During her 2022 campaign against GOP opponent Lee Zeldin, Hochul, in what had started as a routine public appearance, suddenly demanded that Republicans “just jump on a bus and...
A group of preschoolers in the Bronx received a visit from former President Obama and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday, the first meeting between the two men coming just over a week after Mamdani marked his 100th day in office. The pair read to children at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center...
Vice President JD Vance thanked Pope Leo XIV on Saturday after the pontiff sought to downplay a days-long clash with President Trump and said he didn't want to engage in a public debate with the president. The pope said earlier on Saturday that some of the coverage of his comments throughout his papal visit to...
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the "lies sold" to the U.S. amid the two countries' conflict with Iran. The Yesh Atid party member accused Netanyahu of leading Israel to "a strategic collapse," Yapid wrote in a post on the social platform X, translated from Hebrew. "There was...
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Wednesday that “violations” of the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran have occurred "across the conflict zone" and urged the parties to exercise restraint. “Violations of ceasefire have been reported at few places across the conflict zone which undermine the spirit of peace process,” Sharif wrote on the...
A senior Lebanese official condemned Israel’s wave of airstrikes inside the country Wednesday, labeling the attack that came hours after a temporary ceasefire was announced among the U.S., Israel and Iran a “very dangerous turning point.” “These hits are now at the heart of Beirut. … Half of the sheltered (internally displaced people) are in...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday the upper chamber will vote on a war powers resolution to check President Trump’s power over military operations in Iran. The measure comes as the Trump administration has touted progress on a ceasefire agreement with Tehran and is looking to develop a longer-term peace deal. “Congress must...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) hinted Wednesday at a potential 2028 presidential bid, saying he wants to “be a part of that conversation” as Democrats grapple with the party's direction. “We have an opportunity to have a real debate within our party about what we stand for, about what our affirmative vision is,” Shapiro said,...
The State Department issued a new security alert for Iraq on Wednesday, recommending that U.S. citizens immediately depart the country through overland routes due to Iran-allied militia activity. The department said these groups have launched drone attacks near the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and Baghdad International Airport in the country. “They may intend to conduct...
Social media influencer Dan Bilzerian filed paperwork Tuesday to challenge Rep. Randy Fine (R) in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Bilzerian filed as a Republican for a House district that includes Palm Coast and Daytona Beach, according to a filing from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The address included on the FEC filing is the same address as Lake County Commissioner Anthony Sabatini’s law...
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) declined to rule out a presidential run in 2028 but said she’s focused on helping Democrats win the midterm elections this November. "I'm not so arrogant as to think it has to be me," Slotkin told the Des Moines Register, when asked whether she is considering running for president in two years. "Midterms is...
An adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Iran's nuclear weapon "is called the Strait of Hormuz," and that the waterway has unlimited potential to be used against the U.S., following a two-week ceasefire deal with the Middle Eastern country. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of the Security Council and Russia's former president,...
Congress gave ICE a $75 billion budget with few strings attached, allowing it to operate beyond its intended scope and bypass traditional checks on power, raising constitutional concerns.
The nationwide legal battle over prediction markets, explained. Plus, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche takes helm of the Justice Department after Pam Bondi's ouster. What will he do differently? Join The Hill's legal affairs reporters Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld for a discussion and Q&A session on all this and more at 3 p.m. EDT....
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers shot and injured a man during an attempted stop in California on Tuesday, according to federal authorities. The officers fired shots at Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez during a targeted traffic stop on Interstate 5 in the city of Patterson. His attorney said he is now hospitalized and "fighting for...
Iran reportedly intends to require ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to pay the cryptocurrency equivalent of $1 per barrel of oil on board during the two-week ceasefire with the U.S. Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union, which works with Iran’s government, told the Financial Times about the requirement...
Conservative influencer Laura Loomer sharply criticized the temporary ceasefire agreement reached by the U.S. and Iran on Tuesday evening, railing against diplomatic negotiations as a “negative for our country.” Loomer slammed the deal repeatedly in a flurry of social media posts, starting shortly after President Trump announced the two-week pause on escalating strikes in the...
