New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who won the city's mayoral race earlier this month, is fundraising for his transition, seeking a total of $4 million
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A 43-year-old community organizer with little management experience challenges the incumbent establishment Democratic mayor of a deep blue city. If you think this story is about socialist Katie Wilson defeating Mayor Bruce Harrell in Seattle last week, you are wrong. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the U.S. Tennis Association Texas League over possible transgender participation in women's matches.
A federal judge ruled that Texas' law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Just over half of Americans believe President Trump is using the Department of Justice to go after his political enemies, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. Of those who were polled, 52 percent found the criminal charges to be unjustified. Broken down by party, 6 percent of Republicans see the charges to be...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday praised President Trump's decision to not provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles in its war with Russia. Speaking with CNN hours after meeting with Trump at the White House, Rutte said that "one specific weapon system" would change the war, whether from other European countries or from the U.S. "And...
Almost one in three Americans say the country is moving in the wrong direction, mostly due to President Trump's actions since returning to the White House in January, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Sixty-two percent think the nation is on the wrong track, including 92 percent of Democrats...
Hunter Biden said his father would not have pardoned him had President Trump won the 2024 election. Former President Biden's son spoke with Mediaite editor Tommy Christopher on Monday about the recent slew of federal indictments against President Trump's perceived political enemies. "Well, look, I think that, and I’ve said this before, is that my...
The Trump administration dispatched 100 immigration agents to San Francisco with groups expected to begin arriving on Thursday, making it the second city in California to face federal intervention. Agents will be dispersed from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Base Alameda, one source told the San Francisco Chronicle. The Hill reached out...
New findings from a Trump-aligned pollster released Wednesday show a majority of voters want Congress to extend enhanced ObamaCare tax credits and would be less likely to vote for a candidate who lets those tax credits expire. The poll from John McLaughlin, commissioned by the conservative group Americans for a Balanced Budget, highlights the political importance of the tax credits ahead of the...
The public’s approval of Congress is souring amid the government shutdown, according to a Gallup survey. The poll, released Wednesday, found that just 15 percent of respondents said they approve of the legislature’s performance, with 79 percent disapproving and 6 percent offering no opinion. That marks a decline in approval of 11 percentage points relative...
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions on major Russian oil companies as efforts to end the war in Ukraine have stalled. The Treasury Department said it was hitting Russia's two largest oil companies, Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company and Lukoil OAO, with sanctions. The move is part of an effort to increase...
President Trump on Wednesday rejected a report from The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. had given approval for Ukraine to launch missiles deep into Russian territory, distancing itself from strikes carried out by Kyiv using British long-range rockets targeting Russian military facilities. The president was responding to reporting in the Journal that pointed out...
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) concluded his marathon speech Wednesday afternoon, having held the floor for 22 hours and 39 minutes to rail against "grave threats" presented by President Trump. Merkley, a three-term senator, began speaking shortly before 6:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday and ended at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd day of the government...
Republican New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa said he'd rather die than work for Andrew Cuomo, as he faces pressure to bow out of the race to help the former governor beat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. In an interview Wednesday on conservative talk radio station WABC, host Sid Rosenberg asked his longtime friend and...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that Pentagon personnel be required to coordinate all interactions with Congress through the building's central legislative affairs office, significantly altering how military officials will speak with lawmakers. Hegseth along with his deputy, Steve Feinberg, in an Oct. 15 memo ordered Defense Department officials to obtain permission from the department’s...
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump's policies and has been speaking for more than 17 hours — with a handful of other Democrats sprinkled in. The lengthy speech comes as the government shutdown stretched into its 22nd day, marking the second-longest lapse in funding in...
