Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, announces plans for his retirement after to focus on his family, while his identical twin brother launched a campaign to replace him.
President Trump shared Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, outlining presidential powers to suspend alien entry after National Guard shooting.
The White House has launched a new section on its website dedicated to calling out media it considers misleading or having a bias in its coverage of President Trump and his policies.
Ukrainian officials led by Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov are on their way to Washington on Saturday ahead of negotiations the next day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.
Nvidia reported strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday, easily surpassing Wall Street’s expectations for the chipmaker at the center of the AI race. The company posted $57 billion in revenue in the three-month period from July to September, up 62 percent from the same time last year. Analysts expected the firm to report a revenue of $54.92...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday dismissed New York City Council member Chi Ossé's primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Mamdani told anchor Dan Mannarino with local outlet PIX11 News, a Nexstar affiliate, that "right now is not the time to be engaging in that type of primary." On...
U.S. Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett (D) on Wednesday defended her texting with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as controversy swirls around files linked to the late financier. “There are a lot of people who have done a lot of crimes. And as a prosecutor, you get information from people where you can. I've...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday dismissed the House’s efforts to potentially repeal a measure in the government shutdown bill, which would allow senators to sue the Justice Department over phone surveillance. He argued that the provision to give Republican senators standing to sue the federal government for $500,000 in damages was narrowly...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not release a federal employment report for October after missing the window to collect data from households during the government shutdown, the agency announced Wednesday. In a Wednesday press release, BLS said it was unable to conduct its monthly survey of households — which makes up half of...
President Trump vowed to make a push for peace in the war-torn African country of Sudan on Wednesday after listening to an appeal from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Washington. “His majesty would like to me do something very powerful having to do with Sudan,” Trump told a crowd at...
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday afternoon to look into the impact of the 43-day government shutdown on U.S. flight safety, travel and the economy. During the record-long lapse in funding, the Transportation Department reduced flights for least 40 major airports across the U.S. as staffing shortages that already...
President Trump’s disapproval rating has hit its highest point of his second term, according to an average from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). More than half of American respondents — 55.5 percent — said they have a negative view of Trump's handle on the presidency, based on 634 polls that DDHQ averaged Monday. That number marks...
The House Ways and Means Committee is demanding an answer from a New Jersey organ donation group accused of engaging in illegal practices, including harvesting organs from a person who was showing signs of life. In a letter to the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network (NJTO), Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.)...
Stacey Plaskett is a former Republican who now serves as the Democratic delegate for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Her name has been entangled in the saga involving the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after new documents unveiled that she consulted with Epstein during a 2019 hearing with former Trump fixer Michael Cohen. On Tuesday, Rep....
The American restaurant industry is facing a crisis as workers with valid work permits are being stripped of their legal protections, threatening businesses and the economy, and the Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act offers a potential solution.
Calley Means, a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has formally joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A staff directory for the department lists Means as a senior adviser in the Office of the Secretary. An HHS spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the wellness entrepreneur is joining the department as...
