Now that House Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker, the race is on to secure the 217 votes he will need on the House floor to win the gavel and officially take the place of the ousted Kevin McCarthy.

In a setback to California gun rights advocates, a federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a lower court's ruling that the state cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) penned another fiery letter to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), again rebuffing his request for information about her prosecution of former President Trump and others involved in trying to block President Biden’s electoral victory in Georgia. “A charitable explanation of your correspondence is that you are ignorant...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Current policies 'not enough' to cut global emissions: EIA Despite efforts to shift toward low-carbon energy sources like renewables, planet-warming emissions are expected to increase through mid-century, according to a U.S. analysis. © AP The analysis,...

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report Wednesday, October 11   © The Hill/Greg Nash Scalise wins GOP Speaker nod, House to vote House Republicans voted 113-99 to nominate Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker. Scalise defeated Judiciary Chairman Jim...

Attorneys for former President Trump are seeking a judge’s permission to subpoena the former chair of the House Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, repeating a disputed claim that the panel failed to turn over all the evidence it collected.  The filing from Trump — which also seeks to subpoena six other...

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and ex-adviser to former President Trump, said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) told his mother’s friends he was going to jail for his involvement in the 2016 election and alleged ties with Russia. “My poor mom, I told her to stop, you know reading whatever, I said, ‘I promise you, we didn’t...

Son-in-law and former senior adviser to Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, said he is backing his father-in-law for another term in 2024 because of how the former president helped the Middle East while in office. Kushner headed Middle East policy in the Trump administration, specifically policy on peace between Palestine and Israel. "I do think that...

President Biden’s reelection campaign bashed presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for touting drug prices caps for seniors after voting against the Inflation Reduction Act. In a video first shared with The Hill, the campaign mashed up clips of Scott celebrating capping costs for seniors and saying that the Inflation Reduction Act, which Scott voted...

House Republicans on Wednesday officially nominated Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to be Speaker. But almost immediately, members started expressing their reluctance to vote for him on the House floor — or simply remaining noncommittal. In the House GOP's narrow majority, just a handful of Republican holdouts could set up a floor fight. See who...