If you want to explain to a puzzled left-leaning writer like the Atlantic’s Annie Lowrey why most voters this year rate the economy during Donald Trump’s presidency more favorably than that during President Joe Biden’s, you might start with a pair of simple charts. Lowrey said the Biden years have seen “the strongest economy the […]
Most Americans say they will likely tune in to the first presidential debate next month, according to a new survey. Former President Trump accepted President Biden’s offer to debate one another ahead of the November election. The first debate has been set for Thursday, June 27. According to the survey conducted by Quinnipiac University, 72 percent...
The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against more than 90 officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) over their response to the 2022 shooting. The lawsuit, filed against 92 individual Texas DPS officers, noted the officers had active shooter response...
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) received a rebuke on the House floor Wednesday after he remarked on former President Trump’s ongoing hush money trial, comments that were deemed “offensive.” The spat — which grinded the House floor to a halt for more than an hour — began after McGovern, during debate on a procedural rule, described Trump’s current...
A top Russian official on Wednesday denied U.S. claims that Moscow had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that could potentially attack other satellites, calling it “fake news.” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said a day earlier that last week the Kremlin launched a satellite assessed as “likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story What we learned from the primaries in Georgia, Oregon and Kentucky A handful of states saw key primary contests on Tuesday, teeing up November matchups in closely watched House races and underscoring voter frustration with both President Biden and...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) introduced a measure Wednesday that would require political advertisements to disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) software, in what could be the federal government’s first foray into regulating the use of the technology in politics. If adopted by the full commission, advertisers on broadcast television, radio and cable would...