President Trump’s retribution crusade reached a crescendo Tuesday when the president’s endorsee, Ed Gallrein, prevailed in the GOP primary to unseat Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), extending his winning streak against Republicans who have defied him. Massie, a libertarian-leaning lawmaker whose opposition to key Trump priorities has long drawn the president’s ire, is the latest victim of Trump’s revenge campaign after...
Georgia's Republican primary for secretary of state will head to a runoff between Vernon Jones and Tim Fleming after neither candidate secured 50% of the vote on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District primary drew multiple candidates vying to represent the nation's most Democratic and Black-majority district.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is urging his Senate Republican colleagues to delay action on a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, in part because he said a proposal to spend $1 billion on the White House ballroom is “a major policy problem.” He threatened to vote no on the budget reconciliation...
Democrat Roy Cooper has an 11-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the Senate race in North Carolina, according to a new poll from The Carolina Journal/Harper Polling. The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former...
The winner of the GOP runoff in the Texas Senate race between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a closely contested matchup against Democratic nominee James Talarico, according to a new poll from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University. The survey, released Monday, found...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), fresh off of his loss in the Louisiana Senate Republican primary, is calling out the Trump administration’s creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department, saying it raises the specter of self-dealing. “I don’t actually see any legal precedent for...
Retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) in the race to succeed her in California’s 11th Congressional District. “I know and love this district, I know the Congress and I know Connie,” Pelosi said, with Chan sitting next to her, in a video that their two campaigns shared...
President Trump on Monday announced the addition of more than 600 generic drugs to his drug coupon platform TrumpRx, with billionaire investor Mark Cuban joining President Trump to endorse the website. "I'm thrilled to announce that we're increasing the number of drugs available on TrumpRx by nearly seven times, adding over 600 affordable generics to...
The U.S. is sanctioning 11 people it claims are “Cuban regime-aligned actors,” including top officials, as tensions heat up between the two countries. In a fact sheet released Monday, the State Department said it was “sanctioning 11 Cuban regime-aligned actors and three entities in furtherance of the Trump Administration’s comprehensive campaign to address the pressing...
A massive religious gathering on the National Mall backed by the White House is sparking backlash from critics who say it blurs the lines between church and state. The unprecedented appearance of government officials featured virtual remarks from members of the administration including Vice President Vance, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Secretary...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth joins Trump's fight against Massie in major decorum break In an unprecedented appearance by a Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth on Monday stumped for former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in his bid to unseat Rep. Thomas...
Three people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the county's largest mosque. Two suspects in the shooting are dead, police confirmed.
