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New Jersey’s voter scandal: Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2026

The Issue: Blaming a “glitch” for some 400 noncitizen votes in NJ elections since 2023. It’s very interesting that the first thing Gov. Mikie Sherill did after finding out...

Why did Team Trump drop sanctions on the killers of Hong Kong’s freedom?

With Team Trump increasingly aware of China’s meddling in US politics and elections and...

Tim Kaine rejects national voter ID mandate, says states should handle issue

Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat, on Sunday rejected calls for a national voter ID mandate, saying instead state legislatures should pass their own voter identification laws.

Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of stoking antisemitism, says Democrats privately fear radical fringe

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of fomenting antisemitism and directly blamed his anti-Israel rhetoric for a climate of fear gripping Jewish residents.

Sen. Kennedy says Trump likes daily strikes on Iran: ‘Sometimes you have to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys’

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday said President Trump likes the daily strikes on Iran, which paused going into the weekend after nearly two straight weeks of attacks on Iranian infrastructure. "I think we ought to continue the blockade and starve them out," Kennedy said on CBS News's "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan. "I...

House passes kids online safety package despite watchdog pushback

The House passed a sprawling package of kids online safety bills Monday night, marking the first time a version of the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) made it out of the lower chamber. The House passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act in a 267-117 vote, with 47 members not voting. The...

Trump administration officials head to Qatar for Iran talks

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump administration officials head to Qatar for Iran talks Trump administration officials are in Qatar for peace talks with Iran after the U.S. and Tehran agreed to “stand down for now” in the Strait of Hormuz....

Millions dropped ObamaCare plans after subsidies ended 

Presented by HealthyWomen {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Millions dropped ACA plans after subsidies ended About four million Americans have dropped out of Affordable Care Act insurance coverage this year as costs soared due to the loss of enhanced subsidies. © Joe Raedle/Getty Images The figures released late Friday from the Centers for...

SCOTUS spares Lisa Cook

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Supreme Court halts Trump’s firing of Lisa Cook The Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s firing of the Federal Reserve board member on Monday in a 5-4 vote, ruling she can remain as her legal challenge proceeds....

New York Times’s Haberman, Swan: Trump ‘answers more questions than Joe Biden’

New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan said Monday that President Trump "answers more questions" from reporters than his predecessor, former President Biden. C-SPAN released a clip of an interview featuring the two reporters with "Q&A" host Peter Slen, set to air Monday at 9 p.m. EDT, where they discussed being unable to...

5 takeaways on divided day for Trump at Supreme Court 

It was a mixed bag for President Trump at the Supreme Court on Monday. The justices tightened the president’s grip on executive power in ruling independent agency leaders may be fired, while rejecting a key pillar of Trump's political agenda aimed at restricting mail-in voting. They ruled he must give a Federal Reserve governor due...

Supreme Court punts geofence case

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Supreme Court sends back geofence warrant The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to their cellphone location data, tossing out a ruling against a man convicted in a Virginia bank robbery case. © Natasha Kaiser The justices...

Arizona sheriff addresses latest Nancy Guthrie email

TMZ received an email from someone claiming to have video of a suspect in the case.

Dozens of states sue Trump administration over ‘frail’ Medicaid work requirement exemption

A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration over a new rule implementing Medicaid work requirement exemptions for medically frail people.  According to the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal district court in Massachusetts, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) violated congressional protections when it...

Pulte renews mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook after Supreme Court ruling

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), reiterated his allegations of mortgage fraud against Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook on Monday, after the Supreme Court blocked President Trump from immediately firing her for cause. “As I have repeatedly said, I believe Lisa Cook will be indicted for mortgage fraud,” Pulte...

Justice Thomas makes appearance on Capitol Hill amid major rulings

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was spotted Monday on Capitol Hill, amid the high court releasing a slate of opinions before it heads on recess for the summer. While Thomas, surrounded by a Metropolitan Police Department officer and another man, was walking through the House side of the Capitol, the justice told MS NOW’s Mychael...

Murphy: Trump, not leftist candidates, is ‘biggest threat’ to US

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that President Trump is the “biggest threat” to the U.S., while downplaying concerns about far-left candidates like democratic socialists who have notched wins recently. “I will say, though, what binds together, I think, every Democratic candidate that is running, including the ones in New York, is that they are...

Trump calls democratic socialists ‘biggest threat to our nation there is’

President Trump slammed democratic socialist candidates Monday, calling their movement more dangerous to the U.S. than previous world wars and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “They use the word social democrat because it sounds so nice, but it’s really communism you’re talking about,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think it’s the...

Trump calls housing bill ‘a yawn,’ concedes SAVE America Act unlikely to pass

President Trump referred to a bipartisan housing bill as a “yawn” on Monday, arguing that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is more important.  "It's so unimportant compared to the SAVE America Act,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “When I look at the bill, it's a bill. When I look at...

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