SLIPPERY ROCK, Pennsylvania — Last weekend, Tricia Aulbach was on a mission to reach out to people who, to put it mildly, have long been considered low-propensity voters. The regional director of Early Vote Action, a grassroots organization founded by Scott Presler whose mission is to register and energize Republican voters, said she rented out […]

“The U.S. Navy always stands for America. As Commander-in-Chief, I will always stand up for you,” President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social early Wednesday morning, days after the celebration of the Navy’s 250th anniversary at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. Now, with the Navy’s semiquincentennial past, it is looking to the future, which is […]

A poll released Wednesday found that most Americans say that President Trump is attempting to exert more power than his predecessors.  The study conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center shows 69 percent of American respondents said Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents, and almost half (49 percent) said this is...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) traded pointed barbs in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday, after the moderate Republican confronted the Democratic leader about his opposition to a short-term extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Lawler approached Jeffries when he emerged from the House Democratic leadership press...

President Trump said Wednesday a Middle East deal is “very close” after he teased a weekend visit to Egypt.  “I was just given a note by the secretary of State saying that we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East," Trump said at a White House roundtable on left-wing violence. "And they're going...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Pressure points: 5 ways the shutdown could end Something will have to give if lawmakers hope to reopen the government in any timely fashion, and that movement will likely be the result of external forces exerting...

President Trump hosted a roundtable of administration officials and conservative influencers to highlight efforts to crack down on left-wing groups, specifically the anti-fascist movement known as antifa. Trump hosted the event Wednesday as his administration has sought to unilaterally intervene in Chicago and Portland, Ore., despite resistance from state and local officials. The president blamed...

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a judge's order halting President Trump's federalization of Oregon National Guard troops, but the troops still cannot be deployed to the state.

The House Select Committee on China is calling for stronger restrictions on companies producing the equipment used to make semiconductor chips amid concerns their sales are boosting Beijing's chipmaking capabilities.  In a new report Tuesday, the panel said Chinese firms spent $38 billion on semiconductor manufacturing equipment from five major companies based in the U.S....

Pope Leo XIV told U.S. bishops to openly state their concerns regarding the Trump administration’s immigration policies on Wednesday, according to Reuters. During his meeting at the Vatican with the bishops and social workers from the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the pope received letters from migrants regarding their concerns around President Trump’s mass...