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...
The Navy’s top civilian official is brushing off criticisms over an unusually low Blue Angels flyover at Florida’s Pensacola Beach this week, saying there will be no punishments for the incident. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the service completed a flight debrief of the Wednesday flyover that sent tents and umbrellas flying during the annual “Breakfast...
President Trump is hoping last night's primetime address on election fraud will boost support for the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show ID before casting their ballots. But the legislation goes much further, raising concerns among even some Republicans about whether it can pass. Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] It isn't that Republicans couldn't pass a single major piece of immigration legislation in the 18 months that their party...
A month ago, the UAW endorsed progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary for Michigan's open Senate seat. It seems an odd anti-establishment move for a long-time Democrat ally and pal of former President Biden — one that could backfire with the union’s rank and file.
China denied President Trump’s accusation that it interfered with the 2020 presidential election, calling the claim “entirely fabricated” and “groundless” while insisting it never had any interest in meddling with U.S. elections. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian responded to Trump’s Thursday primetime address, when the president accused...
The path to human dignity and cultural renewal will be charted when Americans are empowered to innovate, compete and flourish in a free economy and civil society — without federal bureaucrats standing in their way.
In today's issue: ▪ Trump points finger at China ▪ Tillis stands his ground ▪ Trump’s teleprompter operator suspended ▪ FEC deadline takeaways President Trump’s sweeping claims of election interference during his primetime address to the country Thursday night were largely unsupported by documents the White House posted to its website as he was speaking....
Opening a savings account for my 11 month-old son was easier than opening one for myself. And his was funded with a free $1,000 to start. As a statistician, I have spent much of my career telling people that government programs almost never work as advertised. The incentives are always wrong, the paperwork is overwhelming,...
The Trump administration’s latest firing of a U.S. attorney is intensifying the Justice Department’s assertion of presidential control over prosecutorial picks. Roger Rogoff was sacked Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle after a panel of 17 judges appointed him. The firing made good on the warning from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that the...
House Republican leaders are already starting to float reconciliation 4.0 — even with a third party-line budget bill barely out of the gate and facing an uncertain future. The idea for a fourth bill that utilizes the special process that enables budget-related legislation to get through Congress with only Republican votes comes as many House...
The House Republican leadership’s proposal for a $95 billion budget reconciliation package —which would include $73 billion to help pay for the Iran war and $10 billion for election reforms — is running into staunch opposition from Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans say the proposal has little chance of passing the upper chamber, even though President...
President Trump delivered an address to the nation on Thursday evening in which he sought to paint the state of U.S. election security as indefensible. In the process, Trump hoped to push for the passage of contentious legislation he favors — and to persuade more Americans to accept his widely debunked allegations of fraud in...
Democrats raised alarm after President Trump’s revived his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election during a Thursday evening address. “You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe this bull----,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, said in a statement shared on...
President Trump launched a series of new accusations regarding the 2020 election, declassifying a handful of documents as he argued U.S. elections remain insecure – claims that were swiftly disputed by Democrats. In his primetime address, Trump this time said the intelligence community failed to sound the alarm as China penetrated U.S. voter rolls that...
