The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is demanding that Mississippi election officials preserve election documents and all affidavit ballots, typically called provisional ballots, taking the first step toward possible legal action in the widely-watched Senate race. As of Thursday evening, the Senate race remains too close to call with Democrat Scott Colom leading Sen. Cindy...
Stocks nosedived on Thursday, one day after rallying on the heels of Democrats’ resounding midterm victories. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled by more than 2,100 points from the opening bell and closed down by 1,833 points relative to the end of trading on Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 were respectively down by...
The National Guard will begin using boats, up to 60 marked police cars, and military tactical vehicles in Washington, D.C., after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the move late last month, a Pentagon official confirmed to The Hill on Thursday. Hegseth authorized the changes in an Oct. 29 memo first reported by Politico, though it...
House Select Committee on China Chair John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast (R-Fl.) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) sent a letter to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang following reports he sent intelligence to China. The GOP lawmakers requested Huang appear in a joint, closed-door briefing on...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) encouraged his GOP colleagues to “maximize our remaining days in power” by preparing for an expected onslaught of Democratic investigations. In a letter to GOP committee chairs, Scalise said the party needs to begin “taking inventory” of expected Democratic probes, asking the group to also assemble a list of...
The chair of the Mississippi Republican Party said Thursday the party will accept Democrat Scott Colom’s victory if he pulls off a win against incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R). “There is no election denying going on here. If the laws are followed and the voters spoke, that is it and Mississippi Republicans will accept that,”...
Republican Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley clashed over sanctuary city laws and illegal immigration in a bitter fight for New York's 17th Congressional District.