Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves to be indicted — but he probably won’t be — because his role in the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that he fought so hard...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a former ally of President Trump who has since sparred with him over multiple issues, on Sunday predicted “political revolution in” the U.S. if there are American boots on the ground in Iran. “If you send in U.S. military troops into Iran, there is going to be a political...
Nearly half of Americans have anxiety about their finances at the same time as they have frustrations with the economy under President Trump, according to a new poll. In the CBS News/YouGov poll, 44 percent of respondents said they see their “own personal financial and economic situation” as either “fairly bad” or “very bad,” while...
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned of a migration crisis to the U.S. from Cuba, comments that follow President Trump recently threatening the island. “Does it matter to U.S. national security what happens on this island?” CBS News’s Margaret Brennan asked Gates on “Face the Nation.” “I think that, actually, the biggest risk is, that...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued Thursday that the 60-day clock for the conflict with Iran stopped when President Trump announced a ceasefire, as Democratic senators tee up yet another war powers vote. Trump notified Congress of the military operations in Iran on March 2, making Friday the 60-day milestone at which point the War Powers...
Republican and Democratic senators are calling on President Trump to counter China’s broad influence in Latin America ahead of a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in May, according to a resolution obtained exclusively by The Hill. Introduced Thursday by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations...
We can and should continue to criticize judicial decisions that undercut core freedoms. But we must recommit to a form of more principled disagreement, which does not threaten the integrity of our courts or the security of our frontline judicial personnel.
A conservative TV host pressed House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Thursday about rising fuel prices across the U.S. as the war in Iran stretches past 60 days. The average cost of gas has skyrocketed amid the ongoing conflict, hitting the highest level in four years on Tuesday. The national average as of Thursday morning...
The House on Thursday passed a major bill reauthorizing agricultural and food programs for the next five years, overcoming GOP infighting that delayed and threatened to derail the legislation this week. The lower chamber voted 224-200 to pass the measure, with 209 Republicans, 14 Democrats and one independent voting to support it. Three Republicans and...
A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll found that businessman Rick Jackson and Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R) are separated by just 2.4 percentage points with less than three weeks before the GOP gubernatorial primary. The survey, released Thursday, found that 27.2 percent of respondents backed Jackson, a healthcare executive who entered the race in February....
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the conservative stalwart, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a hero to libertarians, got into a testy spat on the Senate floor when Cruz objected to Paul’s routine request for unanimous consent to transfer a few acres of federal land to a local Boys & Girls Club and the fight spiraled into...
Louisiana will change its congressional maps before the 2026 midterm elections, top officials said Thursday, following a notable Supreme Court decision on a key portion of the Voting Rights Act. "The State is currently enjoined from carrying out congressional elections under the current map. We are working together with the Legislature and the Secretary of...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a tough decision on whether to bring a Senate-passed bipartisan bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the floor on Thursday, as pressure from the White House and the upper chamber intensifies. Walking onto the House floor Thursday, Johnson told CNN and other reporters he will...
House Republicans have launched an investigation into U.S. companies' use of Chinese-developed artificial intelligence, starting with a probe into Airbnb and Anysphere, the parent company of Cursor. In letters sent Thursday to the companies, the Republican chairs of the House Committee of Homeland Security and House Select Committee on China said their joint investigation is...
