Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the United States is in an “ongoing war” with Venezuela. “That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,” Paul said during a Sunday appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” “I still hope it works...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said a potential United States acquisition of Greenland would be “overwhelmingly in America’s national best interest. “When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump, for being single-mindedly focused on America First, on U.S. economic interests, and U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said during an appearance on...
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) has placed a hold on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to serve as head of the Coast Guard after the service backtracked on keeping swastikas and nooses labeled as hate symbols, instead moving forward by listing the images as “potentially divisive.” The new Coast Guard workplace harassment policy, which downgrades...
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found that President Trump's approval rating slipped to nearly its lowest point in his second term. The poll found that 39 percent of American respondents said they approve of Trump's handling of the presidency while 59 percent said they disapprove of Trump's job performance. Pollsters also found that Trump's approval...
Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story Ray Dalio, wife to donate to 300,000 Trump accounts The hedge fund billionaire and his wife, Barbara, will contribute $250 each to thousands of children in their home state of Connecticut. ...
The House passed a bill Wednesday sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that would criminalize gender-affirming procedures and medical care for minors. Greene had secured a deal with leadership to bring her bill to the floor in exchange for her support of a rule advancing the National Defense Authorization Act last week. It passed...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story ACA subsidies set to expire. Moderate Republicans rebel Congress is poised to leave town for the rest of the year without addressing the ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, letting them expire on Dec. 31. But a group of House moderates is forcing Speaker Mike Johnson...
A federal report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the Arctic region experienced its warmest year ever, heating twice as fast as the national average. Surface air temperatures from October 2024 to September 2025 were the highest on record since at least 1900, and the last 10 years have been the warmest on...
A federal judge has blocked a move by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to limit lawmakers' access to immigration detention facilities. Lawmakers have a right to make unannounced visits to detention centers, but DHS in July sought to curb visits with a new policy requiring lawmakers give a week’s notice before any visit. U.S. District Judge...
Just 18 percent of respondents approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Wednesday, while 73 percent disapprove. That approval rating marks a new low since Quinnipiac began asking the question in 2009, surpassing the 19 percent of voters who approved of Democrats in July. The results come about...
Former Vice President Harris said in a new interview that members of her party were “very much stuck in the past” and suggested Democrats “give a lot of lip service to listening to people” but don’t actually engage. “In some ways, we are very much stuck in the past, and so we're not speaking in...
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) defended her office’s 2020 election subversion case against President Trump and his allies with vigor Wednesday at a state Senate hearing scrutinizing the prosecution. Across three hours of testimony, Willis denied deciding to pursue charges against Trump before taking office and doubled down on the credentials of prosecutors she hand-picked for the case. The top Georgia prosecutor also stood by the...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday said that adding his name to a discharge petition to force the House to vote on extending soon-to-expire ObamaCare subsidies for three years "is not an indictment" of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). "This is not an indictment of him," Lawler told CNN's Dana Bash. "He has a very difficult...
Democrats are feeling something they have not felt in a while: momentum. After a string of recent wins, there is real belief inside the party that flipping the House next year is possible. Anti-Trump anger is motivating voters, and a renewed focus on affordability is finally cutting through. But energy alone does not win elections. Clarity...
