Former President Joe Biden told Democrats in Nebraska that the party "is back" after some Democratic candidates won across the country in elections earlier this week.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed President Trump on Saturday while attending a rally to rail against Texas’s successful redistricting efforts. “We're dealing with an invasive species by the name of Donald Trump,” Newsom told the crowd in Houston. “He is an historic president, however. A historically unpopular president, under every key category,” he added....
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte on Saturday said the Trump administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for home buyers. “Thanks to President Trump, we are indeed working on The 50 year Mortgage - a complete game changer,” Pulte wrote in a statement on the social platform X. ...
Government shutdown enters day 39 as Congress faces political reckoning with both parties at risk of voter backlash over failed negotiations and mounting consequences.
Public trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is declining and has fallen to its lowest point since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new poll released Thursday from KFF. The findings reflect the toll taken by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s significant changes in federal vaccine policy, such...
Republican Senators sunk a measure to halt the U.S. military’s strikes against alleged boats off the coast of Venezuela that President Trump’s administration argues are smuggling drugs into the country. The resolution, spearheaded by Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Tim Kaine (Va.), failed to pass in a 48-51 vote on Wednesday. The measure would have stopped...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) did not give a clear answer on whether he would vote for Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones following leaked text messages in which he openly talks about violence directed toward former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R). “Would you vote for him if you lived in Virginia?” Beshear,...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday went after President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), claiming a lack of support on wildfires in the Los Angeles area earlier this year. “What I do say, is that we need to really, now — I think — call out why the president of the United...
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Republican businessman Jack Ciattarelli came face-to-face on Wednesday evening in New Brunswick for the second and final New Jersey gubernatorial debate before Election Day. The debate stayed largely focused on the issues dominating the race, including the economy. But the forum did see a number of tense moments. Sherrill...
Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted down an effort from their Democratic colleagues to overturn President Trump’s energy emergency declaration. The resolution was unlikely to ever become law, but came as a messaging tool for Democrats who oppose the Trump administration’s energy agenda, which has largely consisted of bolstering fossil fuels and nuclear energy while blocking renewable...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Oz seeks to soothe MAHA Dr. Mehmet Oz wants supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement to understand why the Trump administration is seeking deals with drug companies they despise. Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press Speaking during a...
A poll released Wednesday found that most Americans say that President Trump is attempting to exert more power than his predecessors. The study conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center shows 69 percent of American respondents said Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents, and almost half (49 percent) said this is...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) traded pointed barbs in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday, after the moderate Republican confronted the Democratic leader about his opposition to a short-term extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Lawler approached Jeffries when he emerged from the House Democratic leadership press...
President Trump said Wednesday a Middle East deal is “very close” after he teased a weekend visit to Egypt. “I was just given a note by the secretary of State saying that we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East," Trump said at a White House roundtable on left-wing violence. "And they're going...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Pressure points: 5 ways the shutdown could end Something will have to give if lawmakers hope to reopen the government in any timely fashion, and that movement will likely be the result of external forces exerting...
President Trump hosted a roundtable of administration officials and conservative influencers to highlight efforts to crack down on left-wing groups, specifically the anti-fascist movement known as antifa. Trump hosted the event Wednesday as his administration has sought to unilaterally intervene in Chicago and Portland, Ore., despite resistance from state and local officials. The president blamed...
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a judge's order halting President Trump's federalization of Oregon National Guard troops, but the troops still cannot be deployed to the state.
The House Select Committee on China is calling for stronger restrictions on companies producing the equipment used to make semiconductor chips amid concerns their sales are boosting Beijing's chipmaking capabilities. In a new report Tuesday, the panel said Chinese firms spent $38 billion on semiconductor manufacturing equipment from five major companies based in the U.S....
