President Donald Trump keeps knocking out his political enemies in the GOP. On Saturday, Sen. Bill Cassidy was the latest to fall.
It’s a massive warning sign for any...
Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming and U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow will face each other in a June 27 runoff for the Republican Senate nomination in Louisiana. The two failed to reach the 50% threshold to win outright but succeeded in their efforts to dislodge U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who finished third.
Republican leaders snapped the House out of a state of limbo caused by GOP infighting as the House Rules Committee advanced an ambitious slate of high-profile, must-pass bills on Tuesday evening — tacking on two major sweeteners to appease corn-state Republicans and hardline conservatives. The panel, after a marathon hearing that stretched over two days...
House Republicans have teed up a vote to renew the nation’s spy powers that has those on varying sides of the issue crying Groundhog's Day. The GOP is once again moving ahead with legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to spy on foreigners located abroad....
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Stalemate on a deal with Iran The Trump administration continues to pour cold water on a reported proposal by Iran that would end the two-month conflict with the U.S. and Israel and reopen the Strait of...
Former FBI Director James Comey issued a Tuesday video response to a new indictment on two charges of making threats to harm President Trump stemming from a social media post in which he arranged seashells that read “86-47.” “Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina Beach a year...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Former Fauci aide charged for evading records requests The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted David Morens, a former top official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for an alleged scheme to keep his dealings with...
Multiple Republican lawmakers poked fun at Democratic lawmakers for applauding King Charles III on Tuesday, given their prior support for “No Kings” protests against President Trump. Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) asked on the social platform X, “Why did I just watch every Democrat in Congress stand and clap for an actual King?” The Florida Republican...
More than five years after it was granted approval in court, payments in the massive $2.67 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement should start hitting people's bank accounts in just a matter of days.
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Polls, gas prices have Democrats up, GOP down A few months ago, Republicans were highly confident they’d retain the Senate, where the GOP would have to lose a net of four seats to see its majority...
British monarch King Charles III made an appeal to the shared values between the U.S. and the U.K. while stressing the importance of international cooperation and service in a historic address to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday. “The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone,” Charles said....
President Trump on Monday signed a measure stripping protections from a Minnesota wilderness area and instead opening it up to mining. The White House announced that Trump signed a resolution passed by the House and Senate to undo Biden-era protections for an area around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Boundary Waters is a wilderness area that includes a...
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Tuesday said he hopes that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will depart the central bank at the conclusion of his term next month. Powell’s term as chair is set to end on May 15, but he has previously said he would continue as a board member until the resolution of...
BP earned $3.2 billion in the first quarter, the energy giant reported Tuesday — an exponential increase in its profits that beat market projects amid the rising cost of oil due to the Iran war. It’s the company’s highest profit in three years and first reported sign of growth under CEO Meg O'Neill, who was...
A new poll shows President Trump's approval rating has slipped to the lowest level of his second term, with more Americans mostly pointing toward his handling of rising cost of living prices instigated by the conflict with Iran. The Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday showed Trump's approval dropping down to 34 percent, 2 points below his...
