Operation Highway Shield resulted in 766 unsafe vehicles placed out of service and 51 immigration detentions as the Trump administration's trucking industry crackdown expands.
Vice President JD Vance will host roughly 20 members of Congress at the White House to discuss legislative action targeting Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
The House Budget Committee on Thursday advanced a framework for a third reconciliation bill, marking a key step for GOP leaders as they race to get the measure across the finish line before leaving for a month-long recess in August. The committee voted 20-14 to advance the budget resolution. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who had...
Every time we look at one of these races, the evidence presents itself. What was true for Graham Platner and Darializa Avila Chevalier is also true for El-Sayed.
President Trump will deliver a primetime speech Thursday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed it would, at least in part, involve elections. “I think the American people will be relieved to hear what they are hearing from the president of the United States and his commitment to transparency and focus on the integrity of elections tonight,"...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened officials from more than 60 countries to raise alarm over what the State Department is warning is a resurgence of far-left political violence globally. Rubio called for an “international response” to the issue at the summit, which marks an expansion of President Trump’s focus on treating left-wing...
Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) on Thursday said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's testosterone screening requirement for U.S. service members is indicative of "homoeroticism." Hegseth announced this week that the Pentagon will give the screenings to service members 30 years and older, regardless of gender. Should treatment be recommended following the test, they will have the choice...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday he would not vote to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general if he does not meet with Epstein survivors who have reached out to the Justice Department. Tiillis said he has a “positive predisposition” to Blanche, the acting attorney general who sat for several hours of questions Wednesday...
A local district attorney in Texas is disputing an FBI assessment that 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's vehicle contained drugs before he was fatally shot by a federal officer in Houston last week. “Based on the information we have regarding who Mr. Salgado was, and just eyeballing the evidence as it was collected yesterday, we don’t...
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) is leading progressive Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary race for Sen. Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.) seat by about 7 points, according to a new poll. In the Detroit News/WDIV-TV poll, 41.4 percent of respondents said they would “definitely” or “probably” back El-Sayed, while 48.2 percent of respondents said the same of...
Iranian officials have asked Yemen's Houthis to block the Red Sea if the U.S. carries out strikes on Tehran's energy sites, according to Reuters. Two senior Iranian sources and a regional source familiar with the matter reportedly told the outlet that the Houthis had been informed of the request, which was discussed within the Islamic...
A former Federal Reserve senior adviser was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for lying to investigators about secretly sharing sensitive central bank information with Chinese spies, according to the Justice Department. John Harold Rogers, 64, was arrested last year on charges that included conspiracy to commit economic espionage after federal prosecutors accused him...
Decision Desk HQ’s brand-new midterm forecast is raising fresh questions about the fight for the House. The projection cautions that Democratic gains may not be as significant as some expected, reshaping the outlook for both parties heading into the midterms. Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and Decision Desk HQ's chief...
