Gov Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., believes Florida's redistricting plan is a mistake for Republicans, predicting a big blue wave election in the upcoming midterms.
Sen. Bernie Sanders draws scrutiny for hosting Chinese AI governance officials at a Capitol Hill event while pushing policies critics say give Beijing a leg up over the US in the global AI arms race.
The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking a federal judge in Virginia to allow it to conduct its own search of a Washington Post reporter’s seized electronic devices, rather than have the court do the review. Federal prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in a March 31 court filing to overturn a lower court...
Former Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has died at the age of 79, according to a statement shared on social media by a family member. Engel’s family said that the former congressman, who represented parts of New York City and its suburbs for more than three decades, passed away...
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) campaign for California governor lost two co-chairs and key endorsements on Friday after the San Francisco Chronicle reported on allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staffer. The Chronicle reported that a woman who previously worked for Swalwell alleged that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too intoxicated to consent. The Hill has not...
The stakes are sky-high and the potential prize is massive in Saturday’s talks between the United States and Iran. But acrobatic leaps of faith will be needed from both sides if they are to even come close to a definitive agreement. Experts suggest that a more realistic hope is some kind of stabilization that would...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Lloyd Austin raises alarm on Hegseth’s officers purge Former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purge of senior military officers is worrisome, adding that the U.S. cannot achieve regime change in Iran...
Hunter Biden said Thursday he would be willing to challenge President Trump's eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, to a "cage match." Hunter Biden, son of former President Biden, said he received a call from YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan, who the younger Biden said was organizing the match as part of his upcoming “Carnival” tour....
The Iranian delegation has arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad ahead of high-stakes negotiations with the U.S. on Saturday regarding the fragile ceasefire reached by the two countries this week. Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry shared video footage on the social platform X of Tehran’s representatives stepping off a plane and greeting officials on the...
French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly invited President Trump to a dinner at the Palace of Versailles following the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in June. France will host this year’s G7 summit, an annual forum among the leading industrialized democracies of the world to collaborate on global policy, in the French town Évian-les-Bains June...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The agency is reassigning a total of 124 staffers, 35 of whom are being asked to relocate. The move comes as the Trump administration seeks...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on Thursday slammed National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett's statement that President Trump’s policies will create a golden age and cause the economy to grow by 4 to 5 percent this year. Hassett, Trump’s top economic advisor, made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Fox Business' Mornings with...
A new poll found that most Americans say they pay too much in taxes, a metric that has remained high for the fifth year in a row. Gallup's poll released Friday shows that nearly 6 in 10 Americans, or 59 percent, said their taxes are too high. A slightly smaller portion at 37 percent said...
The Artemis II crew is set to return home Friday, with the four astronauts completing their 10-day trip to the moon and back after they traveled farther into space than any human in history. The crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — embarked on the lunar flyby mission on...
