New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) asked Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the “ultra-wealthy,” citing a "significant chasm" in the city's $5.4 billion deficit. During a preliminary budget proposal announcement on Tuesday, Mamdani laid out two different “paths” the city could take to address the deficit concerns. The first and “most sustainable and...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said on Tuesday that he would “rather eat glass” than replace gubernatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar’s (D-Minn.) in her U.S. Senate seat if she is elected. The lighthearted moment occurred when the governor took a question on the way to the podium at a press conference on Tuesday. “The context was...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) will not challenge New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) after considering a bid for months, likely clearing the way for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to become the GOP nominee if she follows through with her expected candidacy. Lawler will instead seek reelection in his battleground House district where Democrats will seek...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) to charge former senior national health adviser Anthony Fauci with lying to Congress to test whether former President Biden’s pardon of Fauci will hold up in court. “I do believe Anthony Fauci committed a felony by lying...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is phoning a friend as the administration deals with fallout over the Epstein files. President Trump’s former personal attorney-turned-Justice Department deputy announced Tuesday that he would initiate talks with a lawyer for Ghislane Maxwell, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice. Left unmentioned: the lawyer, David Oscar Markus, happens to be a...
Most people would welcome this policy change. Yet by removing this layer, what else can be done to ensure that the system’s security remains sufficiently robust?
New Jersey Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim slammed the Trump administration on Tuesday for failing to uphold the court ordered appointment of Alina Haba’s successor to serve as the state’s interim U.S. attorney. Desiree Leigh Grace, Habba's first assistant, was tapped by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or using the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Battle over interim US Attorney in NJ ▪ GOP eyes renaming opera house for Melania Trump ▪ Trump unveils Japan, Philippines trade deals House Republicans find themselves cornered by President Trump’s MAGA base, their own pledges of “transparency”...
Virginia Republicans are raising alarm bells about the state of Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s (R) campaign in the state’s closely watched gubernatorial race. Last week, news broke that Earle-Sears’s campaign manager Will Archer was removed from his post but would remain on her campaign in a different capacity. The development came as polls show Democratic...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) knows his and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) resolution on files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein would pass, claiming that is why the House adjourned earlier than scheduled. “He knows that the resolution would pass. I mean, the reality is, we have...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) accused the media of being "either duped or complicit" on the interference of the 2016 election by Russians. “I want the press to be honest. I want Pulitzer Prizes to be returned. They were either duped or complicit in pushing that false narrative that put America in political turmoil for years,”...
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) on Tuesday slammed the GOP for dodging a vote that would call for the release of files related to deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Republican leaders this week scrapped their legislative plans and headed early into a long summer recess — all to avoid votes on the...
