Washington Democrats got the center-left nominees they were looking for in two closely watched Virginia House primaries, setting up general election contests that will help determine whether Republicans can hold on to their narrow majority.
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A leading election handicapper shifted its outcome projections for two U.S. House races in Maine and California on Thursday, as the Democratic and Republican parties wrestle to secure control of the lower chamber of Congress this midterm cycle. Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics changed its prediction for California’s...
The Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision expanding President Trump’s firing power has reached another agency: one that works out labor disputes in the airline and railroad industries. Deirdre Hamilton, a Democratic appointee to the National Mediation Board who had been contesting her firing, has now dismissed her legal challenge. A judge on Thursday ordered the case...
Rapper Nicki Minaj took to social media to defend her friend Alex Bruesewitz, a top outside adviser to President Trump, after Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) reportedly pushed for the president to cut ties with Bruesewitz. “Randy, Alex will be just FINE,” Minaj wrote on the social platform X in response to a NOTUS report that...
The Trump administration is considering adding a $100,000 bond to green card applications for those seeking lawful permanent residence in the U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said the administration is evaluating a potential six-figure bond to ensure immigrants are “financially self-sufficient” and “contribute to our society more than they take from it.” “We are...
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), a close Trump ally, announced Thursday that he will introduce legislation to sanction Canada and Canadian officials over the huge wildfires that have poured smoke and haze across the United States, creating hazardous air-quality conditions. “I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials...
More Pennsylvania voters are saying in a new poll they are worse off financially in comparison to the previous year than a few months ago, findings in a key swing state carried by President Trump in 2024 that come as the midterms approach later this year. In the Quinnipiac University poll, 44 percent of respondents...
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats on Thursday to stop a Trump administration pilot program for Medicare that uses artificial intelligence to approve or deny physician-ordered care. The vote on a resolution to invoke the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and end the program failed on party lines, 46 to 50. CRA votes need a...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei gave $1 million to Public First, a super PAC backing candidates who support stronger guardrails on AI, according to a campaign finance filing Wednesday. He was joined by several other Anthropic employees, who gave a combined $2.15 million over the last quarter, the filing showed. A Google DeepMind engineer and an...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will meet Thursday afternoon with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, following pressure from lawmakers during hearings on Capitol Hill this week. A Department of Justice (DOJ) source familiar with the meeting told The Hill’s broadcast partner, NewsNation, that Blanche will meet with these survivors at the DOJ’s...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday took procedural steps to place on the Senate calendar House-passed legislation to provide $1.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine and expand sanctions on Russia. That bill could serve as a shell for separate legislation, negotiated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and unveiled this week...
President Trump announced this week that he was exempting 20 more polluting facilities from Biden-era regulations, drawing condemnation from environmental advocates. Trump signed a proclamation exempting the facilities from a rule that seeks to rein in toxic chemicals. When it put the rule forward, the Biden administration said it would curb cancer cases within 31 miles of some 200...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump is on the same page as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on resuming Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) traffic stops. "Vehicle stops are continuing. Verbal guidance has been given to all field offices across the country by the Department of Homeland Security,” Leavitt told reporters at the...
