Senate Republicans fight to keep their majority in 2026 midterm elections as key races in Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan could determine control.
President Trump warned the US would intervene if Iran begins killing protesters, as demonstrations fueled by economic collapse spread beyond Tehran and raise fears of a violent crackdown.
Looking back at it now, 10 years later, the warning signs were clear from the start — from the first trailer, in fact. Its initial image was a shot of a speeder zooming past the wreckage of a long-forgotten battle, an X-wing in the foreground dwarfed by a Star Destroyer in the background. Following it […]
When President Donald Trump roared to victory in 2024, conservatives told themselves a number of just-so stories. Biden-era profligacy had driven the Democratic Party into its grave, leaving MAGA Republicans to plot America’s future alone. Former President Barack Obama’s “coalition of the ascendant” had permanently splintered. Most importantly, wokeness was spent as a cultural force. […]
After years of Scandinavian and Bauhaus-inflected minimalism, no-frills graphic design, and the Marie Kondo-inspired culling of closets, clutter is suddenly back in style. According to the New York Times, a Ralph Lauren Christmas was the trend of the holiday season, although you don’t need to shop at Ralph Lauren to get the look. Cost-conscious consumers […]
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story New ad attacks GOP for ACA enhanced subsidy lapse Expect to see a lot more of these: a new digital ad from Democratic-aligned health advocacy group Protect Our Care is attacking frontline House Republicans for letting the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies...
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday called the seasonal flu vaccine "controversial of late" and advised various Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiatives as ways to "overcome" the virus. Appearing on Newsmax, Oz spoke on this year's flu season, which has been marked by a more severe strain...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claimed Tuesday that Politico reporter Josh Gerstein was “inciting violence against federal agents.” Gerstein, a senior legal affairs reporter at the outlet, said Monday on the social platform X, “At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws.” The post referred...
Pollster Frank Luntz on Tuesday said Republicans would face an uphill battle with voters if the government shuts down in January due to health care deficiencies. “The shutdown that we experienced, the longest ever in American history, started off hurting Democrats more than Republicans; ended up hurting President Trump more than anybody else,” Luntz said...
Flu activity is rising sharply across the country, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with some areas seeing record-high numbers of illnesses. The numbers come as experts brace for a particularly harsh season driven by a new, mutated variant of the virus that is circulating widely. According to...
Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins (R) says that she warned Gov. Tim Walz (D) about alleged fraud within the state’s social services programs, but to no avail. “He has turned a blind eye for so long that he cannot deny there were so many whistleblower reports, so many media reports,” Robbins told the New York...
Iran on Monday threatened a “harsh and regrettable” response to any aggressive action from the U.S. following President Trump’s warning to Tehran and Hamas. Trump, who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Monday to try to advance a ceasefire deal in Gaza, said Iran “may be behaving badly” and threatened unspecified...
Hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities are struggling to gain ground on a drug-resistant and deadly fungus that has infected at least 7,000 people in 2025, according to tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared a video Tuesday of its agents in Minnesota, amid a federal investigation into alleged fraud within the state’s social services programs. The video, which DHS shared to the social platform X, shows a pair of agents from its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) providing a person in a store,...
The Trump administration's military operations to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by targeting "narco-terrorists" have broadened to include a land attack, according to reports out Tuesday. The CIA carried out a drone strike on a port facility in Venezuela last week, The New York Times and CNN both reported. President Trump has described the operation...
The Trump administration on Monday reached an agreement to reevaluate thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications that were stalled or cut because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The agreement between the administration, unions and Democratic state attorneys general resolves part of a lawsuit filed against the administration for canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds. A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the terminations were unlawful...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) will hold a private swearing-in ceremony late Wednesday night at an abandoned subway station built more than a century ago. "When Old City Hall Station first opened in 1904 — one of New York’s 28 original subway stations — it was a physical monument to a city that...
