No nation is healthy when floods are sweeping children away, fires are burning families alive in their homes, and tornadoes are leveling entire towns as its people do nothing of consequence to keep those tragedies from becoming normal.
Authorities searched Sunday for a second suspect in the shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer in an apparent botched robbery on Saturday. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the 42-year-old officer was injured after he was approached by two men on a moped while sitting with a woman in...
Much has been written about America’s largest city edging closer to electing a socialist mayor. Zohran Mamdani recently won the Democratic primary, which is likely enough to secure the mayoralty of New York City. He still has to get through a general election that includes incumbent Eric Adams, now running as an independent. But Mamdani...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Sign up here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Trump vows to steam through agenda ▪ Will Epstein grand jury files appease MAGA? ▪ GOP eyes Texas midterm safety valve ▪ President pressures Washington Commanders President Trump applauded his sixth-month mark Sunday, hailing his second term...
The controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is poised to dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, as Congress sprints to August recess — and prepares to dive into government funding conversations. The House returns to Washington on Monday for its last week before breaking for the long summer recess,...
Stakeholders and lawmakers are cheering after the Trump administration ended a pause on $6 billion in federal after-school and summer school funding following rare bipartisan pushback. Advocates and states have been on the edge of their seats since President Trump declined to release the money, which also funds adult education and English language efforts, on...
New York Democrats cool to their party’s Big Apple mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani are weighing their options as the 33-year-old progressive makes his own pitch to centrists that they should back him. The Democratic establishment has been looking for alternatives, but none really satisfy. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced an independent...
Former President Joe Biden suspended his re-election bid one year ago Monday, in an unprecedented move that ended his more than 50-year career in politics and rocked the Democratic Party.
Political battle erupts over Jeffrey Epstein documents as Democrats seize on Republican divisions after Trump administration's DOJ memo stated the convicted sex offender died by suicide and there is no "client list."