The people who run the SAT and ACT are flexing their political muscles in an effort to protect their duopoly against an interloper, the Classic Learning Test.
Kalshi bettors picked Alina Habba as the favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary, but President Trump's former personal attorney quashed rumors she's taking the role.
As of this week, no bill in Congress would ban Flock Safety's automated license plate readers outright, even as a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, most of them Republicans, has spent the past several months introducing or promising legislation to rein in the technology.
Trump weighed in on Flock cameras for the first time on Monday, telling a reporter the technology has "pros and cons" and that his administration is studying the issue, with an answer expected "over the next couple of weeks."
Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm that one of their seats is at stake due to artificial intelligence data centers, adding this could cause lawmakers to be wary of supporting such contentious projects in the future.
Two French documentary filmmakers and their Togolese fixer have been jailed in Togo after more than three weeks in custody in the West African nation, an advocacy group said Thursday, amid strained relations between the government and French media.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) sparred with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday over whether the U.S. military obtained an "overwhelming victory” in Iran as he declared in April. “You said, ‘Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory.’ You said Iran's military had been rendered, ‘combat ineffective for years to come,’ and you stated...
Democratic Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.) on Tuesday said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was a “failure” and lacked the leadership necessary to win the Iran war. “Secretary Haig said, despite your failure to win this war, you are back now before Congress asking for almost $70 billion in additional funding,” Peters said in an appropriations hearing...
GOP leaders have recently tried to make a comparison about voter ID laws in the SAVE Act to something that is drawing more than a few eyes: Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass. In a hearing on Monday, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) mentioned the Italian food chain in her speech that touched on the SAVE Act....
Voto Latino and dozens of other advocacy organizations pressed for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to be impeached in a letter to Congress last week. "We write to demand the immediate introduction of articles of impeachment and a full congressional investigation into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s handling of deaths in detention,...
A federal prosecutor in Seattle who was sacked by President Trump last week after barely an hour on the job is challenging his removal in court, setting the stage for an unprecedented legal battle that could determine who has the power to fire court-appointed U.S. attorneys. Roger Rogoff was fired as the top prosecutor for...
America’s top uniformed and civilian military leaders made their case in the Senate on Tuesday for an emergency funding package of nearly $80 billion to help replenish stockpiles spent during the Iran war and fund other Trump administration priorities. Democrats were highly skeptical of the request, asking why U.S. taxpayers should continue footing the bill...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Wisconsin residents could lose vote with prediction market bets The Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) warned in a statement on Tuesday that betting on elections that you cast ballots in is illegal in the state and there...
Wisconsin’s Election Commission (WEC) warned in a statement on Tuesday that betting on elections that you cast ballots in is illegal in the state and there will be consequences. “We want voters to understand that they cannot legally make a bet on an election and cast a ballot in that same election,” WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe said,...
"The Hill" presents one hour of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 primary in Arizona on Tuesday evening from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT. The event will be anchored by NewsNation's Cory Smith, joined by The Hill campaign and congressional reporters, Decision Desk HQ, plus political analysts. The live, primary...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) secured a win Tuesday when House Republicans voted to advance a budget framework for a third reconciliation package. But the proposal still faces significant obstacles ahead as GOP leaders work to keep conservative hardliners on board. The budget framework calls for $73 billion in defense and intelligence funding amid the conflict...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) called Congress' move to ask for more than $11 billion for the Agriculture Department (USDA) as part of supplemental funding for the Iran war “ironic” on Tuesday. “What’s ironic about that is the… bailout for the farmers was necessitated by the war with Iran,” Massie told The Hill outside the House...
Rep. Cleo Fields (D-La.) announced on Tuesday he would not be running for reelection in Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District after GOP-led redistricting made his seat more Republican. “After a great deal of prayer and reflection, I have decided not to seek re-election to Congress, in the 6th District or any other district in Louisiana,” Fields said in a...
