President Trump wasn't at Tuesday's Maine Senate debate but he was a major presence as far-left Democrat Troy Jackson worked to frame veteran Sen. Susan Collins as a disciple of the increasingly unpopular Republican president.
Justice Samuel A. Alito said neither he nor his clerks use artificial intelligence in their court work, and he doubts any of his fellow Supreme Court justices do, either.
Maryland's Democratic Gov. Wes Moore skipped President Trump's event near Baltimore to unveil new manufacturing investment on Tuesday because he would not have been allowed to speak.
Funding for a Kenyan-led multinational police force in Haiti could be an unintended victim of partisan budget fights on Capitol Hill, as Republicans resist Biden administration demands for an additional $40 million for a deployment to the Caribbean nation overrun by gang violence. Port-au-Prince has devolved into chaos, with Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigning this week and...
Democrats are in survival mode in trying to rebuild the coalition that helped President Biden win the White House in 2020, working to bring critical voters back to the fold at this point rather than substantially trying to grow the base. The strategy is unfolding in part from Biden’s travel patterns and appearances. This week,...
Democratic anger over Israel’s war in Gaza reached a new level Thursday with a dramatic speech from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the Senate floor. Although he didn’t call for a cease-fire, America’s top Jewish leader opened a new broadside against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the war still raging, calling for...
The battle to become the Senate GOP’s nominee in Ohio against Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) is getting nastier by the day, just as former President Trump gets set to make his presence felt on Saturday. What had long been a three-way brawl appears to have winnowed down to a two-way race between as businessman Bernie...
Lawmakers are racing to reach an agreement on the final six full-year government funding bills, but they face a list of hurdles as they barrel toward a shutdown deadline Friday. The divided Congress just finished work on its first batch of funding bills for fiscal 2024 last week. But some negotiators see the tranche coming...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has postponed his State of the State address, the governor's office confirmed to The Hill Friday night. Newsom’s address was originally scheduled to be delivered on Monday. A new date for the speech has not been provided. His office is coordinating with the legislature to nail a new date for...
An external panel was found to be missing from a Boeing United Airlines flight after it landed in southern Oregon on Friday. United Flight 433, which departed from San Francisco at 10:20 a.m., landed in Medford, Ore., just before noon. The external panel was determined to be missing from the underside of the Boeing 737-800...
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) slammed the claims that he's resigning from Congress to hinder Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) chances of claiming his 4th Congressional District seat. Buck initially announced last year that he would not be running for reelection. He announced his early retirement from Congress on Tuesday, triggering a special election to fill his...
The commission reviewing the events that led up to October's Maine mass shooting found that local law enforcement could have taken the shooter into custody and seized his weapons prior to the shooting. Army reservist Robert Card murdered 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, marking the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history....
A federal court on Friday halted a new federal rule that would require publicly traded companies to reveal climate change-related information. A panel of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judges issued an order that pauses the rule as litigation against it plays out. The order, from Judges Edith Jones, Stephen Higginson, and Cory Wilson —...
The leader of the House GOP campaign arm is urging his colleagues to “embrace” former President Trump, which he contends is a winning strategy across all districts. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is encouraging his conference colleagues to support Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee in 2024, in his push to regain the Oval Office and welcome...
A major settlement reached between the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and home sellers Friday could bring signficant changes to the real estate world. The full implications of the $418 milion settlement for the U.S. housing market are not yet clear. Even so, NAR's agreement to scrap longstanding rules governing broker commission fees will slash...
Nathan Wade, who helped lead former President Trump’s criminal prosecution in Georgia, resigned on Friday after a Georgia judge ruled that either he or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) must step down due to a conflict of interest. Judge Scott McAfee's decision comes after news broke in January that Willis and Wade engaged in a once-romantic relationship....
