A Georgia Republican is introducing legislation that allows consumers to use "short-term" insurance plans for up to three years, reinstating a first-term Trump policy as Republicans return to power in Washington.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin electrified a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday by accusing fellow senators of carousing and voting while drunk even as they accused defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth of unseemly behavior.
JACK SMITH, THE PROSECUTOR WHO WOULD NEVER ADMIT WHAT HE WAS DOING. Just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, the Biden Justice Department’s hand-picked Trump prosecutor, Jack Smith, released a report on the investigation that resulted in the indictment of Donald Trump on four counts involving the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The report did […]
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a key member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who has championed women serving in combat roles, announced Tuesday that she will vote for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon. Ernst said she would support Hegseth after sitting through his lengthy confirmation hearing Tuesday, where Democrats attacked the...
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are in the early stages of crafting legislation that could include changes to the National Flood Insurance Program and help victims of other natural disasters. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told The Hill on Tuesday that he and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) were asked by Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is facing mounting backlash over her response to the wildfires that have torn through her city, raising questions about her own political future as the region continues to struggle to contain the fires. Critics point to Bass’s decision to travel out of the country ahead of the wildfires after...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued tech billionaire Elon Musk, alleging he committed securities fraud by failing to disclose his ownership of Twitter. According to the SEC complaint filed Tuesday in D.C. District Court, Musk withheld information that allowed him to underpay for the shares of Twitter he bought “after his financial beneficial...
The confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was postponed by two days. Noem will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Friday at 9 a.m. She was previously slated to appear before the committee on Wednesday. A...
Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) got into a heated exchange during a Tuesday Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing and discussion about civil rights and transgender rights that ended with Mace suggesting the two could “take it outside.” Crockett asked her fellow members to reinstate the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,...