Those who promote or engage in violence against the United States and its allies and interests should be denied entry into our country. That should be obvious. The Trump administration’s decision on Monday to revoke a visa granted to the Bob Vylan band was appropriate and demonstrates a commitment to this evidently good policy. Performing […]
President Trump spoke on the phone with a handful of Republican lawmakers blocking his “big, beautiful bill” in the early hours of Thursday morning, The Hill has learned, as GOP leaders race to coalesce the conference around the sprawling package. The phone call — which took place around 1 a.m. as holdouts huddled in a...
The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” hit a wall late Wednesday night when a group of hardline conservatives and moderate Republicans combined forces to stall the sprawling package. Lawmakers returned to the House chamber at 9:30 p.m. — after an hours-long delay — to hold a procedural vote that would open up debate on the megabill and tee...
President Donald Trump early Thursday called out Republicans who were still refusing to get behind a House procedural vote on the "Big Beautiful Bill."
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy raised nearly $10 million since entering the statewide race roughly four months ago, according to his campaign. Ramaswamy, who ran in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primary before dropping out in mid-January last year, brought in $9.7 million since launching his gubernatorial run in late February, his campaign said...
Israel has claimed it hit an Iranian airport amid conflict between the two Middle East rivals. “The Israeli Air Force struck an Iranian aerial refueling aircraft at Mashhad Airport in eastern Iran, approximately 2,300 kilometers from Israel. This marks the longest-range strike conducted since the beginning of the operation,” Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Lt. Col....
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he "never liked the idea" of President Trump's military parade, saying while he believes the president "means well," the military parades he remembers growing up were Soviet or North Korean. "I just never liked the idea of the parade because I grew up in the '70s and '80s, and the only parades...
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), who was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a news conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem earlier this week, questioned the meaning behind Noem not recognizing the senator from California amid the incident. “What does it say about the secretary, to not know who the senator from California is?” Padilla...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s moves to upend decades of vaccine policy could hit patients hardest in their wallets, as shifting guidance over shots could make insurance coverage confusing and scattershot. For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) independent advisory panel recommended which shots Americans should get and...
Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said the goal in the war against Iran is not to contain it but to win it, as the two countries continue to exchange strikes for a third day. During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," host Martha Raddatz asked Leiter how Israel would avoid escalating and...
The idea of an immigrant registry in the United States — a system that tracks people based on their nationality or religion — is not only discriminatory, it is reminiscent of one of history’s darkest chapters: the Holocaust.
Minnesota state Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were assassinated at their home on Saturday, and lawmakers from across the aisle have condemned the act of political violence. Both Democrats and Republicans, have also been critical of Trump's massive military parade in Washington, D.C., which could cost up to $45 million. On Saturday, the "No...
Former Vice President Pence on Sunday said that the United States "needs to be prepared" to help Israel destroy the Iranian nuclear program. “If Israel needs our help to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program is destroyed once and for all, the United States of America needs to be prepared to do it, because this...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said her security was increased without her request following the fatal shooting of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband over the weekend. During an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," host Kristen Welker asked if Klobuchar knew whether she was on the list of targets, which included “prominent pro-choice individuals...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said the deadly shooting of state Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband on Saturday was politically motivated, noting that there was some "throughline with abortion" after his list of targets was found to include abortion advocates and facilities. "Clearly, this is politically motivated," she told NBC's "Meet The Press" host...
Would a trophy or tax break be enough to convince Americans to have more children? Countries around the world with plummeting birth rates have test driven all sorts of strategies to promote procreating, and it turns out it's a tough task.
