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Wisconsin voters decide to enshrine voter ID law in state constitution: ‘Big win for Republicans’

Wisconsin's strict photo ID requirements for voters will now be enshrined into the state constitution after voters approved the proposal on Tuesday's ballot.

Liberal wins first major 2025 statewide battleground election in race turned into Trump-Musk referendum

The liberal candidate won in the first major statewide battleground election of 2025, protecting the progressive majority on the Wisconsin's supreme court, in a race that became a referendum on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and broke records as the most expense court election in the nation's history.

Elon Musk visits CIA headquarters to discuss DOGE cuts

Tech billionaire and CEO Elon Musk stopped by CIA headquarters on Monday to meet with John Ratcliffe, the spy agency's director, to discuss DOGE.

‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone calls on Congress to reopen investigation into Kennedy assassination

Oliver Stone urged lawmakers in Washington, D.C, Tuesday to reopen the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was killed Nov. 22, 1963.

Milwaukee polling places running out of ballots amid ‘historic turnout’ by voters

Milwaukee is facing a ballot shortage due to "historic turnout" as Wisconsin voters decide the ideological direction of the state's Supreme Court.

Trump pushes Democrats to ‘verge of collapse’: Bill O’Reilly

“He taunted the Democratic Party into making a myriad of mistakes,” O’Reilly said of Trump.

‘We don’t apologize’ for being a sanctuary city: Santa Cruz mayor

The mayors of four major U.S. sanctuary cities defended their cities’ status in a hearing Wednesday.

Trump expected to order McMahon to take steps toward closing Education Department: Reports

President Trump is expected to issue an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take the necessary steps to shutter the department, according to multiple reports. The executive order, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, could come as early as Thursday and has been in the works since before Trump was sworn into...

Trump’s 2025 strategy: Use power while you have it and don’t worry about the polls 

The president and the Republican Party seem not to be troubled by polls. They are adhering to a simple maxim: Political power is a terrible thing to waste. Use it while you can.  

‘Review’ time: Congress looks to its own regulatory veto process

Congress has a process called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that allows it to disapprove proposed federal regulations, and while it has been used once prior to 2017, it was only utilized once prior to 2017 when Congress blocked a regulation being proposed by President George W. Bush in 2001.

Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine

The fight for Europe’s immediate security is now, and it is being contested in Kursk, Russia and along a 600-mile front in Eastern Ukraine. 

Walz calls Trump address ‘reality TV’

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s address to Congress in an interview on CNN, referring to the speech as “reality TV.” “Look, it was what I expected, it was reality TV, it was for consumption for those, you know, the folks who are going to line up there, the Republican senators...

New Mexico Democrat says ‘This is not normal’ sign at Trump address was ‘an SOS to the world’

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said during an interview that her “This is not normal” sign she held up near President Trump right before his Tuesday night speech to Congress was an “SOS to the world.” Stansbury said it is “really important” not to “normalize” what Trump and his administration are doing “because the things that...

House Republicans gush over DOGE in meeting with Musk

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk met with House Republicans Wednesday night to update them on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as the newly created group takes significant steps to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. The conversation followed a decision made by House Republicans — led by Speaker Mike...

Is Social Security money going to ‘millions’ of people listed as old as 149?

Trump drew laughs during his congressional address Tuesday when he alleged that the Social Security Administration (SSA) had millions of beneficiaries listed at 140 years of age and older. But is it actually the shocking example of government waste he presented it to be?

GOP lawmaker holding town hall despite advice to avoid them: ‘I trust my constituents’

Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) said Wednesday he’s holding a town hall despite House Republicans being recently pushed to avoid in-person town halls and do phone or livestreamed ones instead. “I'm having a town hall next week, right there in Asheville, North Carolina, first of all, because my constituents have asked for it,” Edwards told NewsNation’s...

Major VA job cuts planned under Trump

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Major VA job cuts planned under Trump The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut approximately 72,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its current workforce, VA Secretary Doug Collins confirmed Wednesday. © Greg Nash...

Hamilton cancels Kennedy Center run; Grenell fires back

Producers of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” are canceling plans to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington next year, pointing to President Trump’s “takeover” of the Washington, D.C., institution and drawing pushback from the new interim executive director.  Lead producer Jeffrey Seller called the Kennedy Center a “sacred” setting that should be “protected from politics.” ...

Trump tells DC mayor she must clean homeless encampments in the city

President Trump on Wednesday told Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser that she must clean homeless encampments in the city. “We have notified the Mayor of Washington, D.C., that she must clean up all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City, specifically including the ones outside of the State Department, and near the White House,”...

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