A federal employee and labor union leader collected her government paycheck for time worked even though she was actually sitting in a jail cell on DUI charges, a U.S. senator alleged Wednesday.
A bipartisan group of 14 senators is warning about possible inaccuracies in the government's tracking of foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land, and are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fix the problem.
Mockery is sometimes more stinging and effective than open hostility in politics. It seems that this might also be the case in political media. After years of brushing off outright criticism of its leftwing bias, CNN seems at least briefly to have been stung into remedial action because it is the object of open mockery. […]
Thirty-six years ago today, Republican presidential campaign manager Lee Atwater was in a ragingly foul mood as he awaited the next day’s start of the Republican National Convention. Therein lies a lesson for those who prematurely insist a particular election result is inevitable. Already this year, we are on the third different iteration of supposedly […]
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} View Online Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Democrats surprised after Harris backs Trump plan Some Democrats are feeling blindsided after Vice President Harris endorsed a proposal first pitched by former President Trump to nix taxes on tips for service and hospitality...
A majority of voters said the most important issues to them are those involving the economy and immigration in a new poll. The Economist/YouGov poll, conducted between Aug. 11 and 13, found 54 percent of voters saying that the most important issues to them were “Inflation/prices,” “Jobs and the economy,” “Immigration” and “Taxes and government...
Vice President Harris is rising across the board in the key swing states she will need to win to capture the presidency in November. After President Biden struggled against former President Trump in the seven key election battlegrounds, Harris has turned the tide. Several recent polls have shown her leading in the battlegrounds, or at...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) rallied against Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) while campaigning in Michigan on Wednesday as the two tickets barnstorm battleground states ahead of November. Vance spoke to supporters at the trucking company Cordes Inc. in Byron Center, leaning into the issues of inflation and cost of living in a state...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden to designate national monument at site of Illinois race riot President Biden will designate a national monument this week at the site of racist mob violence in 1908 in Springfield, Ill., the White House confirmed Wednesday....