Texas dropped a major new voting-rights issue on the Supreme Court's doorstep Friday with an emergency request asking the justices to let the state use its new GOP-friendly map in the 2026 congressional elections.
House lawmakers spent their first full week back in Washington after the 43-day government shutdown fighting not just with the opposite party but within their own ranks.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will “plead the Fifth” against congressional investigators. “Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer told Politico in an interview Friday. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth.” ...
Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed an expedited motion seeking the release of the grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein case amid an aggressive push by lawmakers to release all files related to the late convicted sex offender. Bondi filed the motion in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, leveraging the enactment of...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called out Robert De Niro on Wednesday and derided the award-winning actor during a Fox News interview. Miller, who appeared on "Hannity," referred to "The Godfather Part II" actor as "a sad, bitter, broken old man who is mostly enraged because he has not made a movie...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Funds lacking for next troop paycheck as deadline looms Senate Democrats on Thursday sank a vote on a bill to pay active-duty military personnel and others during the shutdown, meaning U.S. forces may not receive their Oct. 31 paycheck....
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Idaho a precursor in continuing ACA debacle While the battle over the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits is stalemated in Congress, Idahoans are the canary in the coalmine for the rest of the country for how...
A new survey from the Pew Research Center found that a clear majority of respondents believe political violence in the U.S. is increasing. The poll, released Thursday, found that 85 percent of respondents believe that politically motivated violence is on the rise, including 86 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents and 85 percent of Democrats...
Senators are hoping to seize the momentum as President Trump goes on the offensive against Russian President Vladimir Putin, though Republicans remain cautious about getting ahead of the commander in chief. Trump’s announcement Wednesday evening that he was, for the first time, imposing sanctions on Russia was welcomed by Kyiv and its supporters, signalling that...
The Pentagon revamped its press corps last week by welcoming a host of new outlets to cover national security after they agreed to adhere to unprecedented protocols that prevent them from reporting on information that has not been cleared by Defense Department officials. The policy was first announced in late September and implemented earlier this...
Demolition of the White House's East Wing, itself a source of multiple controversies for over 200 years, was completed on Thursday. Excavators were spotted starting Monday tearing it apart. It was home to first lady Melania Trump's office, the offices of the White House social secretary and calligrapher, as well as the movie theater and...
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) signaled Thursday that she intends to challenge the appointment of a prosecutor handpicked by President Trump to seek charges against his foes in a bid to throw out her mortgage fraud case. In a two-page court filing, James’s attorneys notified the federal judge overseeing the case that they...
The White House added a new section to its website on Thursday in defense of the Trump administration’s construction of a ballroom attached to the residence. On the website’s “About the White House” page, a timeline of major events in the history of the White House is displayed. It starts with the addition of the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump faces backlash on economy as inflation rises President Trump is facing growing pressure over his handling of the economy as inflation rises, the job market weakens and American exporters suffer backlash from his trade agenda....
More than 6 in 10 Californian voters plan to support an upcoming redistricting plan, according to a poll. In the CBS News/YouGov poll released Wednesday, 62 percent of respondents said they would vote “yes” on Proposition 50 if the election happened on the day they responded, while 38 percent said they would vote “no." The...
