Tennessee GOP Rep. Andy Ogles was ousted by a Republican challenger on Thursday, a blow to President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson who tried to boost his campaign...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeatedly declined to address reports of a fall campaign to build support for higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations.
Squad-backed 'Tennessee Three' lawmaker Justin Pearson won the Democrat primary in Tennessee's redrawn 9th Congressional District after redistricting split the Memphis-area district.
Former South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson told The Hill’s sister news network, NewsNation, in an interview on Tuesday that it’s “not a given” that Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) will win the open GOP primary to serve the full six-year term for the South Carolina Senate seat. “Don’t think so. If that was the case,...
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D) has a slight lead over incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R) in new polling on a hypothetical Senate showdown in Maine. A University of New Hampshire poll found 49 percent of likely general election voters in the Pine Tree State said they would vote for Jackson over Collins, who...
President Trump is at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday morning to attend the dignified transfer of troops killed over the weekend in Jordan and Iraq. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is joining him. Trump early Wednesday again demanded Iran end its targeting of vessels, threatening its civilian infrastructure. Trump travels to Marietta, Ga.,...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ (D) campaign launched its first negative TV ad against Republican gubernatorial nominee Andy Biggs after the House Republican clinched the GOP's nod Tuesday. The ad hammers the Arizona Republican over inflation as well as his support for legislation that would have created a federal sales tax instead of federal income and...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday signaled trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. will heat up after President Trump imposed new tariffs on the nation. “I spoke with President Trump earlier this morning,” Carney told reporters at a news conference. “We agreed to intensify negotiations in the coming weeks, and the team and...
A pair of tankers carrying Saudi Arabian oil reportedly turned around in the Red Sea on Tuesday, after Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced a “maritime embargo” on the Middle Eastern country. The tankers, headed for China and India, changed direction toward the Suez Canal instead of traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb into the Indian Ocean, Reuters...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday voted to confirm two of President Trump’s nominees for diplomatic posts after briefly threatening to hold the nominations up over his concerns about frozen funds for a global health program. Cornyn, in an interview with Semafor on Tuesday, said he would vote against Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano, longtime...
Microsoft is set to invest $60 million into the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, which focuses on accelerating scientific discovery and technological leadership through artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s investment will put $40 million towards Azure cloud and AI computing credits over three years to “support large-scale AI and scientific workloads” while $20 million...
The next phase of the legal battle over presidential power is taking shape as the Supreme Court's decision in Slaughter ripples through the federal government's historically independent agencies. President Trump's effort to further cement his grip over nearly all facets of the executive branch has resulted in a new wave of dismissals and a mix...