Two years ago, a champagne cork went flying on the Federalist Society convention stage as panelists toasted recent Supreme Court wins. A celebratory mood was still on display at this year’s annual gathering of the conservative legal movement, but those feelings were mixed with shock from Democrats' midterm victories. "On election night, there was a congressman...
Democrats rally around Sen.-elect Scott Colom’s (D-Miss.) historic victory in the Mississippi Senate race following his defeat of outgoing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R). “We may have had to count One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, but Blue Mississippi sure has a nice ring to it,” former President Bill Clinton wrote on social media. “Scott, you put your...
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said he feels “strongly” that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang should resign following reports alleging the tech leader had an "intimate relationship” with an accused Chinese spy and another with an Nvidia executive who reported to him. "I can't believe we are even considering him not resigning. I mean, I do feel...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on the Senate to pass a moratorium on data center construction in the period before Republicans lose the majority, the first GOP senator to call for the move nationwide. The Missouri senator listed his five priorities for his party in a post to the social platform X, including passing...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A missed opportunity: Dems stew over vote on Hegseth impeachment House Democrats are steaming after 11 colleagues missed a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, allowing the Defense secretary’s Republican allies to defeat the measure this week. ...
Democrat Scott Colom is set to become Mississippi's next senator after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday, notching a major victory for his party in the ruby red state. "While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters," she said in a video posted to...
Democrat Scott Colom has built on his lead in the closely watched Mississippi Senate race, now ahead of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by nearly 4,500 votes, or about half a percentage point. The latest batch of votes came as heavily Democratic Hinds County wraps up counting its absentee and affidavit ballots. The county, which includes...
House Democrats are steaming after 11 colleagues missed a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, allowing the Defense secretary’s Republican allies to defeat the measure this week. The debacle is leading to new calls for Democrats to tighten the ship when it comes to demanding attendance for floor votes. And it’s providing new fuel to a...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp revealed he has been criticizing President Trump “in private” over his handling of immigration and the administration detaining a record number of people throughout the summer. "Well, I'm really happy to hear the president, you know, in his words: ‘yeah, we kind of went too far," Karp told Politico’s Adam Wren....
Ohio Republicans passed legislation Tuesday easing restrictions on silencers and short-barreled firearms, moving to roll back certain state gun laws just days after Democrats swept last week’s midterm elections. The measure, which includes loosening rules on “sawed-off shotguns,” passed both chambers of the Republican-controlled legislature largely along party lines and is now awaiting the signature...
Democrats admit they fumbled Tuesday when they allowed House Republicans to block an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Now the question is whether the embarrassing misfire can be chalked up to one-off disorganization or is symptomatic of a larger problem. Among progressives, irritation goes beyond the specifics of the failure of the Hegseth...
