Democrats now risk a midterm-elections fiasco if they can’t let go of their anti-ICE obsession, and their related insistence on protecting even violent-criminal illegal immigrants from deportation.
It was Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's show at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where hundreds of right-wing activists from around the country hailed him as Republicans' clear choice for U.S. Senate.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-N.J.) win in the New Jersey governor’s race offered a much-needed shot in the arm for Democrats on Tuesday, raising questions around what the election results could mean for both parties heading into next year’s midterms. Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in his third run for New Jersey governor, as the New...
President Trump has invited Republican senators to the White House for breakfast Wednesday morning, the same day the government is poised set to set a record for the longest shutdown in history. A White House official confirmed to The Hill that the invite went out to GOP senators. The breakfast will take place before Trump...
Former senior White House adviser Karl Rove on Tuesday said he was not in favor of former President George W. Bush choosing Dick Cheney to be his running mate in 2000. Rove was asked during a Fox News appearance about Cheney, who died Monday night. Anchor Bill Hemmer asked Rove if he wanted Bush to...
Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday whom they sought for threatening to kill a lawmaker, the department said. Richard Griffin, of Pennsylvania, was blocked from entering the Russell Senate Office Building after a member of the Capitol Police Rapid Response Team recognized him from an Oct. 28 bulletin, according to a release from Capitol Police. “We...
The death of former Vice President Dick Cheney cast a spotlight on his complicated legacy and the ways in which he and his family have been ostracized from the Trump-led GOP. Cheney was one of the most powerful figures in politics during his time in Washington, having served as a congressman, White House chief of...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Monday slammed Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee for mayor in New York City — noting that backing him instead of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo amounts to "throwing your vote away." The two candidates are trailing behind Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, according to recent polling from Emerson...
Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) called former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Monday, a “patriotic American who loved his country.” “While we strongly disagreed on most policy issues, his patriotism was clear when he returned to the House Floor to commemorate the first anniversary of January 6th,” Pelosi said Tuesday on the social...
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Tuesday cast his vote for the city's next mayor clad in a "Hot Girls for Zohran" T-shirt. "One of the happiest votes I ever cast!" de Blasio wrote in a short post on the social platform X, which featured a photo of the former mayor...
The White House said Tuesday it is complying with a federal court order to tap into a contingency fund to distribute Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, clarifying earlier comments from President Trump where he appeared to say he would withhold those funds. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a press briefing the administration...
Former President Clinton on Tuesday praised former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Monday night at age 84. "Throughout his long career in public service, Dick Cheney was guided by a deep belief that he was doing what was right for America," Clinton said in a short statement on the social platform X. "Though we...
Rare animal behaviors were captured in a new BBC wildlife documentary series. The series, titled "Kingdom" and narrated by biologist Sir David Attenborough, follows leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley over five years. Elephants and baboons are among the other animals featured in the series. In one snippet, a pack of...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Tuesday afternoon as voters head to the polls in several key elections in New Jersey, New York, Virginia and California. President Trump has weighed in on several of the contests in recent weeks, including urging voters to show support for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the...
