Iranian state media on Thursday reported that Tehran could attempt to block U.S. and Israeli shipments from transiting the Strait of Hormuz under its joint venture with Oman to reopen the critical waterway to commercial traffic. Members of Iran’s parliament are reviewing a proposed bill to block “hostile” vessels from moving through the choke point...
Voters in Tennessee dealt President Trump a blow and rejected Republican Rep. Andy Ogles at the polls Thursday. The second-term lawmaker faced a formidable primary challenge from Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner endorsed by outgoing Gov. Bill Lee (R). Hatcher’s victory is the latest blemish on Trump’s largely successful endorsement record this cycle. Thursday’s primaries also marked the first elections with the...
Click in for The Hill's midday newsletter with all the latest news. {beacon} Happy Friday! The World Cup Final is happening on Sunday! I’m going to miss all the soccer and the comradery that has come with it. Oh and exciting news for gymnastics fans, the 2026 U.S. Classic is happening this weekend! So many gymnastics...
Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg disputed President Trump’s revived claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential race during his primetime address Thursday evening. The White House touted “breaking news” on the state of election security in the U.S. ahead of Trump’s speech Thursday. His administration released a trove of files it alleged substantiated...
White House correspondent Julia Manchester; The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon; and Decision Desk HQ's (DDHQ) director of data science, Scott Tranter, discuss DDHQ's midterm forecast at the Hill Nation Summit. The forecast shows Democrats are in position to win the House this fall while the Senate is on track to...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin went further than President Trump in an address on election security Friday, asserting foreign adversaries could hack voter machines, threatening states that refuse to partner with his department and saying he would use “maximum pressure” to root out any illegally cast votes. While Trump in his primetime address Thursday called...
President Trump on Thursday night accused China of interfering with American elections and declassified documents that he argued point to lax security at the ballot box. He launched a series of claims regarding the 2020 election. Critics and election experts quickly noted the documents contained no new revelations and said Trump was laying groundwork to...
A panel of three federal judges ruled that the Pentagon’s policy requiring journalists in the building to have government escorts will stand, overturning a lower court judge’s decision. In a Thursday evening order, two of the three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel said Department of Defense officials “are...
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, accused President Trump of misleading the country in his Thursday evening speech about the state of election security in the U.S. “The president of the United States lied to the American public today,” Himes said on MS NOW following the...
Former first lady Jill Biden accused the media of applying a “double standard” in its coverage of her husband, former President Biden, when compared with President Trump. While promoting her memoir last month, the former first lady was asked during a Q&A session about media coverage during her husband's presidency. She said the former president...
The U.S. military hit bridges and energy sites in Iran in its latest round of strikes against the Middle Eastern country early Friday morning. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded with attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf region, including in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. The IRGC also said it attacked a U.S. special...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will speak with reporters Friday morning on election security and integrity, hours after President Trump's primetime address on the topic. During his speech, Trump made another push for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and a photo ID when casting...
