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Nebraska’s Pillen wins Republican renomination in bid for second term as governor

Republican Gov. Jim Pillen tops five challengers in Nebraska's GOP gubernatorial primary to win his party's 2026 nomination, the Associated Press reports.

House GOP launches new task force, probes alleged $250B Medicaid fraud in Ohio

House Republicans launched a new Oversight task force, beginning with an investigation into alleged Medicaid fraud by Ohio home health companies.

Republican Ricketts wins GOP primary in Nebraska, advances to key Senate showdown

Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts wins Nebraska's GOP Senate primary, setting up an expected competitive general election against independent Dan Osborn.

Big city Democrat mayor arrested at ICE protest faces voters in re-election bid

Ras Baraka, the Newark mayor arrested at an anti-ICE protest, won re-election Tuesday with over 50% of the vote, avoiding a November runoff election.

Judge Xavier Becerra by his record — We did, and he failed my son

Xavier Becerra said at last week’s CNN California gubernatorial debate that he should be...

Are Democrats winning elections but losing the narrative? Join the live discussion

Democrats are winning races — and even redistricting battles — but some in the party worry they’re not yet winning the argument. Join The Hill's Amie Parnes and Editor in Chief Ian Swanson for a discussion Tuesday afternoon on Democrats' messaging and political fallout from the shooting Saturday night at the White House Correspondents' Association...

Aiding the abduction of Ukrainian children must come with consequences

It’s time for lower-level government officials and executives at Russian companies that aid and abet child abductions to face consequences.

Talarico leads Cornyn, Paxton in Texas Senate race, new poll shows

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, is leading both of his potential Republican opponents in hypothetical head-to-head match-ups ahead of the general election, according to a new poll. In the Texas Public Opinion Research survey, conducted in mid-April, likely general election voters in the Lone Star State say they would back...

Watch live: Trump, first lady welcome King Charles III, Queen Camilla

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Tuesday morning. Watch the welcome ceremony live here.

Live updates: Trumps welcome British royals; GOP wrestles over DHS funding, FISA

The funding battle over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is front and center on Capitol Hill after Saturday's shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The third assassination attempt on Trump has completely upended the political calculus amid a looming pay freeze for DHS employees. And it has Republicans pushing for the...

Trump is stepping carefully into the weeds of marijuana legalization 

He described marijuana as a "very complicated subject" and noted that he had concerns about its broader impact.

Senate Republican on Trump ballroom push: ‘We have $39 trillion of debt’

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is pushing back on a proposal to spend as much as $400 million in taxpayer money to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House, arguing that Congress needs to rein in its deficit spending at a time of historically high national debt. Scott told NBC News on Monday evening that...

The Movement: Where the GOP-labor relationship goes after Chavez-DeRemer’s exit

Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s exit as Labor secretary last week amid a wave of misconduct allegations is raising questions about the fledgling coalition between Republicans and labor. The next moves from the administration and from Republicans more broadly will determine whether the political alliance and appeal to union workers that boosted President Trump in 2024 has fizzled out, or...

Madness: Claims the shooting was staged expose a conspiracy theory crisis

What happened on Saturday was no conspiracy. It was a potential tragedy fueled by a cultural fixation on conspiracy theories and prevented by the quick actions of the Secret Service. 

Kimmel: ‘Widow’ joke was based on Trump age, not ‘call to assassination’

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is pushing back after President Trump and first lady Melania Trump demanded he be fired over an “expectant widow” joke made days before the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner. The comedian clarified that the quip was about their age difference, not a call to violence. “It was a very light...

Royalty still has a special quality

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are undertaking the first state visit to the United States by a British monarch in nearly 20 years, in a time of political tension between the two countries, and the visit is seen as an important tool of diplomacy to improve relations.

US-UK friction forms backdrop to King’s speech

In today’s issue: Tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom are simmering as King Charles III prepares to address Congress today, from President Trump’s frustrations toward NATO amid the Iran war to tumult in bilateral trade. Eyes will be on how the king seeks to alleviate these strains, and how much — directly or...

Mark Zuckerberg could do more to stop online child sexual abuse, but he doesn’t 

Until Zuckerberg changes his priorities, children will be abused on his platforms.

Johnson hits mounting roadblocks in race to reopen DHS

The weekend shooting at a press gala attended by President Trump is creating new headaches for House GOP leaders as they scramble to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ahead of a looming freeze on employee pay. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team were already laboring to adopt a budget blueprint this...

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