The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit from a 2016 campaign aide to President Trump who was targeted by surveillance as the FBI investigated Russian interference in the election, a court filing shows. Carter Page sued in 2020, alleging that a series of errors made by FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials when seeking...
First lady Melania Trump will host the 113th annual First Lady's Luncheon Thursday afternoon, where she is expected to speak on the Trump administration's push for foster care reform. Trump will also likely tout her "Fostering the Future" initiative, which is focused on securing educational opportunities and scholarships for children in foster care. She will...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday mocked Republicans complaining about the Virginia redistricting loss and said she looks forward to picking up additional House seats in midterm elections. Journalist Matt Laslo, founder of the Laslo Congressional Bureau outlet, began to ask Ocasio-Cortez to comment on Republicans' pushback to the Tuesday redistricting win. “What do you...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted on the Senate floor that his Democratic colleagues will find a reason to block funding legislation and trigger another government shutdown “right before the midterms” to sow chaos in Washington before Election Day. “I think my Democratic friends are going to shut down the government right before the midterms,” Kennedy...
It is little wonder the nation’s news consumers are struggling to make sense of the various narratives masquerading as journalism. War time is not the time for either liberal or conservative slants.
An overview of a new draft proposal to extend the nation’s spy powers includes new reforms but stops short of adding the warrant requirement demanded by privacy hawks on the left and right. A section-by-section outline obtained by The Hill comes amid fluid negotiations among House Republicans, and no final product has been revealed to extend...
The board of Warner Bros. Discovery voted Thursday to sell the sprawling media company to Paramount, a key move that paves the way for the creation of a new company that would serve as one of the largest providers of entertainment, live sports and news in the world. The vote comes two months after Paramount...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) challenged House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday to campaign in his state after the Democrat issued a warning to Florida over redistricting. “I will pay for you to come down to Florida and campaign,” DeSantis said during a press conference. “I’ll put you up in the Florida governor’s...
The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 continues to lure unaccompanied children into the hands of criminal cartels — and then to funnel them into the U.S. for supposed legal protection.
In today’s issue: The top six remaining candidates running for governor of California faced off Wednesday as the primary rapidly approaches and no candidate has emerged as a clear front-runner. The debate, hosted by NewsNation and The Hill’s parent company Nexstar, came less than two weeks after the race was rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct...
Less than 24 hours after President Trump accepted the off-ramp proposed by Pakistan’s leaders, granting an “indefinite ceasefire” so Iran’s leaders could "come up with a unified proposal,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran declined to send any negotiators to Islamabad and did not make a single...
