The 2024 campaign season is kicking into full gear, with the Iowa State Fair and unprecedented legal troubles for former President Trump setting the stage for a tense first Republican primary debate next week. To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate in Milwaukee, the Republican National Committee set candidates requirements ranging from polling and donation...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), facing a tricky path to passing government funding bills in the face of pressure from the GOP’s right flank to cut spending, is signaling that lawmakers will turn to a short-term stopgap funding bill when Congress returns in September. But the move to buy more time comes with its own complications....
President Biden’s comment that he had “practically” declared a climate emergency is reigniting calls on the left for him to actually take such action. The White House has not announced any explicit climate emergency declarations. Biden appeared poised to do so last year when talks on his signature climate legislation stalled, but he did not ultimately take the step. After the president...
North Carolina Republicans will vote to override two vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on bills concerning sex reassignment surgery for minors and trans athletes.
An investigation into nomination signatures submitted by the congressional campaign of Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos found "no obvious pattern of fraud."
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez maintained between $15,000 to $50,000 in student loan debt as she advocated for its elimination last year, new disclosures show.
The White House is pushing back on criticism after President Biden said he had 'no comment' on Hawaii's rising death toll from the Maui wildfire, where at least 100 have died.
The United Kingdom has again been labeled the "sick man of Europe." This time by the Economist. The description is apt. There is hope, however. The last time the U.K. cured its economic sickness was under policies instituted by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law could save Americans up to $38 billion on electricity costs over the remainder of the decade, the Energy Department projected in a report shared exclusively with The Hill. The report customized the National Energy Modeling System, which the Energy Information Administration uses in its Annual Energy...