The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to sign off on President Trump’s Day 1 proclamation shutting down asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border, accusing lower courts of “judicial interference” in declaring it illegal. Solicitor General D. John Sauer described it as one of the president’s most important initiatives as he urged the...
Fox News host Laura Ingraham warned Republicans on Tuesday that they could be headed for trouble in November if the party does not shore up support from states that have typically been thought of as safe. “They better get their act together in Iowa,” she said on “The Ingraham Angle,” as guests discussed a Senate...
Three U.S. Secret Service (USSS) officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday amid an investigation into possible misconduct, a spokesperson told The Hill. The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting the probe, and details around the investigation were not immediately clear. All three officials were non-law enforcement personnel, according to the spokesperson. “The U.S....
The Trump administration has implemented measures to restrict independent journalism, including the firing of leadership at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes following reports on poor conditions aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
The Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling on Monday in favor of President Trump stirred up the dust just ahead of the midterms. “Only time will tell,” the court cautioned on the lawfulness of Trump’s policy in question as it ruled on an early challenge to it. Mail ballots are set to go out in a matter of days. And the battle could quickly boomerang to the high court. To hear some prominent Democrats tell...
In the 1990 movie "Kindergarten Cop," it is a five-year-old boy, not Arnold Schwarzenegger, who blurts out the actual biology lesson: "Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina." Schwarzenegger's character, an undercover detective drafted into substitute teaching, doesn't linger on the matter or turn it into a discussion. Rather, he offers a dry, one-line...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump racks up wins in GOP runoffs ▪ Remembering Dolly Parton ▪ Canada details retaliatory tariffs ▪ Troubling NFL CTE report Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-S.C.) narrow victory in South Carolina’s Senate primary runoff makes her the heavy favorite to win the seat for a full term in November, but some Democrats see a narrow...
America's daring Jan. 3 military raid seizing and removing Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro was brilliantly successful. Tragically, however, the Trump administration's underlying political strategy was flawed from the start. Maduro's removal changed only the corrupt regime's public face. The Chavista gang itself remained in power: U.S. acquiescence simply empowered Maduro's former subordinates, to the detriment...
Republicans in both chambers are staring down a September sprint after returning from August recess, with a jam-packed legislative agenda and little time to clear their biggest remaining priorities before the midterm election crunch. At the top of the House’s list is passing a short-term stopgap spending measure — also known as a continuing resolution...
During a campaign stop in South Carolina last week, President Trump urged Republicans to turn out and vote as if he were on the ballot. Sen. Susan Collins (R), fighting an uphill re-election battle in blue-leaning Maine, is sending the opposite signal, flexing her independent streak and keeping her distance from Trump and Vice President...
President Trump’s plan to raise the debt limit through the end of his presidency before Republicans likely lose control of Congress is on shaky ground because of rising concerns over the national debt — which has reached $40 trillion. The president is quietly pushing Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson...
