Former President Bill Clinton endorses Andrew Cuomo in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary, highlighting his experience amid a tightening race against progressive Zohran Mamdani.

A smart tax system tries to reward virtue and punish vice. That’s why we impose an excise on purchases of things such as cigarettes. We want to discourage people from smoking, and there’s a broad bipartisan consensus that reasonable tobacco taxes make sense to raise revenue and as a public health measure to discourage smoking. […]

The U.S. Embassy in Qatar is advising American citizens in the country to shelter in place, amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. “Out of an abundance of caution we recommend American citizens shelter in place until further notice,” reads the U.S. Embassy alert, which was dated Monday. The notice comes as the world...

Six months into his second term, new polling data shows that support for Trump has declined across the board and on key issues.

The Senate parliamentarian has rejected several more provisions in the Republican megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda, including language authorizing states to conduct border security and immigration enforcement, which traditionally have been duties of the federal government. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough also ruled against language in the bill that would increase the Federal Employees Retirement Systems...

Russia stands ready to help Iran in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, but Tehran first needs to articulate its requests, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Monday. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a briefing that the assistance “all depends on what Iran needs,” according to TASS, Russia’s state-run news agency. "We...

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) is set to introduce legislation next week that would make it illegal for President Trump to deploy active duty service forces to a state or territory without receiving a direct request from the state or territory’s governor. The Stop Trump’s Abuse of Power Act, revealed first to The Hill, comes after...

Scientific literacy and research are essential to the well-being of all of us and to the country itself.

Israel said it is carrying out attacks on Iranian government sites and “regime targets” —including the notorious Evin Prison — as President Trump muses publicly about regime change in Tehran. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a social media post at noon local time on Monday that Israeli forces are “currently striking with unprecedented...

We live in a world where some people want to normalize such depravity.