Former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is under fire from conservatives after defending a $2 billion initiative under the Biden EPA.
Syria's top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries Sunday called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions on Syria and post-war reconciliation.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump adviser Elon Musk sparred with Poland's foreign minister on Sunday, urging the diplomat to be quiet and thankful for keeping Russia away from his doorstep.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to the media.
Florida gubernatorial candidate and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Wednesday responded to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) criticism that the congressman hasn’t been a part of conservative victories in Florida, pointing to his record in the state legislature. “My record when I was in the state legislature speaks for itself,” Donalds told The Hill. “I even...
A law signed by former President Joe Biden in January is starting to show its impact, as millions of people begin to receive bigger Social Security payments plus back pay.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner said he would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on Wednesday, repealing the law which was enacted to “overcome historic patterns of segregation.” President Trump originally terminated the rule created during the Obama administration in 2020 after he said it would "destroy the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it has completed the first phase of the Los Angeles wildfire cleanup, ahead of its deadline. “President Trump set an extremely ambitious deadline for EPA to clean up all hazardous materials in the wake of the deadly California wildfires,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement. “Thanks to...
HuffPost slammed the White House for reportedly pulling a press pool spot amid turmoil surrounding new policy on how the presidential press pool operates. The outlet reported Tuesday night that one of its reporters was ousted from the pool by the White House for the following day. On Wednesday, HuffPost’s editor-in-chief, Whitney Snyder, decried the...
The country’s only manufacturer of generic abortion medication asked to be a part of the first legal fight over the procedure since President Donald Trump returned to office. The company, GenBioPro, filed a motion on Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, asking to be added to...
The head of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) says the public can no longer trust pool reports now that the reporters included in the small group will be controlled by President Trump's team. "For years the WHCA had created a format for standards, length, accuracy for the American people that they could trust that...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to lean toward reviving a straight woman’s “reverse discrimination” case brought over claims she was passed over for a promotion and demoted in favor of gay colleagues. Such a ruling would lower the legal hurdle in many areas of the country for white and straight employees to bring discrimination suits...
Despite the initial successes of litigation against the Trump administration, many are skeptical that the courts will ultimately stop the erosion of democracy, highlighting the need for a broader policy agenda and public engagement to protect democracy from an authoritarian takeover.
The Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee instructed GOP staff to refer to the West Bank by its biblical name, Judea and Samaria. The term is still used by Israel’s government to refer to territory of the West Bank along the Jordan River, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians. Rep. Brian Mast...
Maine’s Democrat-controlled House voted Tuesday evening to censure a Republican lawmaker who posted photos on their Facebook page of a transgender high school student. The state House voted 75-70 along party lines to censure Rep. Laurel Libby (R), who refused to apologize for posting about the student and accused her Democratic colleagues of attempting to...
