The marquee race for the Democratic Senate nod in Michigan was too close to call early Wednesday morning, stretching out a primary race that’s spotlit Democrats’ fight for the future of the party. Abdul El-Sayed was leading Rep. Haley Stevens (D) by roughly 2 points as of 2 am EDT, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The Michigan Senate race is perhaps this cycle’s biggest front in the battle for...
Former prosecutor Christina Hines is projected to win the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, setting up a closely-watched battle against GOP nominee Mike Bouchard in November. Incumbent Rep. John James's (R-Mich.) decision to run for governor has left the Macomb County district without an incumbent for the first...
President Trump's pick to take on first-term Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.) in Michigan's 8th Congressional District is projected to lose his GOP primary to a candidate who dropped out of the race, according to Decision Desk HQ. Republican Thomas Smith, a retired engineer, defeated Amir Hassan, a former federal law enforcement officer who was...
Trump told Fox News that Iran will get hit "really hard" if negotiations collapse, warning that military action remains on the table if diplomacy fails.
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...
If we're asking someone to oversee 18 intelligence agencies, manage America's most closely guarded secrets, and advise the president on matters of war and national security, acknowledging basic, established facts, like who won the 2020 election, should not be optional.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the teleprompter operator accused of placing bets on President Trump’s speeches has been put on administrative leave. “The individual that was cited in that report is complying with the CFTC [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] and has been placed on administrative leave,” Leavitt told reporters at the White House...
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) chastised President Trump ahead of the latter’s speech on Thursday, after CBS News reported the president will allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections. “The world's most famous sore loser will deliver a primetime presidential sour grapes address to pursue his six-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in...
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...
