A new watchdog report points to a peril Mayor Zohran Mamdani refuses to see: New York City can't actually afford to bleed its golden geese even more just to...
Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19...
The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday. The blockade, which was instituted more than two weeks ago, is one of the actions President Trump has used to inflict pressure on Iran...
Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said on Friday that the Trump administration would need to seek congressional approval before renewing military action against Iran, after officials asserted the 60-day war powers clock stopped running when the ceasefire took effect. “The purpose of the War Powers Act was to assert the constitutional responsibility of Congress to declare...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Monday that he expects gasoline prices to peak in the next few weeks. “We're going to see energy prices high and maybe even rising until we get... meaningful ship traffic through the Straits of Hormuz," Wright said during Semafor’s World Economy event in Washington, D.C. "That'll probably hit the peak oil price...
The U.S. military blockade in the Strait of Hormuz “might be helpful” in bringing Iran to the table for peace talks, a former White House national security official in the Biden administration said Tuesday. “I think as a potential diplomatic tactic it might be helpful,” retired Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said on MS Now....
Vice President Vance downplayed concerns about President Trump’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV late Monday, suggesting it was not newsworthy. Trump recently clashed with the leader of the Catholic Church over the war in Iran, calling the pope “weak on crime” in a social media post on Sunday. Vance, who is promoting his upcoming...
Right-wing social media and commentary last week was dominated by infighting and outrage over the Dignity Act, a bipartisan immigration reform bill — and it seemed to come out of nowhere. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), the designer of the compromise measure that pairs border security boosts with a new legal status for non-criminal migrants who entered before...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that she believes more members of Congress are guilty of conduct “similar” to what Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) have been accused. “Congress is no place for that type of behavior. But I have to tell you, it’s a lot more prevalent. I think...
