Most American voters believe the United States is too politically divided to solve problems, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena University released on Thursday. The poll found that 64 percent of registered voters think the country's sharp divisions cannot solve political problems, while 33 percent say the political system can...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the videos President Trump has posted picturing him in a sombrero, calling them a “sideshow” distracting from ending the government shutdown. Johnson in a press conference on Thursday brought up Jeffries being “all alarmed” by videos that Trump has posted,...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr is expected to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee before the end of the year. Carr's looming testimony, which was confirmed to The Hill by a person familiar, comes just days after he took heavy criticism over his pressuring of ABC to take comedian Jimmy Kimmel off the...
Tech mogul Elon Musk became the first person to achieve a net worth of $500 billion Wednesday, briefly touching the half-trillion-dollar milestone before dipping back down, according to Forbes. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO crossed the $500 billion mark Wednesday afternoon on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. As of Thursday morning, he sat at $499.1 billion. ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday that federal government layoffs during the shutdown will likely be in the thousands, ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Office and Management Budget Director Russell Vought. “It’s likely going to be in the thousands. It’s a very good question, and that’s something that the Office of...
Billionaire Elon Musk is leading the charge on a campaign by right-wing media personalities and influencers urging Americans to cancel their Netflix subscriptions over an animated show that features a transgender character. Musk is promoting a series of posts from "LibsofTikTok," Benny Johnson and other conservatives urging users cancel Netflix over the show, "Dead End:...
Nearly a third of Americans suggested some violence could be justified in order to get the U.S. back on track, according to a new survey. The NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, published this week, found that 30 percent of respondents either “strongly agree” or “agree” that “Americans may have to resort to violence" in order to steer...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's political operation is staffed by Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign veterans as speculation swirls about her 2028 Senate or presidential ambitions.
Speaker Mike Johnson is defending GOP Medicaid reforms as Democrats deny accusations they're seeking healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants amid the funding fight.