A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the case's overall future remains unclear.

The Senate teed up a "very busy week" by voting Monday to advance a major annual defense bill, overcoming rifts over spending levels and transgender policy to keep the must-pass bill on track for President Biden's signature.

The White House reiterated Monday that there is no national security threat from the drones seen across the Northeast, and that they are "legally and lawfully" in the sky.

Senate Republicans will be under intense public pressure to greenlight Health secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose vaccine skepticism and crusade to overhaul the nation's public wellness regime have turned him into a populist health hero backed by many in the GOP base.

Democrats have long derided Donald Trump as a vulgar fool. But former Obama adviser Van Jones thinks otherwise.

Carlos Watson, founder of the defunct digital media company Ozy Media, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for lying to investors about the startup's finances. Watson's 116-month-long sentence for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft came Monday in Brooklyn federal court, according to a press release...

President-elect Trump tried to downplay concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, telling reporters that his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary won’t be “radical.”   “I think he’s going to be much less radical than you would think,” Trump said during a wide-ranging news conference at Mar-a-Lago. “He’s going to have an...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Bipartisan energy deal push flops A bipartisan legislative effort to speed up the buildout of the nation's infrastructure projects has failed, key lawmakers indicated Monday. © Greg Nash, The Hill Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) indicated that an effort to attach...

A New York judge upheld a jury’s verdict that made President-elect Trump a felon, ruling the conviction in the hush money case can withstand the Supreme Court’s new test for presidential immunity. Judge Juan Merchan’s decision comes on the heels of Trump’s presidential election victory against Vice President Harris, when voters chose to catapult him...

Three Democratic senators unveiled a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system Monday, just more than a month after President-elect Trump stunned the Democrats by sweeping all seven battleground states, knocking off three Senate Democratic incumbents in the process. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii,) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), three leading progressive Senate...