MIDLAND, Michigan — Pete Buttigieg is known for going everywhere to get his message out in the media. In 2026, he’s taking that strategy offline, too, traveling virtually everywhere....
Democrats threaten to break up major mergers and launch congressional investigations against Trump-aligned companies if they regain power after midterms.
The SAVE America Act debate entered its third day as the Senate GOP pressures Democrats, while the top GOP senator argued a filibuster would not guarantee the bill's passage.
By any conventional measure of power, the U.S. remains formidable. Its military power is unmatched, and it still possesses the world’s largest national economy. Yet power in the 21st century has never rested on material capabilities alone. For decades, America’s true strategic advantage lay in something less tangible but more potent: its capacity to attract....
Notwithstanding predictable partisan hand wringing on Capitol Hill over the war in Iran, the conflict has sent the Russia-China axis reeling. The toppling of Nicolás Maduro in January was just the start of a much broader plan. Trump's pressure on Cuba is the second salvo. But Iran has now become the main effort. In just two months, Russian...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) went after President Trump over his demand for one of the two remaining candidates in the Texas Republican Senate primary to drop out after he makes an endorsement. “Trump now says he is going to endorse either [Sen. John] Cornyn [(R-Texas)] or [Texas Attorney General Ken] Paxton and demands...
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico gave a defiant and hopeful speech at a victory party Wednesday night, a day after he won his party's primary. “The number of Texans who have never voted before but showed up in this election is unprecedented. The number of independents and Republicans who voted in this Democratic primary...
The Defense Department (DOD) late Wednesday released the name of the fifth U.S. service member killed over the weekend after an Iranian drone struck a tactical operations center in Kuwait. Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, died on Sunday at Shuaiba Port during an unmanned aircraft system attack, the Pentagon said in a...
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said Wednesday he is not making a reelection bid in this year’s midterm, ending a career in Congress that included serving in the House and Senate. “Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional...
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC staffers deployed to South Carolina to aid measles response With nearly 1,000 confirmed measles cases as of this week, staffers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are going to South Carolina to help the state in...
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection, joining a notable mass of House Republicans not running for Congress again this year. “After prayer, reflection, and many long conversations, I have decided that I will not seek reelection in 2026. I will complete this term fully committed to my work...
Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday tore into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) over their handling of a fraud scandal within Minnesota’s social services programs. President Trump has made the scam, and the fact that many of those convicted were of Somali descent,...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) admitted to having an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire last year. Gonzales, who had been facing increasing scrutiny over allegations of the affair, told conservative talk show host Joe Pags in an interview that he “made a mistake” and had a “lapse...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Judge issues key order in Trump tariff refund case The federal trade court judge overseeing the refund process for President Trump’s tariffs ordered the administration Wednesday to finalize paperwork for imported goods without charging companies for...
