President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman and director of national intelligence, will serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in his administration.
Hardline conservatives are abandoning their plan to nominate a challenger to Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) bid for the gavel during Wednesday's internal House GOP elections, opting for a different protest strategy to showcase resistance to his leadership, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill. The plan B — which members of the House Freedom...
Two Somali men will spend 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said Tuesday. In a press release, the attorney’s office said that U.S. Attorney Damian Williams had “announced today that ABDI YUSUF HASSAN and MOHAMED TAHLIL MOHAMED were both...
Democrat Dave Min is projected to defeat Republican Scott Baugh in the race to succeed Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), keeping the seat within Democratic control, according to Decision Desk HQ. Min, a state senator, won the race to represent California’s 47th Congressional District, situated in Orange County. Porter opted against running for reelection to instead try...
Alina Habba, a top ally and spokesperson for President-elect Trump, said late Tuesday she would consider an opportunity to serve as his White House Press Secretary "very seriously." Habba, appearing on Sean Hannity's Fox News program, was asked three times about a report suggesting she had "emerged as a front runner" to serve as Trump's...
House Democrats returned to the Capitol on Tuesday, dejected and licking their wounds after an election drubbing a week earlier that will put Donald Trump back in the White House and Republicans in control of all the levers of power in Washington next year. While Democrats in the lower chamber outperformed Vice President Harris at...
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters did not reject the idea of a national mandate to require Bibles in schools on Tuesday night when asked if he would implement the policy if selected as the next education secretary. “Look, I believe that if you're teaching American history, the Bible absolutely has to be included. And...
House Republicans are once again at odds with one another after conservatives threatened to protest Speaker Johnson's bid to lead the conference again.
Senator-elect Jim Justice's office has clarified reports that his famous pooch Babydog was banned from the Senate floor, saying Justice never intended to bring the dog onto the floor.