gun violence prevention efforts Saturday in Parkland, Fla., where 14 students and three staff members were killed in a school shooting in 2018. Harris is set to meet with families of those killed in the mass shooting and will visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with them,...
The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a sprawling $1.2 trillion package to fund large swaths of the government, capping off a dramatic negotiation in the upper chamber and an intense months-long spending fight. The chamber approved the mammoth package, which spans more than a thousand pages, in a 74-24 vote, sending the...
House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.) was noncommittal Friday when asked if he would vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) following an introduction of a motion to vacate. “Well, he serves the pleasure of 218 members, I can't make a defense for him as Speaker,” Good said when asked on “The Hill on...
Former President Trump signaled that the leadership in Cuba could “be changed” if he's reelected in November. “I want to express my admiration and support for all of the brave people of Cuba, who are standing up against the vile communist regime,” Trump said in a video posted Friday to Truth Social. “It's not easy...
More Americans trust former President Trump’s approach to trade than President Biden's but are split on their approach to tariffs on China, according to a new survey. The YouGov poll, released Friday, found 42 percent of Americans somewhat approve of Trump's approach to foreign trade, 11 percent higher than Biden’s 31 percent. At the same...
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered well wishes to Kate Middleton Friday, after the Princess of Wales revealed she was diagnosed with cancer. "Jill and I join millions around the world in praying for your full recovery, Princess Kate," Biden posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in a reply to...
Two Republicans will battle it out in a May runoff to claim former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) House seat, which has been open since December. County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux will face off against state legislator Vince Fong in the May 21 special election in California’s 20th District. Boudreaux has touted his background in law enforcement...
A St. Louis Cardinals fan accused of storming the Capitol in all red during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the insurrection. The man, who legally changed his name from Daniel Donnelly, Jr. to Rally Runner in 2017, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to a felony offense...
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on the Moscow concert hall Friday that left at least 40 people killed and over 100 civilians injured. The group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement Friday evening shared by SITE, an intelligence group. Russia’s Health Ministry released a list of 145 people injured,...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story House agrees on defense spending, sends Senate bill to avert shutdown The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday — including $825 billion for military spending — sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the...
President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a Latino-focused ad targeting former President Trump for his remarks in which he called immigrants "rapists" who were "poisoning the blood" of the country. The 30 second ad entitled “Change,” shared exclusively first with The Hill, features remarks from Biden in Arizona this week calling out his political rival’s controversial rhetoric. “This...
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