California Gov. Gavin Newsom made several fantastical claims — one could use the word “dishonest” — during the latest stop on his book-tour-cum-exploratory presidential campaign. But none of the outlandish claims he made in Austin this weekend is more false than his claim that Texas is a “higher-tax state” than California. “We have the most […]
House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill that’s being co-sponsored by more than half of their caucus. The measure, led by Democratic Reps. Sean Casten (Ill.) and Mike Levin (Calif.) would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables....
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber. Voters in Illinois headed to the polls to weigh in on primary races that underscored Democratic divides, drew significant outside spending, advanced one former lawmaker’s comeback bid and, in Statton’s race, posed a key test...
Sports personality Stephen A. Smith said Wednesday that President Trump has been “playing” Democrats “like a fiddle” for over a decade, pointing to comments in Trump’s State of the Union address about undocumented migrants. “And he’s making the claim that you hate him so much, you’re devoid of objectivity, and you’re devoid of thinking about...
U.S. and Iranian officials on Thursday made “significant progress” in negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program, said Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi as the threat of war looms over the Middle East. Oman served as a mediator between the U.S. and Iranian officials for the latest round of talks, which took place at the Omani diplomatic...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Thursday the Trump administration lacks a “clear objective” with respect to its pressure campaign toward Iran. “The president hasn’t made the case to the American public, and they don’t have a clear objective,” Kaine said on MS NOW. “This looks like Iraq, which was a disaster, but without the work...
Rapper Cardi B urged her followers on Instagram to vote next week for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) over state Rep. James Talarico in the Texas Democratic primary for the Senate. “Listen up, y'all, early primary voting is happening right now in Texas, and we need Jasmine Crockett to win. She is running for U.S. Senate,”...
The deposition of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was briefly paused on Thursday after a GOP member of the Oversight Committee shared a photo from inside the deposition. Conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted a photo of Clinton to X that he said was provided by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), which a Clinton spokesperson said...
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), who has been pushing for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s impeachment, came face-to-face with her on Wednesday, demanding reforms within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the agency remains shut down. “Today, I met with Secretary Kristi Noem and, again, confronted and held her accountable for her lawlessness and violations...
The United Kingdom’s far-right political activist Tommy Robinson completed a tour at the State Department on Wednesday after meeting with one of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s senior advisers. A State Department spokesperson told The Hill that the anti-immigration advocate was there in an “unofficial capacity” for a tour. Robinson toured the department’s diplomatic reception...
House Democrats will force a vote next week to curb President Trump’s war powers in Iran. The resolution is expected to fail, given the overwhelming opposition from Republicans and a small handful of Jewish Democrats. But party leaders want to get all lawmakers on the record by using a procedural move to sidestep GOP leaders...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday that activity in Washington, D.C., will be “purely performative” for the rest of year and focused on attempts to “gaslight you to vote in the midterms.” “We all knew and discussed in internal meetings back in January of 2025 that we only had 6-9 months to do...
A North Dakota judge said this week he would order Greenpeace to pay damages estimated to total $345 million to Energy Transfer related to protests against its Dakota Access oil pipeline. Judge James Gion wrote in court papers filed Tuesday that Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace Fund Inc. would each be responsible for paying...
An editor for the popular YouTube creator MrBeast has been fined and suspended by prediction market platform Kalshi over suspected insider trading. The company’s disciplinary committee found that Artem Kaptur violated its policies when Kaptur placed bets last August and September related to the YouTube channel where he worked. “Specifically, the Committee found reasonable cause...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the TANF program, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 with the promise to "end welfare as we know it." Three decades later, it is time to admit that we simply replaced one trap with another.
