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Francesca Hong’s embarrassing loss just exposed her entire movement

While Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani have proven adept makeup artists, they've still been applying lipstick to a pig that Hong lacked the talent to disguise.

Democratic Socialists Hit a Wall in Wisconsin

Francesca Hong, the failed chef and radical, suffered a stunning upset to Milwaukee County...

Yes, ‘Woke 1’ Was Crazy. Now, About Those Fascist Cartoon Dogs . . .

If the Democratic Party’s most ambitious office-seekers now seek wokeness as a political albatross,...

Francesca Hong’s Bad Night

This is why they hold the primaries; sometimes that double-digit polling lead proves to...

You Didn’t Build This, Establishment Democrats

They should put the self-congratulations on hold. They’ve lost a lot of ground to...

White House thrusts vaccines back into headlines 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story White House thrusts vaccines back into headlines The Trump administration appeared to be backing away from making moves on changing vaccine policy in recent months, perhaps wary of political backlash ahead of the midterm elections. But it all came roaring...

Tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction, appeals court rules

A U.S. Appeals Court on Monday declined to drop the thousands of online safety lawsuits against social media firms, ruling Meta and TikTok appealed the cases too early. In an opinion issued Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined the technology liability shield — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — cannot...

What to know about Trump’s vaccine executive order

President Trump signed an executive order Monday advancing "Make America Healthy Again" vaccine priorities, issuing recommendations to split up combined vaccines and to reduce the number of childhood immunizations.  "Effective immediately, my administration is recognizing gold standard childhood vaccine recommendations for only 11 core vaccinations against the most serious and dangerous diseases, along with the MMR,...

Trump wades into data center debate amid political battle 

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump backs data centers as Texas sets new standards President Trump is touting the benefits of AI data centers after Texas moved to more strictly regulate the industry, which has rapidly become a political lightning rod across the political spectrum. © AP Photo/Justin Rex Trump waded into the debate...

Trump struggles to gain leverage with Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump struggles to gain leverage with Iran America’s depleted arsenal of premier offensive and defensive weapons is undermining President Trump’s leverage with Iran. © Natasha Kaiser The military’s supply of its premium long-range missiles and interceptors...

Cooper maintains 7-point lead over Whatley in NC Senate race: Poll

Democrat Roy Cooper has a healthy lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race, according to a new poll. Half of the 915 respondents to the Carolina Forward survey, conducted by left-leaning Change Research, backed Cooper with less than three months before the general election.  That gave the former two-term North Carolina...

Cook Political Report shifts Max Miller seat to toss-up

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted Rep. Max Miller’s (R-Ohio) seat from “Likely Republican” to “Toss Up” on Monday, underscoring the growing political fallout from allegations of domestic violence against the incumbent. Miller has faced mounting scrutiny in recent weeks over allegations from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, that he hurled hot water at her, pointed...

Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump again waives shipping rules to bring prices down The Trump administration is once again waiving U.S. shipping rules as part of an effort to keep gasoline and other fuel costs down, the White House said Monday. © AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes In particular, it...

Cassidy blasts vaccine order, saying Trump has no ‘expertise to make these changes’

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) blasted an executive order President Trump signed Monday that splits the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits.   “I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes. Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause...

July was hottest month on record in contiguous US: NOAA

July marked the hottest month on record in the contiguous U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Temperatures in the mainland 48 states and Washington, D.C., averaged 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit. That was roughly 0.1 to 0.2 degrees hotter than July 1936 and July 2012, according to the NOAA, which has records dating...

Bipartisan House members introduce Graham’s Russia sanctions bill

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced on Monday companion legislation to the Russia sanctions bill that passed the Senate earlier this month, a symbolic move but one that signals critical support. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) introduced the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 alongside 16 of...

GOP senators release texts from Fauci’s government cellphone

Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) on Monday released text messages Dr. Anthony Fauci sent and received in 2021 regarding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women. Obtained from Fauci’s government cellphone, the text messages are among more than 34,000 on the device, according to Johnson’s office. The lawmakers also...

Trump order calls for fewer childhood vaccines

An executive order signed by President Trump Monday would upend the childhood vaccine schedule by recommending splitting up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits. The order builds on other efforts by Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape and whittle down the number of...

Most favor stronger social media oversight: Survey

Most Americans back stronger social media oversight, according to a new survey. In the Reuters/Ipsos poll, 61 percent of respondents said that additional government oversight is needed for social media companies, 27 percent were against additional government oversight, and 17 percent did not respond or were unsure. More than half of all Republicans, Democrats and...

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