Anti-Muslim rhetoric has emerged as a potent ingredient in the looming Texas Republican primary while candidates compete to raise fears about the spread of Sharia law in the state...
Republican Rep. Mike Lawler introduced the "FAIR MAP Act" to end partisan redistricting wars and ban most mid-decade congressional map changes nationwide.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and members of the Senate HELP Committee are launching a task force to target federal fraud in the wake of the Minnesota fraud scandal.
The Smithsonian Institute announced Saturday that its museums will be closed starting Sunday as the lapse in government funding persists. "Due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian museums are temporarily closed beginning on Sunday, Oct. 12, along with our research centers and the National Zoo," the organization wrote on the social platform X. "We will update...
The Trump administration on Friday laid off dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the government shutdown persists in Washington. The firings at one of the nation’s top public health agencies follows a series of turmoil around leadership changes and a stark update to guidance on health and vaccine...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday cast blame on Democrats for a looming lapse in military pay as the shutdown impasse persists, pointing to seven failed votes in the Senate to pass his stopgap funding bill. "HR 5371 (the Continuing Resolution) is the bill to pay our troops," he wrote on social platform X....
Jared Kushner has reentered the political spotlight as a top envoy for the Trump White House in efforts to secure a peace deal in the Middle East, highlighting both his influence in the region and his growing business portfolio there. Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior White House adviser in Trump’s first...
President Biden is receiving radiation therapy as he battles an aggressive form of prostate cancer, a spokesperson told The Hill on Saturday. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” the spokesperson said. A source familiar told NBC News that the former president’s treatment...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said President Trump’s ability to successfully broker a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas provides hope for an end to the war in Eastern Europe. “If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well—including the Russian war,” Zelensky wrote in...
Researchers are getting a better idea of what leads to clinical cases of Candida auris, a dangerous and drug-resistant fungus that has been rapidly multiplying.
Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles on Friday said the nation is “not worried” about removal from the NATO alliance, despite quips from President Trump about the country being the lowest defense spender. "We are not worried," Robles told reporters in Madrid according to The Associated Press. She added later, “I believe that President Trump must...
I’m a fourth-generation pork producer from McComb, Ohio. My family has been raising pigs since 1874. Today, Stateler Family Farms includes pigs, corn, soybeans and wheat. We’re proud of our family farm, where we prioritize animal care and environmental sustainability and have adapted to meet changing market and regulatory demands. In 2018, California passed Proposition...
These states have all affirmed that they want to observe daylight saving time year-round, yet their clocks will switch to standard time in November with the rest of us. Here's why.
Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice on Friday commended President Trump for successfully facilitating the first stages of a ceasefire deal with Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “It's a really significant first step, and I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for making...
