Washington is almost as bad about abusing truisms as farmers and sports announcers. And right now, the Washington equivalent of the black bands on a woolly bear caterpillar or “defense wins championships” is this old chestnut: “The party in control of Congress gets the blame for a government shutdown.” It looks like we are about...
President Trump weighed in on the indictment of James Comey early Friday, accusing his former FBI director of lying and said he left "zero" margin of error when he testified before Congress in 2020. “Whether you like Corrupt James Comey or not, and I can’t imagine too many people liking him, HE LIED! It is...
Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens (D) on Friday introduced the "Stop RFK's BS Act" which would reverse the funding cuts that have been carried out under Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rule. The bill, according to its text provided first to The Hill, would immediately reinstate grants and awards that have...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, argued Thursday night that there is “very little chance” that former FBI Director James Comey will ever be convicted after being indicted by a federal grand jury hours earlier. “So the good news is, I think there's very little chance he could ever...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) slammed the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as a “disgraceful attack on the rule of law” and argued that the criminal justice system has been “viciously weaponized" by the Trump administration. “The indictment of James Comey is a disgraceful attack on the rule of law. Donald Trump...
Former FBI Director James Comey was hit with two federal charges late Thursday, days after President Trump ramped up pressure on his Justice Department to prosecute his most prominent adversaries. The counts stem from testimony Comey gave before the Senate in 2020 as it probed investigations into ties Trump’s 2016 campaign had with Russia, which...
Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday is heart was "broken" for the Department of Justice after he was indicted on two counts by the Trump Justice Department, but professed his innocence and said he was unafraid. Comey responded to news of his own indictment in a short video posted to Instagram. "My family and...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused NATO and the European Union (EU) on Thursday of declaring a “real war” with Russia and directly participating in the conflict. "A clear example is the crisis in Ukraine, provoked by the collective West, through which NATO and the European Union ... have already declared a real war on...
A 15-year-old pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the attack of a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee, which sparked President Trump's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. this summer. The teen, from Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty in D.C. juvenile court to felony assault, simple assault, robbery and attempted robbery for targeting former DOGE employee Edward...
President Trump on Thursday announced a slew of product-specific tariffs set to take effect on Oct. 1, including duties on any pharmaceuticals whose manufacturers don't have plants in the U.S. The tariffs, which are on top of sweeping reciprocal duties Trump has imposed on countries worldwide, are likely to spur criticism, particularly when it comes...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued six states on Thursday, including California and New York, for not providing sensitive, private voter data the department asked for. “Clean voter rolls are the foundation of free and fair elections. Every state has a responsibility to ensure that voter registration records are accurate, accessible, and secure — states...
President Trump on Thursday hailed news that his Justice Department had indicted former FBI Director James Comey, one of his most prominent critics, days after the president called for action against Comey and others. "JUSTICE IN AMERICA! One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Grassley raises alarm about soybeans, Argentina ‘bailout’ Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Thursday that American farmers have been overshadowed and outsold by Argentinian soybean production, slamming President Trump for agreeing to soften the South American country’s...
