Judge Boasberg is presiding over a long-stalled contempt inquiry centered on whether senior Trump officials, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, knowingly defied his court order.
Many voters in New Jersey and Virginia — which both elected Democratic governors on Tuesday — cast their ballots in opposition to President Trump, according to the AP Voter Poll. In the Prairie State, where Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) defeated former New Jersey General Assembly member Jack Ciattarelli (R) for governor, 40 percent of registered...
Rick Woldenberg’s family-run educational toy business will forever be known by its blockbuster Supreme Court case against President Trump’s tariffs. He’s OK with that. “I wanted my name on this lawsuit,” Woldenberg said. “I'm not embarrassed for bringing it, and I think it's an important lawsuit.” The Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning in Learning Resources v. Trump, the case led by Woldenberg, and VOS Selections v. Trump, a challenge led by a wine importer. Ahead of the blockbuster case, the small businesses’ CEOs sat down with The...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Dems sweep in key VA, NJ elections ▪ Trump tariff policy at Supreme Court ▪ Preparations begin to honor Dick Cheney ▪ Rubio to brief on boat strikes Democrats pulled off a romp of their Republican opponents in winning all key races on Tuesday night...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) unleashed a fierce attack against Annunciation House — a nonprofit aiding migrants — escalating a local fight into a defining clash over humanitarian work. The state would brand many forms of aid to illegal immigrants as a crime. Paxton accuses Annunciation House of fueling unlawful border crossings by providing legal and...
Voters on Tuesday sent a message to Republicans and the White House that change is needed in New York, Virginia, New Jersey and beyond. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani will be New York's next mayor, winning over voters with consistent messages of affordability, while voters on sent moderate Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill to the...
Washington’s stubborn budget impasse found an ignominious place in history on Wednesday when it entered its 36th day, marking the longest government shutdown since the nation’s founding. It didn’t happen by accident. Instead, a variety of factors conspired to cause both sides to dig in for weeks without ceding an inch — a perfect storm...
New York Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday spoke to a packed crowd at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater after a sizable win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (I) and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani said his audience was composed of progressive working-class voters, immigrants, and people of color who “cannot recognize themselves” within the...
Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s mayoral race is a political earthquake. It caps a stunning rise from obscurity, gives the left one of its biggest triumphs to date and inflames an already-fierce fight within the Democratic Party. The internal fight was made even sharper when the mayor-elect took to the stage of his...
Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-N.J.) win in the New Jersey governor’s race offered a much-needed shot in the arm for Democrats on Tuesday, raising questions around what the election results could mean for both parties heading into next year’s midterms. Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in his third run for New Jersey governor, as the New...
President Trump has invited Republican senators to the White House for breakfast Wednesday morning, the same day the government is poised set to set a record for the longest shutdown in history. A White House official confirmed to The Hill that the invite went out to GOP senators. The breakfast will take place before Trump...
Former senior White House adviser Karl Rove on Tuesday said he was not in favor of former President George W. Bush choosing Dick Cheney to be his running mate in 2000. Rove was asked during a Fox News appearance about Cheney, who died Monday night. Anchor Bill Hemmer asked Rove if he wanted Bush to...
Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday whom they sought for threatening to kill a lawmaker, the department said. Richard Griffin, of Pennsylvania, was blocked from entering the Russell Senate Office Building after a member of the Capitol Police Rapid Response Team recognized him from an Oct. 28 bulletin, according to a release from Capitol Police. “We...
