Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) will not challenge New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) after considering a bid for months, likely clearing the way for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to become the GOP nominee if she follows through with her expected candidacy. Lawler will instead seek reelection in his battleground House district where Democrats will seek...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) to charge former senior national health adviser Anthony Fauci with lying to Congress to test whether former President Biden’s pardon of Fauci will hold up in court. “I do believe Anthony Fauci committed a felony by lying...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is phoning a friend as the administration deals with fallout over the Epstein files. President Trump’s former personal attorney-turned-Justice Department deputy announced Tuesday that he would initiate talks with a lawyer for Ghislane Maxwell, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice. Left unmentioned: the lawyer, David Oscar Markus, happens to be a...
Most people would welcome this policy change. Yet by removing this layer, what else can be done to ensure that the system’s security remains sufficiently robust?
New Jersey Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim slammed the Trump administration on Tuesday for failing to uphold the court ordered appointment of Alina Haba’s successor to serve as the state’s interim U.S. attorney. Desiree Leigh Grace, Habba's first assistant, was tapped by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or using the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Battle over interim US Attorney in NJ ▪ GOP eyes renaming opera house for Melania Trump ▪ Trump unveils Japan, Philippines trade deals House Republicans find themselves cornered by President Trump’s MAGA base, their own pledges of “transparency”...