A Wednesday House hearing examining the botched rollout of new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms offered the Department of Education an earful as witnesses and lawmakers from both parties lamented on the “crisis of credibility” the department is facing over the process. The hearing dug into the months of delays the...
Former President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are set to hold a joint press conference Friday focussed on election integrity, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, an appearance that comes as one of Trump’s close allies is threatening to oust the Speaker from the top job. The press conference is...
Multiple Hollywood stars, including Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand and Mark Hamill, are calling on Congress to act on further U.S. support for Ukraine in an opinion piece for CNN. “[W]e are letting the Ukrainians down,” the wrote in the piece, which was also signed by comedian Kate McKinnon, film director J.J. Abrams and novelist Jonathan...
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed Tuesday a proposal by state Rep. David Sinclair to end the state's "three strikes" law for petty theft convicts.
Former President Donald Trump walked back his abortion platform on Wednesday, saying the recent Arizona pro-life ruling went "too far" despite previously emphasizing states' rights on the matter.
Rep. Lance Gooden is leading a group of six House GOP lawmakers grilling New York City Mayor Eric Adams about his city's pilot program giving prepaid debit cards to migrant families.
Twenty-one state GOP AGs are warning the Justice Department against plans they claim Attorney General Merrick Garland signaled “intrude" on their states’ authority to carry out elections.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, suggested recently during an appearance on a podcast that Black Americans should be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations.
Nadine Menendez and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., are accused of a yearslong corrupt bribery scheme, allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.